Afternoon bladder expression with my disabled cat, Cappy. "What does Cappy's bladder feel like, and how do you know when it's empty?" -my most commonly asked question. Here's my best metaphor: Cappy's bladder feels like a water balloon with a hole poked in it. As I squeeze the tiny water balloon, the water slowly dispenses out. The water balloon continues to shrink until all the water is gone. #paresis #youcandoit #disabledcat | Katie Beth Miedaner

This is what it looks like on ultrasound when I’m flushing a cat’s bladder after placing a urinary catheter to relieve a urinary obstruction. All those little specks floating around? That’s debris — a mix of crystals, mucus, inflammatory cells, gritty sediment, and sometimes even tiny urinary stones swirling around in the bladder. When this debris becomes dense enough it can clump together and block the urethra, especially in male cats where the urinary tube (urethra) is naturally very narrow. T

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