[NAGDU] Overactive bladder is back

[Tracy Carcione]

Amanda:  I've had girls with incontinence, which was easily controlled with a pill.  Krokus is male, and it doesn't seem as simple as in females.  But we'll see what the vet says.

Lauren, if I cut him down to 2 cups at a time, then how often?  As I vaguely recall class, it was morning, noon, dinner and evening, with less at the evening.  But that doesn't seem like much water.  The vet says around 7 cups of water a day, so I guess that breaks down as I've said.  Just doesn't seem like much, especially spread out in his dish.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Jones via NAGDU
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 12:09 PM
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Cc: Amanda Jones
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Overactive bladder is back

Hello Tracy. My girl also has problems with overactive bladder and has for several years. My vet has her on 50 mg of proin twice a day and a hormone pill once a week. This combination has been a life saver and as long as i don’t forget to giver her pills we don’t have any problems. I hope your vet can come up with another solution that works.
Amanda and retired guide Gilda

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> On Jan 27, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> A year or so ago, Krokus was diagnosed with overactive bladder, based on
> symptoms, because the tests the vet ran didn't show any problems.  The vet
> gave us a prescription for pills, which seemed to work for quite a while.
> But now the problem is back.  When Krokus gets a drink, he drinks most of
> the roughly 3 cups of water I give him, then he has to go out in about 90
> minutes, and then again in another 90 minutes.  Then he's good for a while,
> until he drinks some more.  
> 
> I'd gotten used to going out the first time, but now we've added a second
> time.  Yesterday, I thought he could wait a bit, so I didn't drop what I was
> doing when he came downstairs, and he started to pee on the wall.  I yelled
> at him, and he stopped, so I don't know if he was just trying it out as an
> option, or if he really couldn't wait.
> 
> I'll call tomorrow and make another appointment with the urologist.  Oh boy,
> another day at the vet.
> 
> I could cut back on his water, but I don't want to short him and make him
> dehydrated.  I'm putting a bit less, around 2.5 cups or so.
> 
> I've even thought of returning him to the school as more trouble than I can
> deal with, but he's a good worker, mostly, and I'm quite attached to him,
> too.  And I can't think anyone else wants to deal with constant outings,
> either.  
> 
> And I imagine the problem will get worse as he gets older, as these things
> do for all of us.
> 
> Hopefully the vet will have a solution that will work again.  
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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