Hi Again,

Try not to feel bad about not noticing your cat's bad teeth. The back molors, especially, are difficult to visualize and most cats do not like having their mouths examined. The important thing is that you took care of the problem when you were aware of it. The same thing has happened to me and I am a vet tech.

Regarding the high cost of labwork........perhaps you can either ask about arranging a payment plan or request a less expensive panel. Where I work we offer what the lab calls a budget panel and it is much cheaper. If you are really in a bind, you might be able to have just the specific gravity test done on the urine, not an entire UA. The secific gravity indicates whether the urine is concentrated or dilute. Concentrated is good, dilute urine often indicates kidney disease.

Take care and please update when you can.

PHKitkat

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