Cat urinary calculi are one of the diseases that cats are prone to and are classified as kidney stones, ureteral stones, bladder stones and urethral stones depending on the location of the disease. Usually, male cats are more prone to urinary stones than female cats. Symptoms of urinary stones in cats: frequent urination, difficulty in urination, reduced urine volume, hematuria and other conditions, and the cat’s spirit may also show some changes. Causes 1. It is the cat’s reduced exercise and increased weight as it ages, which reduces the number of times it urinates daily and makes the urine stay in the body for a long time. 2. It is the cat’s insufficient daily water intake, which reduces the number of times it urinates. 3. It is the cat’s direct drinking of tap water, which happens to be hard in this place. 4. It is the cat’s sudden change of living environment, shock, etc., which triggers the body’s balance mechanism to be out of balance. Diagnosis of urinary stones is not only a human disease, but small animals can also get them. Urinary calculi are also known as cat urinary syndrome, urethral obstruction, and bladder obstruction. Urinary calculi disease is a disease in which inorganic salts in the urine precipitate and form stones, causing inflammation of the urinary tract mucosa, bleeding and impaired urination. Depending on the site of urinary stone formation and obstruction, they can be classified as kidney stones, bladder stones, and urethral stones. Cats with urinary problems will suffer a lot of pain, and at this time we should pay more attention to whether our cats have some strange performance. This includes frequent trips to the toilet, low urine volume each time, long posing time when urinating, blood in the urine, frequent licking of the private parts, and often bad mood, especially anxiety before and after going to the toilet. Treatment of catheterization is generally applied to male cats suffering from urinary stones, because the urethra of male cats is narrow and easily blocked. In addition, for male cats with recurrent urethral obstruction or where catheterization cannot cure the obstruction, urethral modification surgery is performed. This modification surgery changes the position of the cat’s urethral opening and the urinary tract, and the surgery itself reduces the body’s defense mechanism, so the chance of urinary tract infection is higher after the surgery and requires more attention from the owner in post-operative care. Female cats have a lower chance than male cats because their urethra is wider and generally small stones can be expelled from the body by themselves through urination. Once this doesn’t work, it means the stone is larger and the only route to take is an incision. Prevention 1. let the cat drink more water. 2. let the cat exercise more 3. let the cat have a balanced diet 4. let the cat live in peace Note that if the cat has a closed urine situation, the owner should immediately take the cat to the veterinary hospital for appropriate treatment, because once the cat has closed urine, they will have acute kidney failure in a very short time, which will further lead to the emergence of uremia, etc. Many cats will also be thus death. When cats have urinary stones, they must be treated promptly.
