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My Cat Urinates Very Frequently Lately but Only a Few Drops Each Time; Today Almost Every Few Minutes, With Pink Blood; Drinks and Eats Little; a Larger Cat Was Adopted Half a Month Ago
Frequent urination, little urine, bloody drips indicate a urinary disease (idiopathic cystitis, stones, crystals, infection, tumor). New cat plus low water intake - stress and cystitis. Get ultrasound, urinalysis, bloodwork. Increase water (wet food), use calming agents for environmental stress.
My cat has lost feeling in its hind legs and is incontinent
Loss of hind-leg sensation and bowel or bladder control usually means lumbar, sacral, or cervical dislocation or lesions, or spinal spurs compressing nerves, causing paralysis and incontinence; hip injury or sphincter-nerve damage are other causes. Get MRI, CT, or X-ray promptly—delay lowers cure rate and risks permanent paralysis.
Can a Cat’s Epilepsy Heal on Its Own?
No — cat epilepsy cannot self-heal. It is a brain-based, intermittent seizure disorder. Watch for pre-attack mood swings, convulsions with foaming and tongue bites during, and confusion after. Treatment is drugs like phenobarbital, diazepam, or gabapentin under a vet.
Why does a cat get kidney stones?
Causes: unreasonable diet, old age, insufficient water, genetic defects. Cat food too high in protein/magnesium/calcium raises urine ion concentration, easier stones. Older cats move/urinate less—a key cause. Some cats have inherited metabolic defects, higher kidney-disease risk.
My cat urinates frequently but the amount is tiny. What’s wrong?
A male cat may develop frequent/low-volume urination or even blockage from heat, stress, urethral infection, stones, or urinary tumors. Stress cystitis from frequent heat/stress causes frequent urination, dribbling, blood, plus genital licking that worsens infection or causes swelling/blockage. Crystals/stones constantly irritate the bladder; male cats have naturally narrow tracts, causing difficulty/pain or blockage. If still urinating, give more water, wet food, relieve stress. If low/blocked long-term, see a vet for catheterization to avoid bladder rupture/kidney damage.
A 2-year-old unspayed female tabby cat; two or three days ago a lump appeared on her belly, at the original-pouch location. Pressing it, she doesn’t hurt or cry, but lies back and lets me touch. I thought it was constipation, but today I feel small lumps elsewhere on her body. What could this be, and does she need urgent care?
A belly lump has many types. If in the mammary area, likely hyperplasia or tumor, or pregnancy/pseudopregnancy in an unspayed female. If intra-abdominal, possibly tumor, lymph node swelling, gestational sac, urinary blockage, or constipation (a lump at the bladder when retaining urine). Skin lumps may be skin disease, cyst, fat, or tumor. In any case, see a vet promptly for abdominal exam; severe cases need ultrasound, bloodwork, full chemistry, and X-ray.
Why does my cat’s urine have white foam?
White foam in urine may mean a urinary problem such as a tract infection or stones, which blocks the urethra and raises protein concentration in retained urine. Pyometra or prostatitis can also cause it; see a vet to avoid worsening.
My 7-month-old male cat—not sure if in heat—constantly secretes coin-sized white sticky fluid from the urethra above the testicles, with a foul smell. Disease or heat? No spraying or mounting.
White sticky urethral discharge with foul smell may be from urinary disease or normal heat reaction; observe urination or get a urinary exam. Possible causes: urethritis, urethral stones, or other urinary diseases like FIC, bacterial cystitis, or tumors. Watch for difficult/frequent urination, urgency, dribbling, blood, or blockage; give more water/wet food; see a vet if abnormal.
My Cat Has Been Using the Litter Box Frequently the Last Two Days, Sometimes Producing Nothing, with Little Volume, Crouching a Long Time, and Licking Its Bottom
Frequent litter-box trips with little urine likely signal a urinary issue such as idiopathic cystitis, urethritis, urethral spasm, stones, or blockage, often from strong stress or low water intake. If the cat cannot urinate, seek urgent vet care.
Cat Frequent Urination with Small Volume: Causes and Medication
Frequent, small-volume urination in cats is usually a urinary-tract problem — urethritis, cystitis or urolithiasis. Start with a diuretic and a pet-safe anti-inflammatory to ease pain and infection, encourage water intake, and if there is no improvement see a vet to rule out stones blocking the urethra.