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[whitereflection]

It's like I'm jumping on the bandwagon again. James took Bebop-cat to the vet tonight, since I was working on homework. Thank you, Moe, for nudging me to get us to do so--if we hadn't decided to, it would have been even worse. And I couldn't have forgiven myself for that. But the situation is that Bebop is in severe renal failure. Not sure why. We've scoured the house, and we can't find any toxic/poison substances that he could have ingested to cause it. There is a possibility it is congenital. He's being kept at the vet's, and is on a sort of fluid therapy to basically flush him of potential toxins for a couple of days--we'll know by some time on Sunday if there's any hope of helping him. And yeah...extremely expensive. But another thing I couldn't forgive myself for is not having done what we can.

Hm...don't really feel like sleeping. Probably should, though. Stuff I gotta be coherent enough to do tomorrow and whatnot.

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[mintaka00.livejournal.com]

~holds~ Oh Di, I'm so sorry to hear that. I was hoping it would be something easier. Was worrying about him and you all yesterday evening. I'll be thinking of you both intensely. Please let me know if I can help at all.

[kenjimurasame.livejournal.com]

*Hugs* Toldja it was a good idea to take him there...hopefully he'll be better soon. :\

[akaibara.livejournal.com]

I think I may have some clarity. Male cats are prone to developing crystals in their urinary tract due to high levels of magnesium in the foods we feed them. This, obviously, blocks them up, and causes a lot of problems. My parents' male Russian Blue nearly died with it, and had to be put on dialysis briefly.

The solution, once they've fixed him, is deceptively simple. You've *got* to scrutinize the magnesium content in the food you feed. You can either switch to one of the varieties that say 'urinary tract health' on them or you can switch to a premium food. My parents found that the regular Science Diet was well within acceptable magnesium levels. I believe Purina One is also much lower than normal foods. It's expensive, but less expensive and harrowing than the trips to the vet.

::huggles:: I'm so sorry this has happened. I hope he's going to be ok. Keep this in mind, though. Hopefully it will be the key to a healthy Bebop. ^_^