Male cat peeing frequently in small amounts

mtl00 said:

my female cat was just in heat and she would pee a small amount then walk off and come back and pee again, i iwas very worried but it turned out to be because she was in heat, peeing things changes when a cat goes in heat, but just to be safe i took her to the vet, check to see if your cat is in heat, and if he is my advice would be to let him out to pregnate a female cat if there are any around, 

so until you get him to the vet just keep an eye on his eating and drinking habbits and his energy levels

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iheartlife said:

I have a young male cat (10 months) who hasn't been nuetered yet because he keeps getting anemia from fleas and we're having a hard time keeping it under control. He has started peeing more frequently in smaller amounts over the holidays. When he pees though he pees quickly and doesn't appear to be straining; there also doesn't appear to be any blood like you might expect with a urinary tract infection or blockage. He's also adopted the male spraying behavior lately. He only does the frequent peeing occasionally depending on whether he's been caged or is roaming freely. When I have him confined at night, he won't spray because his food is in the cage with him and he will usually pee a little more in the litter box when I let him out to pee. But when he is out he will pee a small amount and then go promptly spray on a few places; if I manage to stop him from spraying he will usually go straight back to the litter box and pee a little more (another small amount). So do you think he peeing smaller (seemingly more frequent) amounts because he's spraying due to not being neutered yet or is it more likely the beginnings of a urinary tract infection even though he doesn't strain to urinate? I'm going to make an appointment with my vet when she opens Wednesday to be safe but in the meantime I would like some input please.

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talkingpeanut said:

Absolutely do not let him out! Impregnating a female will not help anything, but especially because males don't go into heat. They are always ready to go. This is truly dangerous and irresponsible advice.

What have you done for the fleas?

Also, I would say that as long as he is peeing and not in distress, there is not an emergency. Let us know what the vet says.

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mtl00 said:

 
my female cat was just in heat and she would pee a small amount then walk off and come back and pee again, i iwas very worried but it turned out to be because she was in heat, peeing things changes when a cat goes in heat, but just to be safe i took her to the vet, check to see if your cat is in heat, and if he is my advice would be to let him out to pregnate a female cat if there are any around, 

so until you get him to the vet just keep an eye on his eating and drinking habbits and his energy levels

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sivyaleah said:

I'd bring him to the vet sooner than later. It does sound like a possible UTI to me. Our male cat has had a few of them over the years and I've never witnessed him straining but, he would repeatedly visit the box, squat to pee and nearly nothing came out. He never had blood either.  I am not familiar with health issues of un-neutered males in general, but why wait?  UTI's can be incredibly painful and cats are so good at hiding their distress.  The vet can so easily assess if a UTI is the problem.

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iheartlife said:

We're waiting to neuter him because he has anemia caused by a severe flea infestation. We have tried multiple treatments to get rid of the fleas but they aren't going away. The anemia caused by the fleas lowers the cat's oxygen supply so he can't be put under anesthesia to be neutered until the anemia and the flea infestation is resolved.

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mtl00 said:

my female cat was just in heat and she would pee a small amount then walk off and come back and pee again, i iwas very worried but it turned out to be because she was in heat, peeing things changes when a cat goes in heat, but just to be safe i took her to the vet, check to see if your cat is in heat, and if he is my advice would be to let him out to pregnate a female cat if there are any around, 

so until you get him to the vet just keep an eye on his eating and drinking habbits and his energy levels

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iheartlife said:

I would not put him outside ever intentionally. We live out of town alongside a busy highway. There are dogs, coyotes in the woods, speeding traffic, and he would probably never come back even if he made it past all that. I love my pet too much to do that to him.

As for the fleas, I have tried three different topical flea treatments. Advantage II worked the best out of the three, but it still was not clearing the fleas. They would thin out for about a week or so then come back full swing. The vet said I could reapply it at three weeks instead of four to see if it was just a really bad infestation and we've done that twice (three treatments total with Advantage II) and there are still tons of fleas. She said next we would try a pill instead of a topical. If that doesn't work, she said she might try a more aggressive treatment (a flea dip and shaving him) to get rid of all the fleas at once and then try again with monthly maintenance. But we're going to try a monthly flea pill first to see if that works. She said it might just be because he's a longhaired cat and the topical drops weren't penetrating the skin like they should.

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talkingpeanut said:

Are you treating your house when you treat your cat?

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iheartlife said:

We are vacuuming and sweeping daily including under furniture. We have a dog with allergies so we are apprehensive about using bug sprays for that reason and also because the animals live so close to the floor and could accidentally ingest it. So we are using more natural treatments on the floors in place of chemical ones. Do you have any advice for treating the house besides seeeping, vacuuming, and scrubbing the floors?

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Angels mommy said:

Yes, I agree with everyone else. I also agree that you may have to just leave the house for a day & aggressively treat the house. Even though you will have to wash all your dishes, etc.. if you bomb. I say that because I think the fog goes into everything, so be very careful. I would definitely remove the pets food if in bags for sure! Just wouldn't take any chances!

As far as the spot treatments & being a long hair cat, the hair should be being parted, to apply right to the skin anyway, or else no wonder it isn't working, it's just going on the hair, & not in the bloodstream, which is how they work.
I have always had good luck & used the advantage multi. This way it's also for heartworm as well as ear mites & I think one other thing. (?). It's Rx, so you have to buy it from the vet, or have a Rx from your vet to order online, like from 1-800petmeds.

Yes, having had my last kitty go through a UTI, & then 2 bouts of cystitis over the years, I would also take him in asap! They don't necessarily have to be showing those symptoms, & better to catch it early, if it's the case.

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iheartlife said:

So he saw the vet. She did X-rays and said his right kidney was a little enlarged but there didn't appear to be any crystals or any blockage. She also did blood work and said that all his levels were normal so she didn't know why the kidney itself was enlarged. She said it could be a UTI or he could be holding urine in to spray since he is of mating age. So she gave him some antibiotics to be safe. On a happy note, she said his anemia is cleared up which means he is now healthy enough to neuter. We still have some work to do on getting the fleas under control. She put him on a monthly flea pill instead of a topical and we're going to see how that works.

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