I have a kitty who is unable to walk. He is not paralyzed. But unable to walk. He was found literally inside a stray dog's mouth on May 20th 2015. When the rescuer brought him to me, no one knew he couldnt walk. We all thought he was simply weak and scared. Took him to the vet, there we realized we his back hinds weren't very useful. Assuming maybe its cause by the dog's bite, no physical injury though. Took xray, shows nothing wrong. But the bladder was full. Vet expressed, and told me that he prolly didnt pee or poop for the past couple or 3 days. But so serious ailment. I was told regular exercise and therapy will help him walk again. For the next 4 to 5 days i have to express the bladder after which he pee on his own, the more his legs move the more he pee. Poop is never an issue though. With my full time job, and new experience with special need baby. I use to just let him free in the house whole day while I'm at work. But my after work chores at home was pretty tough. His front paws are super strong, he is not at all deprived from playing with my other cats. But as I already mention, the more he move around the more he pee and poop. So by the time I reach home, my floor is full of pee and poop and is very unhealthy for everyone. My boyfriend would come over and help here and there. I managed for about almost 3 months. I know a lady who runs a shelter. She said she will take him in and look after him, will prolly have more time for therapy and exercises. With a heavy heart i let him go. it never felt right though. After 2 weekends I went to visit him. OMG, if I didnt visit him then, I'm sure he would've passed away. He would try to cover his poop and pee continuously that his paws were full of blisters due to the crate not clean properly. He lost weight so badly, he was extremely dehydrated. His butt part was old bald. I took him back. He look actually more crippled than before. Vet although told me nothing that serious but was pretty neglected at the shelter. Obviously it cant be the same as home. But didnt expect it to be that bad.
Sasha's mom and critters gave me suggestions on my old post about using a diaper or maybe a big comfortable crate.
I go for the crate, i got a big crate now where he can pretty much move around a bit. Make it as comfortable as i can. the furs are growing back and pretty much back to normal health.
But my problem is, so he is in the crate the whole time I am at work. Tough i use puppy training pad, more than 9 hrs of the same pad do not always help. Last week he had a severe UTI. His balls and dick (sorry i do not know the medical terms for it) are all swollen. He's on medication right now. During weekends when I'm at home, it helps him, since I can change the pad right away if it gets a bit wet. I told the vet about my condition, the amount of time I have and how I manage. He told me I do everything right, however way I can. But I do not know what else to do now.
He will be covered in poop almost every night after I go back from work and in the morning when I get up. I dont know how long he have been sitting in the poop. I feel really bad for him but just do not know any other ways to handle.
Please help or suggest what else I can do
