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Oliver had a dental cleaning, 1 tooth extraction (was an extra tooth super tiny), blood work and ultrasound today. Went under anesthetic and had a breathing tube etc. First 5 hours of him being home was horrible. Completely disoriented, like he was drunk and falling over. Was shaking and bobbling. H...

Update! Urine test came back normal. He has been great all summer. I changed his wet food to blue true solutions (pink and purple cans). His coat is noticeably a lot shinier. Much better than fancy feast is my understanding. Today he went in for dental cleaning, blood work and an ultrasound. I'll ge...

Vet tried to get a urine sample at his appt but they said his bladder was empty.. so I had to purchase a urine sample kit with litter that doesn't absorb urine. Problem is if he poops in it, it's null and void so I'd have to go buy and pick up another kit. My cats caught on to me changing his litter...

Are there any other medical probabilities for just high creatinine without high SDMA ? (I.e. cancer)

Wasn't able to get a urine sample from him today so will try again tomorrow. Anxious to hopefully have some answers from the vet that he is okay!

Thank you for replying Mollycat! I don't have the exact number. Now that I'm home I realized I should have asked for the sheet with the blood work results. I will ask for a copy when I drop off the urinary sample. When I saw the chart, as well as the vet explained, his creatinine was abnormally high...

Hello! I just had this occur today at my vet with my 8 year old male cat. Blood work was all normal, SDMA level 7 but his Creatinine was high. She said if his sdma was high, he'd be diagnosed as stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Doing a urine sample tomorrow. This is the only post online I could find ...