Saturday, June 9, 2012

Snowball Rushed to VET


UPDATE
Snowball is home and on antibiotics fo a UTI - bacterial infection.  He was very swollen but not blocked completely and went on his own.  We are sooo happy to have our boy back home.  Thank you for all your purrs and comments.  I will visit ya'll on Sunday after I get some rest!

I noticed Snowball sitting in the litter box this morning but nothing was coming out. I gave him a dose of antibiotic I had on hand and called the VET.  I had not noticed any straining, small pee balls or anything before this altho he had a UTI in March of this year.  Being very large and still quite feral, we had to lure him into the dog kennel cage rather than the cat carrier. He was very alert and curious on the way to the VET. They did get a urine specimen from him already and we will wait to see what that shows.
 
I still do not have a computer - I am borrowing a friend's laptop and it is slow going as I am not used to working on this!  For pics I will have to use old ones I already have on other blog posts.

Please keep our sweet boy in your thoughts and keep those purrs coming!

39 comments:

Mariodacat said...

I'll be purring for Snowball. Hope everything is okay,

Gemini and Ichiro said...

We will purr hard for Snowball! I hope that he will be okay.

Alasandra, The Cats and Dogs said...

We will be sending healing purrs to Snowball we have our paws crossed he is OK.

The Cat Guy said...

I sure hope this turns out to be nothing. good to get him looked over though. am praying for you all.

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

I am sending lots of purrs Snowball's way!

Marg said...

Oh gosh, poor Snowball. We are sending tons of purrs. Glad you at least have a computer to play with. Sending tons of purrs to Snowball. Feel better boy.
I hooked up my other computer and it works great. I put security on it. It doesn't have Windows 7 but has the XP.
Glad to see you somewhat back online.

Fuzzy Tales said...

Purrs and paws crossed that he'll be okay! The mom says she'll have a glass of wine for you, in case you're stressed.

(((Hugs)))

Old Kitty said...

Sweet Snowball!! Me and Charlie are sending you many purrs and healing hugs!! We pray for good results!! Rest now and get better please! You are a gorgeous boy! take care
x

Brian's Home Blog said...

Oh no, we are all sending purrs for Snowball and we hope all is okay.

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

We are sending purrs for Snowball to soon feel better.

Andrea and the Celestial Kitties said...

Hope Snowball feels better fast!

GLOGIRLY said...

(((purrs))) for Snowball.
We hope he's ok.
xo, Katie & Glogirly

Unknown said...

Me is purring for snowball!
Kisses
Nellie

Quill and Greyson said...

Purrs to you Snowball!!

Laura and Taffeta Rose said...

We are purring extra big healing purrs for Snowball! Happy to hear he is on the mend. Purrs.

Laura & Taffy

The Island Cats said...

We are happy that Snowball is home now and we are purring that he feels better real soon!

The Florida Furkids said...

Purrs and prayers for Snowball!!!

The Florida Furkids and Lexi

Percy the Cat said...

We are purring for Snowball!

(and mum says he is a VERY mancatly and handsome cat!)

Karen Jo said...

That sounds painful. I am glad that Snowball is home and you know what to do to make him feel better. Spyro, Oja and I are all purring for him.

Herman

Terri said...

Lotsa purrs for your Snowball. Glad you could get him in something to take him to the vet!

Everycat said...

Oh Snowball, those UTI thangs are horrid, we hope you soon feel much better and don't get anymore problems.

We are sending you big, rumbly purrs and love

Oliver, Gerry & Mungo

ZOOLATRY said...

Happy to read the update, that Snowball is getting some relief and improving (now the same is needed for the hu-mom). Take
care, be all better soon!

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

Sending purrs for Snowball !

Angel Ginger Jasper said...

I just saw this and am purring my loudest that all will be well .. Hugs GJ xx

shorty said...

Hi I am glad to hear Snowball is home & on antibiotics. Please if he keeps getting this infection have your vet do a culture. Constant infection may be a strain of bacteriaalmost like human MRSA. Thank you

shorty said...

Happy Snowball is home
Please if that continues to check for bacteria know someone who had it kept having pee issues had a culture & was found to have this strain took some type of antibiotics He is doing great no more pee issues.

Katie Isabella said...

I am so sorry that mom and I missed that he was sick. We will purr VERY hard for him right now.xoxoxox to you Snowball.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

Sending tons of purrs and prayers for Snowball and MAMA too!!

((((hugs))))

A Tonk's Tail said...

Oh no! Poos Snowball! We're so glad you caught it so quickly!!

Fuzzy Tales said...

So glad to come back and find an update, that he's home and will be okay.

Continued purrs and purrayers.

Mickey's Musings said...

We are sending BIG purrs to Snowball and we are happy he is home and not blocked ;) We hope that nasty UTI goes away soon too!!!

Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Tiger,Treasure and JJ

ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...

We just got online so we didn't know about snowball.
We are so glad that he is doing so well but we will continue our purrs until we know he is 100% back to his normal self.

purrs
>^,,^<
♥Abby♥Boo♥Ping♥Jinx♥Grace♥

The Lee County Clowder said...

Sending healing puurrrrrss to you & Snowball. We hope his problems are now under control.

meowmeowmans said...

We are so glad that Snowball is back home. We will say big purrs and prayers that all will be okay. Sorry to hear about the computer issues ... what a pain!

Hugs!

Oui Oui said...

We are purring for Snowball. We hope the antibiotics do their work and he will be like new some. A diet change would help too. although he might not like it.

Kaz's Cats said...

We're so glad that Snowball's doing better! Still sending healing purrs to him for a full recovery,

{{{hugs}}}

Tasha & Buddy

Hannah and Lucy said...

We don't know how we missed this before (Mum's fault of course!). We are sending purrs to Snowball and hope he is well on the road to recovery.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

Cat said...

We are so sorry we missed this post on the weekend but very relieved that Snowball is home now and will be okay!!!!

KC and the Giggleman Kitties said...

So glad to hear the update, we's all still purring and purraying for Snowball.
Love & Purrs,
KC

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