Could My Cat Have A UTI?????

Hello, i am having trouble with my male cat. He has been urinating on my carpet. He uses his litter as well has my female cats litter box. i always have the litter boxes clean. i am at the point that i dont know what to do with my cat. ive had him since May 2004. i luv him to death and i really dont want to get rid of him but i cant take his urinating anymore. what could be the problem with my cat???????

It's a stressful period for both of you....my boy had litter box issues. My advice is to make an appointment with the vet as soon as possible, and write up a little description of

• your cat's behavior (does he poo in the box, and just pee outside it? Doe he pee right next to the box? Or in different areas?)
  Does he seem to try to use the box but not deposit much? And then go outside?
  What you've used to clean the accident areas
  Has anything changed in your home? Your hours at home, your job, new person in the house, any little thing
  What does he eat? Has anything changed there?

The thing is, the first thing you want to do is see if there's a physcial issue, like a UTI or other bladder problem. Why I would ask you to make a vet appointment ASAP is that if your boy does have a crystal issue, it can become extremely serious, very very quickly.

If it's a physical issue, you and your vet can work to treat it - if it's not, at least you know it's not a health issue, and you can go on to treat the issue as a behavioral one.

Believe me, I know how frustrating it is, and how desperate you may feel soemtimes - but please take him to the vet just as soon as you can - tell the front desk it's a urinary problem and they should get you in quickly. Good luck. FWIW, once we figured out what was going on with my boy, he's peed in the box without problems for over two and a half years now.

Thank you so much. i really love my cat and dont want to lose him. i will definately take him to the vet. right now i am in the process of moving back home caue my husband just deployed. its been hard for me to do anything. its seems like my cat started his when my husband left. my cat is really close to my husband. so im not to sure if his leaving had anything to do with it. but ive had this problem with my cat since he was little. ive taken him to the vet and hes been clear and healthy. but i am really going to take him to the vet just in case something is wrong with him.

I really would mention your husband's deployment (and many prayers for his safe and quick return). A lot of health issues in cats are actually caused by stress, and the departure of a loved one (your husband), moving, and feeling the stress that you no doubt are feeling yourself might really be affecting your cat. Your cat loves you and may well be feeling totally unbalanced by everything you're all going through.

I really do sit down and write up a little description of what's going on with my cats before I go to the vet - otherwise, I always forget some detail until I get home!

Good luck and you'll be in my prayers.

Sorry to hear about the peeing issues... that's tough. I can relate since my cat just started doing the same as of a couple days ago. It started by her peeing on our couch... not a happy situation. Then, today I came home to the smell of pee and discovered that she urinated on my new living room rug. I was a bit surprised because it was only a very small amount though. I also noticed that she has blood in her diarrhea (she's a colectomy kitty) and/or urine. I found a drop of blood on the floor this evening too. My sister told me she had a friend that had a kitty that had the same issues and it had a UTI. Going to schedule an appointment for Izzy tomorrow w/her vet to have her checked out. She's never peed on furniture like this before and she's 8 years old, so I'm assuming it must be because she's not feeling herself.

Hope you've had some good luck at the vet!