- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Squidge has been struggling with her plumbing for a couple of months. She started weeing in her sleep, very unusual, so we took her to the vet in Spain. We did a urinalysis (well, the vet did!) and while there was no sign of an infection, she gave us a course of ABs just in case it was very low level. The symptoms cleared up as soon as she started the ABs, but of course we finished the whole course. Roll on a few weeks, and it started again, so back on the ABs; again, it cleared up immediately, but returned as soon as the course was finished. We know her kidneys are fine as the first time this happened coincided with a full blood panel anyway, and that came back clear.
Now we're back in Andorra, so we took her to the vet here last week, who gave her a full physical exam and did another urinalysis which showed she doesn't have an infection. She has no pain in the kidneys - in fact, she seemed to really enjoy the attention of the poking and prodding!
One thing that was flagged was that she has very low concentration of urine (hyposthenuria). We're back at the vet on Monday for annual vaccinations for all four (ouch) and he's going to discuss this with us then.
Of course, Dr Google DVM comes to the fore, and apparently the causes of hyposthenuria are:
So obviously I'm worried, but trying to keep my sensible head on. She does drink a lot, and always has. Less so here, but she does eat a lot of snow. However, the lack of control over her urination is very new. The vet doesn't think it's related to her spay, as it started a year after that, and is also wouldn't explain the hyposthenuria.
She always wakes up with a bit of a start when she wees in her sleep, and tries to clean herself up immediately. It's a bit of a shock, obviously. She can continue to drip for quite a while, so there's definitely a lack of control. Last night she was cuddled up asleep on my lap and... well, you can imagine. So that was fun. I then had to go from the living room to the kitchen to get cleaning products, with her trotting behind me, leaving a trail.... then she shook...
On the plus side, since it's so weak, it doesn't smell bad.
Poor monkey
Now we're back in Andorra, so we took her to the vet here last week, who gave her a full physical exam and did another urinalysis which showed she doesn't have an infection. She has no pain in the kidneys - in fact, she seemed to really enjoy the attention of the poking and prodding!
One thing that was flagged was that she has very low concentration of urine (hyposthenuria). We're back at the vet on Monday for annual vaccinations for all four (ouch) and he's going to discuss this with us then.
Of course, Dr Google DVM comes to the fore, and apparently the causes of hyposthenuria are:
Kidney failurePyelonephritis 9inflammation of the kidney, usually caused by a bacterial infection)DiabetesUterine infection (pyometra)- Too much water
- Thyroid disorder
- Cancer
IV therapy
So obviously I'm worried, but trying to keep my sensible head on. She does drink a lot, and always has. Less so here, but she does eat a lot of snow. However, the lack of control over her urination is very new. The vet doesn't think it's related to her spay, as it started a year after that, and is also wouldn't explain the hyposthenuria.
She always wakes up with a bit of a start when she wees in her sleep, and tries to clean herself up immediately. It's a bit of a shock, obviously. She can continue to drip for quite a while, so there's definitely a lack of control. Last night she was cuddled up asleep on my lap and... well, you can imagine. So that was fun. I then had to go from the living room to the kitchen to get cleaning products, with her trotting behind me, leaving a trail.... then she shook...
On the plus side, since it's so weak, it doesn't smell bad.
Poor monkey
I keep thinking of her waking up in shock and trying to clean it up 
