I have had a cat with this problem off and on for the last 2 years. I retook his case last night and decided to give merc 30c -no change, have I got this wrong?
Urine -acrid, bloody (not red), starts with a stringy blood clot, then droplets of blood and then normal to dark coloured urine; very small amount frequently (will practically live in the litterbox during his episodes)
Causation: fright, very skittish cat, picked on occassionally by the others; very affectionate with family but afraid of strangers and loud noises
Mouth: wet, red, gingivitus, dental cavities, odor
Body: slight odor detected for the 1st time
Otherwise very healthy in all other respects.
Did treat with nux v 200ch with success, but a few months later the problem reappeared and nux v 200ch gave no relief.
Initially I came up with arn, merc, sars (as I write this phos comes to mind)
Does anyone see where I have gone wrong?
Thanks
PS Eventually if I can't provide homeopathic relief, I give in to antibiotics which he still responds to

Hi Krista!

Merc -C and phosphorous come up for me.
Was it Merc c you tried ??

Poor puss- good luck

Krista,
Could be, if Merc is correct remedy, that it either must be repeated (succussed) or it may be too low at 30. I hate to keep saying this because I haven't anything other than my own feeling to base it on but I think cats are a little harder to move with remedies and respond better to higher potencies. They also seem to respond well to LM or Q potencies.

It may have something to do with why he responded before to Nux V in 200. Next dose might have needed to be higher. Have a megacolon cat with pelvic deformity who has a real constipation problem that can and has been life threatening. Had good success with humans and horses with same dis-ease using Nux V 6C. Tried on kitty with no results, even repeating. Went to 30, then to 200, nothing. Still felt it was the right remedy and gave 1M and bingo, success. Had two more bouts after that and just used 1M at the outset with good results. ( I would like to add that a very nice man in Ireland named Hans, suggested a dietary change for her and she has not had one problem since! This is not only wonderful for the kitty but marvelous for me. Hard to concentrate so much time every day on one cat, as she was requiring. What a blessing. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Hans.)

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Thanks for the replies! I used merc viv., although merc c also came up in my search but not as strongly. Still its worth checking into. GPM I thought of going higher with nux, but I had originally "stumbled" on the nux when I really didn't do a very good job at taking a case. Not that I'm so much better now, but I would like to think I've learned a bit in the last 1 1/2 yrs. and nux just wasn't high on the list this time around -but perhaps I should consider it again. Hopefully I'll see more replies here and then I'll mull it over during the weekend, these "flair-ups" haven't killed him yet...

Krista,

I didn't mean to imply that Nux was appropriate at this point. Was just citing an example of how the higher potencies sometimes, at least with my cats, seems to bring better response.

PS...Got an email from Geir and he, too, thinks Puls may be the remedy to consider at this point.

[ 20 July 2002, 01:50: Message edited by: gpm ]

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it could be pulsatilla that will help the acute.
it has the frequent urging to urinate with scanty discharge, also haematuria, ailments from fright, bad breath, tooth problems.
after the acute, when you have this kind of recurrent problem, you have to follow up with the appropriate anti-miasmatic remedy, as hahnemann stated, to avoid recurrence - easier said than done with an animal apparently in good health.

I did decide to keep up with the merc 30c over the weekend and instead of going for the antibiotics after no relief I decided to try high dosages of vitamin C. He appears to be getting a little better but I am not sure the merc helped him much with the urine problem, it was probably the vit C. I did try him on puls eons ago with no success but it may be something to go back to. I think I'll wait to see what effect the merc may have had (his mouth definitly seems better for it-so it did do something!)and retake the case again. GPM I understand what you are saying about the higher potencies not sure if I've been doing this long enough to comment, I guess my lower confidence level of prescribing the "right" remedy will often hold me back from going high...

its back again, I gave him Canth 30ch which increased his urinary flow. My 1st thought was to panick because with the increased flow came an obvious increase in bloody urine. Can someone tell me if this might be a good thing or should I be concerned? As a result of the increased flow, he visits the litterbox less frequently and therefore cuts his burning urination in 1/2. His appetite, BMs and everything else is still normal, other than as I have mentioned before, he gets into fights with the other cats when he is in a flaire-up. Now that there is more urine, should I be using "increased, bloody urination" to prescribe a new remedy? Its been 2 days of this, still bloody.

flow has decreased again, with less straining, blood etc. I guess I will wait a little longer.