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From: barb@pyuxa.UUCP (B E Nemeth)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Feline Urinary Problems
Message-ID: <1334@pyuxa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 10:19:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 10:19:43 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Nov-85 01:35:58 EST
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A couple of years ago I took my neutered male cat for a checkup
(can't remember why -- I guess it was just his annual)
and the vet told me he was ok. and asked me if
I noticed any strange behaviour.  I said no.  He's an indoor/outdoor
cat so I don't get to check his urinary habits daily.

Four days after this "good bill of health" claim
I came home to my husband saying that something is wrong with Jammer.
He looked spacey his eyes were glazed, (Jammer not my husband)
and very large.

I rushed him to a vet that was closer to my house than the one I went
to for his checkup and was told that he had a urinary tract blockage
and needed to be operated on immediately.
Cat was operated on and to this day, he's fine.  But I was really pissed
at the vet who gave the cat a clean bill of health.  The vet who operated
on him said that this was building up for some time so the previous vet
really should have noticed a problem. 

Well fuming I called vet #1 told him the whole story, ranted on how my
cat could have died, etc. etc.  I was very upset.  Well I got back that
evidently it was my fault since I told the vet that I hadn't noticed any
strange behaviour.  I shot back that I'm not a vet, he is and he should
have known.  As a result, I didn't pay the bill, got all kinds of letters
that they were going to sue, I said, ok I'll sue you, etc. etc.
Anyway after about 6 years of going to that vet, I stopped.  

There I go, on and on again.  To sum up:  Jammer is fine,
his diet was changed to low ash cat food, he seems happy.  My other
cat, a neutered female hasn't had any urinary problems.