Amongst the more common cat health care problems are certain urinary problems. A lot of the diseases, illnesses and even undesirable behaviour that our cats display are directly caused by urinary problems. The main three problems are Cystitis, or Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease, spraying and renal failure.

Cystitis and Feline Lower Urinary tract Disease are general terms which refer to the cat health care problems caused by an inflammation in the urinary bladder. As this problem causes irritation and inflammation related to urination, common symptoms include urinating frequently or urgently, appearing to experience difficulty urinating and possibly blood in urine. These illnesses are caused by various triggers, although very often food causes urinary crystals to form into bladder stones. Also, cats which are overweight are often affected because they are susceptible to cat health care problems generally. However, there is no need for undue concern: this can be treated easily by a vet.

Spraying, on the other hand, is more often thought of as a problematic behaviour than a cat health care issue. Between the age of eight and nine months male cats will hit puberty and develop new, territorial behaviours. This will include spraying very strong smelling urine around their territory- your house. Getting rid of the smell can be very difficult. This behaviour goes hand in hand with other typical male cat behaviour such as fighting, which can lead to cat health care problems, so it advisable to have a male cat neutered before this age to avoid these problems.

Renal disease is a cat health care problem which is particularly prevalent in middle aged and older cats. This is because cat urine is very concentrated and cats do not pass urine exceptionally often, meaning that their kidneys work very hard. That an older cat’s kidneys should begin to fail is therefore not surprising or uncommon. Symptoms of kidney disease include drinking and urinating more and if the disease progresses, sickness, disorientation and weight loss. As well as advancing age, other causes of this cat health care problem include ingestion poison, cancer or other infections.

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