Cats will often urinate outside of their litter boxes when they have a urinary tract disease. Learn more about urinary track diseases and their symptoms in this free pet care video from a practicing veterinarian.
Expert: Tracy Carreiro
Bio: Tracy Carreiro is member of The Faxon Animal Rescue League. The League was founded in 1913 to help overworked and abused draft horses.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Thank you so much for this..saved my cats life!
chondram 9 months ago
Youtube SUCKS ...stupid commercial cuts into the beginning of the video all rudely
Joysquigglesparkles 1 year ago
@RustySporks
Oh! I'm so pleased for you! There's nothing worse than not knowing what's wrong and worrying about all the 'what if's'... I'm so happy your cat is fine though! I love my two cats to bits and I would be devastated if I thought something was going to happen to either of them, so I know how you felt!
bethie777 1 year ago
@bethie777
Ah, I had forgotten about posting that. The real problem wasn't very major at all. Upon closer inspection, the vet found that my cat had abscessed anal glands. The vet said my cat likely wasn't using the litter box because of the pain.
The vet cleaned it up, and my cat was on antibiotics for 10 days. He's better now, but he still has to wear a cone for a collar. Everything is 100%; I was overreacting when I thought he might have a urinary tract infection.
RustySporks 1 year ago
@RustySporks How is he? I hope he's okay?
bethie777 1 year ago
When we woke up this morning we found that our cat was acting weird. He continuously has been licking his behind, and cries in pain if we touch anywhere around his behind, including his back legs, and on top of his back near his tail.
Nothing irregular was in the litter box, but he hasn't gone in last 12 hours (I cleaned the box this morning and it's still clean). We're taking him to a vet tomorrow. I doubt it's a urinary tract infection, but this video was helpful. I hope my cat gets better...
RustySporks 2 years ago