Maybe I'm just paranoid because many years ago, my first male cat, developed FLUTD at a young age (I stupidly fed him only dry, and cheap stuff at that) and he'd frequently block up due to crystals and when he was going through those episodes you'd see him licking his penis a fair bit.
So this new cat I adopted yesterday, 1 year old.........he was neutered on Feb 10th (5 days ago). I had my vet give him a health check yesterday and he said his neuter area was healing nicely. A few times now I've seen this cat licking at his penis and where his little b*lls were :-) But a few minutes ago he seemed to just be licking his penis. Is this just a 'male thing'? He's peed 3 times since I got him home yesterday ......so over a period of 18 hours he's peed 1 golf ball sized lump, I found a larger one in the box this morning and then not long ago he peed maybe the size of a large marble. He's wandering around the house all curious. I don't see him making frequent trips to the litterbox, he doesn't seem to be in pain or discomfort.....but I guess I just get paranoid when I see a male cat licking his penis............with my old cat that always signified he was blocking up.
This cat was fed Science Diet Dry at the Humane Society; I'm feeding him canned twice a day (and he's eating it really well), with a little water added.......and good premium dry food (Orijen and Instinct mixed).
Should I be worried? My vet is closed today and I don't really think I have enough reason to go rushing him to an Emergency Vet clinic for a urinalysis........though I'll be going back to work tomorrow so won't be hear during the day to see him.
So about that licking.........is that just something that's common for fairly recently neutered males?
TO ADD:
***NOTE**** I should also add, his penis looks fairly dark pink/almost reddish. Forgive my ignorance but I don't really know if it should be this dark pink? Just wondering if maybe his penis is inflamed or something and that's why he's licking it? I don't really know what the normal color would be..........I always figured it would be a more pale pink?
Thanks
Lisa
So this new cat I adopted yesterday, 1 year old.........he was neutered on Feb 10th (5 days ago). I had my vet give him a health check yesterday and he said his neuter area was healing nicely. A few times now I've seen this cat licking at his penis and where his little b*lls were :-) But a few minutes ago he seemed to just be licking his penis. Is this just a 'male thing'? He's peed 3 times since I got him home yesterday ......so over a period of 18 hours he's peed 1 golf ball sized lump, I found a larger one in the box this morning and then not long ago he peed maybe the size of a large marble. He's wandering around the house all curious. I don't see him making frequent trips to the litterbox, he doesn't seem to be in pain or discomfort.....but I guess I just get paranoid when I see a male cat licking his penis............with my old cat that always signified he was blocking up.
This cat was fed Science Diet Dry at the Humane Society; I'm feeding him canned twice a day (and he's eating it really well), with a little water added.......and good premium dry food (Orijen and Instinct mixed).
Should I be worried? My vet is closed today and I don't really think I have enough reason to go rushing him to an Emergency Vet clinic for a urinalysis........though I'll be going back to work tomorrow so won't be hear during the day to see him.
So about that licking.........is that just something that's common for fairly recently neutered males?
TO ADD:
***NOTE**** I should also add, his penis looks fairly dark pink/almost reddish. Forgive my ignorance but I don't really know if it should be this dark pink? Just wondering if maybe his penis is inflamed or something and that's why he's licking it? I don't really know what the normal color would be..........I always figured it would be a more pale pink?
Thanks
Lisa