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My cat has a UTI, peeing drops, not eating. Is this an emergency?
Updated on September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 4 years old | 15 lbs
My cat was diagnosed with urinary infection 2 days ago and the vet had given antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicine. He was able to urinate much more than before yesterday but today again he is peeing in drops. He is refusing to eat but is drinking water and a while back he started retching but no vomit came out. Please advise on what I should do. We only have one Vet here and she is unavailable today. Thank you.
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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti
Veterinarian
Published on August 7th, 2019
Hi, it does sound like Chibi is having troubles passing urine. In terms of what you need to do, he needs to be seen by a vet his condition is classed as an emergency. The fact he can't urinate properly but just droplets and that he has retched and refused to eat, can indicate that the inability of pass urine is causing all the waste products to be reabsorbed in his blood. As time goes by he will progressively get worse, so I recommend you try to get hold of your vet explaining you think it is an emergency and 24 hours is too long to wait.
Apart from offering water, he needs to have some treatment for urethral obstruction, there is nothing you can do at home apart from keeping him indoors, try to avoid unnecessary stress, make sure he is in a cool room.. and most importantly try to find a vet. Hope all goes well, please let us now if there is anything else that we can do. If you have any antinflammatories, stop them for the time being as we think he might not be able to urinate and can make his kidneys worse as well as causing Gastro-intestinal issues.
Apart from offering water, he needs to have some treatment for urethral obstruction, there is nothing you can do at home apart from keeping him indoors, try to avoid unnecessary stress, make sure he is in a cool room.. and most importantly try to find a vet. Hope all goes well, please let us now if there is anything else that we can do. If you have any antinflammatories, stop them for the time being as we think he might not be able to urinate and can make his kidneys worse as well as causing Gastro-intestinal issues.
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