Oh, good. That he's already seen the vet, & that he wasn't blocked, just a
UTI.


Cathy

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"Lucifer" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:44:43 -0600, Karen Chuplis
wrote:

in article , Lucifer at
wrote on 1/25/04 12:15 PM:

One of my indoors only, 6 yr old neutered males has taken to spending
a lot of time in the litter box.

He seems to go about twice an hour, and spends up to 15 minutes at a
time in there.

Seems to be healthy and playful otherwise; belly is not tender or
distended.

I'll try for a vet visit tomorrow, but wondered if anyone has any
ideas?


This is an emergency in a male. Males can die from systemic poisoning
within
48 to 72 hours if they block. Please try to get him in TODAY.


I did.

Turns out it wasn't an emergency.

The vet said you can tell whether a cat's urinary tract is blocked by
feeling for a distended bladder; his wasn't.

He did have an infection, which made him think he had to pee even when
he really didn't.