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So drinking more water would be enough?

by jasfi 4y ago

pengaru 4y ago
This isn't my area of expertise at all. A personal experience that comes to mind is when my childhood cat developed kidney disease. She drank plenty of water, urinated excessively, and her blood still became toxic without regular (~daily) intervention in the form of adding saline to her blood intravenously. Like a light switch she'd resume normal life after the saline bag emptied into her blood, then slowly become ill again in the next 24-48hrs.
- three_seagrass 4y ago
  Was the cat checked for diabetes? Excessively drinking water, excessive urination, and renal failure are all co-morbidities for cats. Either way, kudos for helping them.
  - nobody9999 4y ago
    >Was the cat checked for diabetes? >Excessively drinking water, excessive urination, and renal failure are all co-morbidities for cats. Either way, kudos for helping them. Those particular symptoms are common (in cats at least) to feline hyperthyroidism, which is significantly more common than feline diabetes. Not saying it wasn't Diabetes, but Hyperthyroidism seems more likely.
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  - pengaru 4y ago
    Honestly I don't really know what all was checked. We brought her into the vet when she wasn't eating and behaving lethargically, they said her kidneys were failing and we'd have to bring her in regularly for saline bags or learn to administer them ourselves.
- sitkack 4y ago
  You must have loved that cat very much.
  - samstave 4y ago
    No, he just had a lot of extra saline. J/K --- I had a cat when I was in my 20s that got into a fight some eve... Its face got infected and blew up. It was $8,000 for surgery, and I couldnt afford it - so had to put her down... but I did love that cat, and I would have paid it if I had it...
  - Karawebnetwork 4y ago
    Pet insurances are very useful for such situations. They cover you for big surgeries and make those small procedures almost invisible in your monthly budgets.
  - ntoskrnl 4y ago
    My cat had (likely) something similar and needed to regularly be given subcutaneous saline fluid. He learned pretty quick to associate me stabbing him, with him feeling better. That kind of thing becomes easy once you get into the routine.
    - pengaru 4y ago
      You've jogged my memory, it was subcutaneous not intravenous for my childhood cat as well. The saline would form a bulge under the skin before diffusing into the body. It wasn't something I did myself, we were bringing our cat to the vet to have it done until my parents tired of it.
bpodgursky 4y ago
Well, that doesn't actually remove PFASs that linger forever in your blood, that the kidney can't filter. But gently cutting your arm open and draining a pint into the sink will do the trick!

So drinking more water would be enough?

by jasfi 4y ago

So drinking more water would be enough?

This isn't my area of expertise at all. A personal experience that comes to mind is when my childhood cat developed kidney disease. She drank plenty of water, urinated excessively, and her blood still became toxic without regular (~daily) intervention in the form of adding saline to her blood intravenously. Like a light switch she'd resume normal life after the saline bag emptied into her blood, then slowly become ill again in the next 24-48hrs.

three_seagrass 4y ago
Was the cat checked for diabetes? Excessively drinking water, excessive urination, and renal failure are all co-morbidities for cats. Either way, kudos for helping them.
- nobody9999 4y ago
  >Was the cat checked for diabetes? >Excessively drinking water, excessive urination, and renal failure are all co-morbidities for cats. Either way, kudos for helping them. Those particular symptoms are common (in cats at least) to feline hyperthyroidism, which is significantly more common than feline diabetes. Not saying it wasn't Diabetes, but Hyperthyroidism seems more likely.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
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- pengaru 4y ago
  Honestly I don't really know what all was checked. We brought her into the vet when she wasn't eating and behaving lethargically, they said her kidneys were failing and we'd have to bring her in regularly for saline bags or learn to administer them ourselves.
sitkack 4y ago
You must have loved that cat very much.
- samstave 4y ago
  No, he just had a lot of extra saline. J/K --- I had a cat when I was in my 20s that got into a fight some eve... Its face got infected and blew up. It was $8,000 for surgery, and I couldnt afford it - so had to put her down... but I did love that cat, and I would have paid it if I had it...
- Karawebnetwork 4y ago
  Pet insurances are very useful for such situations. They cover you for big surgeries and make those small procedures almost invisible in your monthly budgets.
- ntoskrnl 4y ago
  My cat had (likely) something similar and needed to regularly be given subcutaneous saline fluid. He learned pretty quick to associate me stabbing him, with him feeling better. That kind of thing becomes easy once you get into the routine.
  - pengaru 4y ago
    You've jogged my memory, it was subcutaneous not intravenous for my childhood cat as well. The saline would form a bulge under the skin before diffusing into the body. It wasn't something I did myself, we were bringing our cat to the vet to have it done until my parents tired of it.

bpodgursky 4y ago

Well, that doesn't actually remove PFASs that linger forever in your blood, that the kidney can't filter. But gently cutting your arm open and draining a pint into the sink will do the trick!