He is a male cat, neutered, about seven to nine years old. Yesterday afternoon he began urinating very small amounts of blood/bloody urine, such as on trashbags, and left diluted smears of blood where-ever he'd sat otherwise. We took him to the vet immediately, gave them a urine sample, but they haven't reached us back yet with the results of the urinalysis because of weather complications.
They gave us pills to give him in case it's a bladder infection, but we don't know yet; in fact we think it was brought on by stress, because he made a trip on Thursday to the vet for the first time in years and was terrified out of his fluffy mind.
But, since we don't know the cause, and can't tell if he's in pain or straining or anything, how can we tell if he gets a urethral obstruction? He hasn't seemed to urinate much today, that I know of, and since if the blockage isn't treated within forty-eight hours he's doomed, I'd very much like to know if there are any signs I should watch for.
2007-03-17
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