I hope you can help me in some detective work.
15 (ish) year old neutered male has either peed or sprayed outside of the litterbox twice (that I know of) in the past two days. Not sure if it is pee or spray because I haven't actually seen him do it and he's a "high pee'er" anyway.
He has been to the vet several times in the past month. He had a complete senior blood panel, urinalysis, urine culture, xrays, and several ultrasounds. Everything came back good except for an inflamed bladder and a small amount of blood in his urine. No bacterial infection, not dehydrated.
So the vet thinks it may be stress causing the inflammation in his bladder. I'm trying to figure out where the stress is coming from. We have had him for 9 years now. There is nothing new in the house. He gets along well with us and the other cats.
I thought that if the "accidents" were actually him spraying, then it could be narrowed down to a territorial issue causing the stress. If he's actually peeing then the stress is from something else. Is my logic sound? Any ideas about how to track down the cause of his stress? Is there even a way to know if he's peeing or spraying without catching him in the act? I hate knowing there is something bothering him and I can't fix it!
15 (ish) year old neutered male has either peed or sprayed outside of the litterbox twice (that I know of) in the past two days. Not sure if it is pee or spray because I haven't actually seen him do it and he's a "high pee'er" anyway.
He has been to the vet several times in the past month. He had a complete senior blood panel, urinalysis, urine culture, xrays, and several ultrasounds. Everything came back good except for an inflamed bladder and a small amount of blood in his urine. No bacterial infection, not dehydrated.
So the vet thinks it may be stress causing the inflammation in his bladder. I'm trying to figure out where the stress is coming from. We have had him for 9 years now. There is nothing new in the house. He gets along well with us and the other cats.
I thought that if the "accidents" were actually him spraying, then it could be narrowed down to a territorial issue causing the stress. If he's actually peeing then the stress is from something else. Is my logic sound? Any ideas about how to track down the cause of his stress? Is there even a way to know if he's peeing or spraying without catching him in the act? I hate knowing there is something bothering him and I can't fix it!