WMBigs
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Hi all,
Loki has become very thirsty about a week ago. Female, spayed, 5 yrs old.
She has always liked water, eats it when we are at a river or lake, stream, puddle.
Go to bed about 10ish, she would wake us about 4:30-6:00am to go out.
Now she wakes us about every two hours to get a drink, we do not let her drink until we get up. When let out, she barely pees to come in and get a drink, then go out again to empty her bladder.
When at the vet, I took her out to potty 2 times because she was leaking. Two hour time period.
The vet checked blood and urine, all good. Maybe very early stage of kidney disease, maybe not- just speculation.
Loki is now on Proin Er 74mg for incontinence. Don't know if that is helping.
Vet said 1.8 liters will meet her needs per day. Measure out 2 liters and she will finish it about 5:00 pm, but we let her drink freely after that until 7:00 pm. She is kenneled on work days when we are not home. She did make it ok, now the bedding is wet when I get home. I have come home at lunch to let her out, bedding is wet.
We have always shut off her water supply at 7:00 pm.
This started with the extreme cold weather. We used to get out 1-2 times a week for 1-2 hours of off leash running. We went 2 weeks without getting out.
In past I have learned to limit our time at the water edge because she would leak in the car on the way back home. We can't water the lawn with her outside, can't wash the bicycles, can't hang dripping laundry out to dry- she will play with/drink whatever she can.
To be clear, she has always drank too much in her playing when able. Now she is telling us she is thirsty and needs a drink, not playing with water.
No changes in our 7 yr old neutered male Cody. They have the same diet.
Help!!
MikeB
Loki has become very thirsty about a week ago. Female, spayed, 5 yrs old.
She has always liked water, eats it when we are at a river or lake, stream, puddle.
Go to bed about 10ish, she would wake us about 4:30-6:00am to go out.
Now she wakes us about every two hours to get a drink, we do not let her drink until we get up. When let out, she barely pees to come in and get a drink, then go out again to empty her bladder.
When at the vet, I took her out to potty 2 times because she was leaking. Two hour time period.
The vet checked blood and urine, all good. Maybe very early stage of kidney disease, maybe not- just speculation.
Loki is now on Proin Er 74mg for incontinence. Don't know if that is helping.
Vet said 1.8 liters will meet her needs per day. Measure out 2 liters and she will finish it about 5:00 pm, but we let her drink freely after that until 7:00 pm. She is kenneled on work days when we are not home. She did make it ok, now the bedding is wet when I get home. I have come home at lunch to let her out, bedding is wet.
We have always shut off her water supply at 7:00 pm.
This started with the extreme cold weather. We used to get out 1-2 times a week for 1-2 hours of off leash running. We went 2 weeks without getting out.
In past I have learned to limit our time at the water edge because she would leak in the car on the way back home. We can't water the lawn with her outside, can't wash the bicycles, can't hang dripping laundry out to dry- she will play with/drink whatever she can.
To be clear, she has always drank too much in her playing when able. Now she is telling us she is thirsty and needs a drink, not playing with water.
No changes in our 7 yr old neutered male Cody. They have the same diet.
Help!!
MikeB
