UTI Specimin Catch??? Suggestions needed... Over the past two or three weeks Muffin's skin color has changed to a slate grey. She has also been excessively panting, drinking and urinating quite a bit. She's too young for Cushing's Disease or so I think. So, this morning I carted all my furbabies down to the Veterinarian to check on what may be going on with her. The Veterinarian wants to check for a UTI before proceeding with more extensive testing and wanted me to leave her at the office to be placed in a cage until she went. :mad: NOT HAPPENING!!! So, here I am with a specimen cup trying to figure out how does one "catch" a urine sample. :scratchhe I've tried aluminum foil under her bottom and she literally runs and hides. I know she has to go because she keeps heading for the doggie door that I have closed off to try and "catch" the sample. I'm at witts end... ANY suggestions short of taking her back to jail so to speak would be greatly appreciated. |
when the vets were ck'g my girl for bladder crystals, they told me to get an specimen but i couldn't. i called them back. they stated to bring her in and they could do it. they took her back in the back and did something to get a sample. i would think that your vets could do it. i would call them back and adv you cannot get a specimen |
dunno how this will work but if she has a diaper, maybe you can put inside one of those little clear plastic sauce cups and then take her out and as soon as she does it (hopefully she will :) ) then try to slowly take out the container without having her run away so it won't spill. Good luck Kelly . . .tons of hugs to your angel and hope it is nothing serious. |
I have no idea if it is the same with dogs and cats, but when my cat was checked for a UTI, the vet simply opened the urethra and got the urine sample the urine simply comes out when the urethra opening is stretched. |
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try them ALL before I subject her to jail! |
If you could get her to pee on something in the house - even the floor - you could use a syringe to suck it up. That's what I did when I needed to bring a sample in - but Sadie was much younger and didn't hesitate to pee on the floor - LOL - I don't know if that would work now. The vet could catheterize Muffin - but I think that would be pretty traumatic for her if she's awake. GOOD LUCK!! |
How about lightly taping a small baggie on her and then putting a diaper over that and letting her go outside? That's basically what the urine bags for babies are - a plastic bag with stickie on the edges:) |
easiest thing if you use piddle pads or even if she goes outside.....watch her like a hawk and when she goes let it be on the plastic side of the piddle pad. then you can drain the urine off into a container. good luck. |
I used the plastic side of the pee pad and then syringed it up. The last time the vet took Cali in back and was able to get enough by doing something simple, I think it cost 15.00 |
Ellie was just diagnosed with a UTI. We could not get a sample so they took one. It is way too hard to catch it in midstream (I guess a few people have done it but that just didn't work). Anyway, it is a very busy vet so they didn't have a room open for us. They took Ellie in the back and took it via cystocentesis. Every other way of taking it has the potential to contaminate the urine on the way out but catheter is the second best (I just studied all of this before we took her in). I don't think that there is any reason your dog should have to wait in a cage to go when they could just take it. |
U bag I am an ER nurse. For babies and toddlers a U bag is sometimes used. it is just shaped like a U and has peel away stickersto hold it in place. A pediatric office might have them or an ER. Or tape the baggie,don't know if it would stay though.:interesti |
Update... Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried the plastic bag with a diaper over it. It would have worked had it not been for the sample running down her legs. :rolleyes: So, I resorted to holding her for four hours and locking her in the bathroom with a piddle pad on the reverse side. :thumbup: Worked like a charm even though she thought she was a bad girl doing it. Poor thing...So confusing for her. I took the sample to the Veterinarian's office yesterday and now she and I both are waiting for the results. Thanks again for all your help! |
Oh good, glad you were able to get the specimen. Sorry the baggie idea didn't work:( |
I asked this same question awhile back, because Winston will only pee in the grass...I swear he\'d explode before he would pee in the house...But someone suggested a dipper or ladle...just follow them around outside and catch it...don\'t see how this would work, but some one said it does. Lucky for me I\'ve never had to do it. The vet should have gotten the sample... |
UTI Confirmed! Well folks, I got the results back today and I am happy to report that Muffin does have a UTI. I hate to sound elated but I am ever so relieved that it was nothing more serious. Funny thing though...Seems as though as soon as her skin color has started to lighten to its normal pinkish shade with the onset of her taking antibiotics. I just don\'t get it... :rolleyes: It must have been her way of telling me "Hey Mom I\'m not feeling well!!!" :( |
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