If your cat is really holding/waiting to urinate that long, no it is not normal. I have heard of and own/owned cats that would not eat if I was not home. But I have no experience personal or professional with a cat waiting for "company" to use a litter box.
Are you sure you really have a cat that urinates twice a dayOriginally Posted by LDG
There is absolutely no way to force your cat to pee.
They all have different schedules. Chumley pees twice a day.His pees are huge, and he SHOULD go more frequently. He doesn't.
If she were uncomfortable, she'd go before you got home.
I think the question was asked in relation to there being a problem though. In that sense, based on my experience, there probably is no problem and no reason to worry.
My cat only goes once a day and he has no urinary issues whatsoever.Originally Posted by Cat Person
Are you sure you really have a cat that urinates twice a day? I agree there is no way to force a cat to urinate. But I have NEVER heard of or seen a normal healthy cat urinate only twice a day. I guess I will learned something new!
Originally Posted by LDG
I think the question was asked in relation to there being a problem though. In that sense, based on my experience, there probably is no problem and no reason to worry.
Of course, if you are ever worried, the best thing to do is ask your vet.
When we rescued our first two cats, we were at the vet all the time, and often as an "emergency" after hours.We ended up getting to know our vet REALLY well, and bought him a lot of bottles of wine to make up for all the "emergencies" that ... well... weren't.But we had peace of mind.
Originally Posted by Cat Person
LDG as I said I have no hands on experience with a cat waiting like a dog to urinate till the owner comes home. But since you do I am sure you are correct.
But I have been around thousands of cats for extended periods of time and NEVER saw such an issue. That made me feel it is not "normal" at first.
However since your cat does that and it is clearly happening, then it clearly can be normal. I still do not think it is common however, IMHO.
Like I said you taught me something new. I do have to ask is it common for a "normal" healthy cat to just urinate twice a day with the owner present, in your experience? It is clearly not common in my experience.
I know you where not being critical. I was being serious and sincere when I said you taught me something. As I have said before, sometimes I come off way too harsh. That was one of those times againOriginally Posted by LDG
I wasn't being critical of your answer. I haven't actually timed how often our kitties go pee, in general LOL, but seems to me it's somewhere between 6 and 8 hours. The amount of scooping I do makes me think each one pees 3-4 times a day. Chum is definitely not usual/normal/average, but because I know he's healthy, I know it's possible for a cat to go pee twice a day and be perfectly healthy.If I hadn't seen Chum, I wouldn't have thought that it'd be OK (unless the cat was on medication or something).
Even so, 7-8 hours isn't abnormal, is it? We should start a "how many times a day does your cat pee?" poll.
I believe your cat is FIV postie correct? If so, I have seen many cats urinate once or twice a day with that condition. But as I said until LDG, I had never heard of a normal healthy cat urinating once or twice a day
It might be anxiety, but I think he just might like a supper clean litter box to urinate in
Ramsey only goes a couple of times a day. He pees a LOT when he goes. It's always first thing in the morning and then sometime after his second wet feeding. And he drinks a lot of water too. I don't know how he holds it. We have 4 cats and 4 litter boxes so he's got plenty of places to do his business but that is just his habit. I did ask the vet about it once and the vet said as long as there are no urinary tract issues (there have been none) there is probably nothing to worry about. You probably don't have a problem but you might mention it to your vet.
ok this may be a stupid suggestion but what about getting another litter box? I'm wondering if he doesn't like peeing in the same box where he pooped? Some cats use one box for pee and another for poop.
FIV attacks the immune system. It wouldn't make any sense that it would affect how often he wants to pee (behavioral).Originally Posted by Cat Person
I believe your cat is FIV postie correct? If so, I have seen many cats urinate once or twice a day with that condition. But as I said until LDG, I had never heard of a normal healthy cat urinating once or twice a day.
