Hi everyone, I have been a lurker for a quite a while, and recently became a catrent to a beautiful 14 week old female bengal, healthy as a horse, and a 12 week old male bengal. They are from different breeders, and I came into the female kitten first.
They have both been isolated since his arrival last week, with occasional room and toy swaps. All his vitals were normal when I took him for his first check up, urine and stool were great at home. Yesterday morning, he urinated all over my white clothes in my laundry basket, which was not a big deal until i realized it was mostly blood that he urinated. This happened rather suddenly, I did not notice anything the day or night prior. Since he sleeps in my room, isolated from Luna, the female bengal, I notice or hear if something is wrong. After I saw the blood on the clothes, I got dressed and took him to the animal hospital.
They took a sample of his urine, as I thought it would be some kind of UTI, they tested negative for any crystals or bacteria, but quite a bit of blood. They deemed it to be "unidentifiable" and an inflammation of lining of the bladder. I was prescribed Urinary SO canned food for a week and some pain killers, now he mews quite a bit when he tries to pee.
He digs through the litter box about 4 or 5 times, squatting, but most the times nothing comes out when he tries to pee. If he does pee, it can range from a couple drops, to at most 1/3 ounce. He poos perfectly normal still, eats great, but doesnt seem to be putting on much weight.
I'm truly stumped as to what this could be and how I can help him. If anyone has ever had an experience like this, any tips would help!
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