Interestingly, the internet was quite accurate it seems about the age of onset - it said the average age is four years, and my cats will be four in April! I was definitely on the fence because I'd been leaning toward him eating something and being upset about it, because I'd found vomit in the living room, and neither of my cats are pukers. I didn't want to take him in if it was a tummy ache that would just hang around until he passed the object, but after watching him and seeing he was clearly in A LOT of pain, there was no way.
There was some scariness overnight because he wasn't eating or drinking but still trying to pee, but he's improved since then. He's eaten a few bites of food and drank a bit of water, and he has been peeing, but only a little. Steve's sister was a vet tech for a long time, and she said that male cats' urethras are about as wide as a third of a spaghetti noodle O_O That explains why he'll likely be inflamed for awhile and not being able to pass much urine at a time. She was also surprised that I didn't "just" pay the $50 to put him down. I was like, "HELL NO MY PETS ARE FAMILY, NOT DISPOSABLE D:"
We ended up separating the cats, keeping Grim inside the room with his own litter box and food and water, and Nero outside with his original stuff, because Nero wouldn't use the litterbox when they were both in the room. Grim showed marked improvement when I got up for work today. Even though it'd only been 4 hours since his last painkiller dose, he was alert and rubby and even ran to the cat food in the living room when I opened the door (expecting fresh food even though I only ever feed when the bowl is empty), as is the norm when he was fine. And Nero isn't warm to Grim, but he didn't hiss at him when they came into contact this evening (though plenty of THAT was to be had yesterday. Oh god, the drama!). It was so funny when Nero was freaking out hissing at him, and Grim was all doped up and didn't even notice.
I'm still worried about him because they said he's at risk for re-blocking until his inflammation goes down, which is over the next week or two. Fingers crossed!
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There was some scariness overnight because he wasn't eating or drinking but still trying to pee, but he's improved since then. He's eaten a few bites of food and drank a bit of water, and he has been peeing, but only a little. Steve's sister was a vet tech for a long time, and she said that male cats' urethras are about as wide as a third of a spaghetti noodle O_O That explains why he'll likely be inflamed for awhile and not being able to pass much urine at a time. She was also surprised that I didn't "just" pay the $50 to put him down. I was like, "HELL NO MY PETS ARE FAMILY, NOT DISPOSABLE D:"
We ended up separating the cats, keeping Grim inside the room with his own litter box and food and water, and Nero outside with his original stuff, because Nero wouldn't use the litterbox when they were both in the room. Grim showed marked improvement when I got up for work today. Even though it'd only been 4 hours since his last painkiller dose, he was alert and rubby and even ran to the cat food in the living room when I opened the door (expecting fresh food even though I only ever feed when the bowl is empty), as is the norm when he was fine. And Nero isn't warm to Grim, but he didn't hiss at him when they came into contact this evening (though plenty of THAT was to be had yesterday. Oh god, the drama!). It was so funny when Nero was freaking out hissing at him, and Grim was all doped up and didn't even notice.
I'm still worried about him because they said he's at risk for re-blocking until his inflammation goes down, which is over the next week or two. Fingers crossed!