"Wendy" wrote in message
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gently snipped

So my question is what else can one look for to determine
if the problem is
more than likely a medical one or more than likely a
behavioral one? If the
cat only does this once with no other apparent symptoms,
what is the
likelihood that it is medical? Once a week, once a month?
What other
symptoms should one look for? If it's medical, will the
cat run a fever? If
so how can one reliably check it and what is the normal
cat temperature? How
often is one occurrence of peeing outside the box with no
other symptoms
indication of urinary tract problems?

W


A few fairly sure signs to run to the vet:

If the cat tries to pee and can't.
If it tries to go more often, and only a little comes out.
If there are drops of pink (blood) on the floor.
Lots of licking of the area, like it hurts.

S.