christinepi Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) 2 months ago or so, Tracker started requesting to be let out every night in the middle of the night to pee. We did a urinalysis which came back negative, but the vet put him on Clavamox anyway, and it cleared up right away. So 6-7 weeks go by w/o problems, and then the nighttime peeing started up again 8 days ago. Again, negative analysis; the vet put him on Baytril--it's been 8 days ago, no improvement. Then, lo and behold, when I started taking his belly band off while he was munching his breakfast this morning, I noticed he was dripping urine into the band. Not a flow, just a steady drip. Not sure he's dribbled anywhere else after that (he's outside a fair amount), but there's nothing obvious on the pads. What I'm trying to figure out whether a) Baytril was perhaps not the right antibiotic for this case, and maybe the last 8 days have not been caused by bacteria at all, but rather building up to incontinence? I don't know how these things start. I guess it could also be both infection AND incontinence at the same time. Edited September 14, 2018 by christinepi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 CALL YOUR VET! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinepi Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 CALL YOUR VET! I did. Have not heard back yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysmom Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 It could be either, or something else entirely like a prostate issue or kidney (as opposed to urinary tract) infection. So, vet appt, one way or another. Quote Chris - Mom to: Felicity (DeLand), and Andi (Braska Pandora) siggy by Chris Harper, on Flickr Angels: Libby (Everlast), Dorie (Dog Gone Holly), Dude (TNJ VooDoo), Copper (Kid's Copper), Cash (GSI Payncash), Toni (LPH Cry Baby), Whiskey (KT's Phys Ed), Atom, Lilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinepi Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Tracker had an abdominal ultrasound, which was normal. Would a prostate or kidney issue have shown in an ultrasound, I wonder? The vet was also suggesting an endoscopy, which makes me so nervous. He's almost 12, and easily stressed these days, but if that's what it takes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Did the vet culture the urine? An infection may not show up in the urinalysis but show up in a culture. Also, did the vet do susceptibility testing? That would show which antibiotics are effective against the bacteria, if there is in fact a bacterial infection. As far as whether an ultrasound would show a problem, it depends. For example, if there's a kidney stone the ultrasound should show that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinepi Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Did the vet culture the urine? An infection may not show up in the urinalysis but show up in a culture. Also, did the vet do susceptibility testing? That would show which antibiotics are effective against the bacteria, if there is in fact a bacterial infection. As far as whether an ultrasound would show a problem, it depends. For example, if there's a kidney stone the ultrasound should show that. Good question. I don't know whether his urine was cultured. I assumed it automatically was. I'll have to check. No susceptibility testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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