Thank you all so much for your replies. I don't know where we would be without having found this helpful site, since different vets are constantly telling us how it's not sustainable for the owners to manually express a pet for years and talking about considering Jacky's quality of life. His quality...

Thank you so much for your reply and sharing Buddy's experience. I'm so grateful I found this forum. Every bit of information is so useful. Jacky has been on 0.25 mg PBZ twice a day for the past 9 days now and for the past 6 days 2.5 mg diazepam 2 to 3 times a day. He weighs 5.5 kilos, so about 11 o...

Thank you very much for your reply. Our vet gave us diazepam now and I did notice a difference in the tone of Jacky's stomach. Unfortunately he still tenses up and struggles to move away as soon as I try to feel for the bladder. He kind of inflates his tummy - weird as it might sound - to press agai...

Hello :) I am the mom of a 9 year old male cat who has recently slowly started to lose control of his back legs and is now not able to pee and poo on his own. It started middle of March with back pain and after examining him and an x-ray the vet diagnosed a lumbar syndrome. But the pain medication a...