I'm from the Maldives so I want you all to know there are no vets here. (Don't even get me started on whybthe government won't bring in a vet ) Rarely some pet owner will bring a vet from abroad and that's all. There are a few pet shops which provide basic medications for cats.
I recently adopted a Maine coon mix who is a male and not neutered. His previous owner didn't take good care of him. She said she's too stressed to take care of him and put him up for adoption. When I got him he had a bad case of ear mites and fleas. The girl who was caring for him didn't even know how old he is. First she said he's 2 years then later she said his previous owner had him for about 3 years and she had him for almost a year. I have no idea what to make of it.
Anyhow, I went to the pet shop and got some over the counter medication for his ear mites and some spot on treatment for the fleas and it has been working. I noticed he was constipated and he would only poop every other day. So I thought maybe I'll change the cat food. I was giving him meeow and changed to whiskers. Which was working good until out of the blue he's started to yowl in the evenings and night. Almost every time he'd yowl he'd pee on one place of the house outside the litter box. I live in an apartment and idk how he is even able to smell female cats outside [emoji]129300[/emoji] I clean the litter box as soon as he's done so there's no question about it not being clean. I try putting him in the litter box some times when he starts to yowl but he only pees a little bit. He doesn't even bother covering it up. I thought maybe it's not mating behavior since he's not spraying. I'm waiting for someone to bring a vet so I can get him neutered of course. But is this a behavioral issue or a medical problem? Could these be the signs of a urine problem? I did manage to give him a deworming tablet. Is there anything else that I should be doing or I could try doing until I get to take him to a vet?
I recently adopted a Maine coon mix who is a male and not neutered. His previous owner didn't take good care of him. She said she's too stressed to take care of him and put him up for adoption. When I got him he had a bad case of ear mites and fleas. The girl who was caring for him didn't even know how old he is. First she said he's 2 years then later she said his previous owner had him for about 3 years and she had him for almost a year. I have no idea what to make of it.
Anyhow, I went to the pet shop and got some over the counter medication for his ear mites and some spot on treatment for the fleas and it has been working. I noticed he was constipated and he would only poop every other day. So I thought maybe I'll change the cat food. I was giving him meeow and changed to whiskers. Which was working good until out of the blue he's started to yowl in the evenings and night. Almost every time he'd yowl he'd pee on one place of the house outside the litter box. I live in an apartment and idk how he is even able to smell female cats outside [emoji]129300[/emoji] I clean the litter box as soon as he's done so there's no question about it not being clean. I try putting him in the litter box some times when he starts to yowl but he only pees a little bit. He doesn't even bother covering it up. I thought maybe it's not mating behavior since he's not spraying. I'm waiting for someone to bring a vet so I can get him neutered of course. But is this a behavioral issue or a medical problem? Could these be the signs of a urine problem? I did manage to give him a deworming tablet. Is there anything else that I should be doing or I could try doing until I get to take him to a vet?