Hi, I just wanted to update everyone on Coco, two years after his injury. I did have the low-profile cystostomy button (infant's feeding button) surgically placed in his bladder/abdomen wall in summer 2009, so that urine could easily be drained via the one-way valve. The button was in for about 10 m...

Hi again, I thought I would post some pictures of Coco's button and the old pezzer tube, which he would bite at all the time. His MINI One nonballoon device works very well and gives him so much more mobility, since he doesn't pay any attention to it. He doesn't need any diapering or protective clot...

Hi everyone, I thought I would update you on Coco's situation. I never was able to successfully express his bladder, and most of the many vets that expressed him had difficulty as well. Pbz and bethanecol were no help. He had a pezzer tube put in several times, but hated it. Because of the tube plac...

thanks for the info. Due to the difficulty of expressing him, recently Coco had surgery like your cat -- a tube inserted in the bladder to help it drain. That worked great until he got his cover (dog's male wrap) off during the night and pulled it out. We had it back in with a shorter tube, which se...

well, I have had zero luck with expressing Coco. He has considerable bladder tone so it's very difficult. Since I have had to go to the ER (an hour away) many times for his daily expression, I have seen multiple vets. The vets are able to help him for the most part - sometimes the bladder resists fu...

Poor, poor Hank. What kind of a sick person would do that to an animal. Just horrible. I also have a recently injured cat with no bowel control. I can often tell when poo is getting near the exit, simply by using my nose. If so, I just keep a close watch on him. Then when it's moved down, I very gen...

but why was the cat losing weight, and why is it anemic? There are medicines that can help with anemia by stimulating red blood cell production, but they can potentially have serious side effects so are to be used with great caution and under close medical supervision. Having said that, switching to...

thanks for that info. I am still unable to express Coco's bladder but have stopped the bethanechol. I hope that makes it easier to express him. I have been getting more lessons and seeing different ways to express. I am starting to think part of the problem is kind of weak hand strength due to physi...

Hi critters! Coco is taking 1 capsule phenoxybenzamine once a day for 21 days, then 1/4 tablet bethanechol every 8 hrs for 21 days. The neurologist specifically said he should not get any prednisone nor any other steroid at this time. He hasn't shown any sign of wanting to bite his tail. He was wash...

Hi everyone. My 2 year old cat Coco was badly injured this weekend, in a fall we think - possibly trying to climb out of the cat fence. He has a large swelling on top of the base of his tail. The nerves to his tail are apparently torn and the nerves to his bottom are almost certainly permanently dam...