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Male kitten peeing only drops every few minutes: urinary blockage or stress, and is it an emergency tonight?
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Hi, I have a 14-week-old male kitten who has been repeatedly urinating tiny amounts every few minutes. Earlier today, he produced several normal-sized urine clumps, but now he's making frequent trips to the litterbox and passing only a few drops. He's eating and acting normally otherwise. His neutering appointment was recently postponed, and he had a stressful veterinary visit. I'm concerned about urinary obstruction versus stress-related cystitis. Could someone advise whether he needs emergency evaluation tonight, and what the initial examination would cost?
Sorry to hear about your kitten. Any signs of urinary straining and dribbling warrants an emergency evaluation in male cats to prevent blockages. Please take them to be evaluated and immediately if there is vocalizing, blood in the litterbox, or they have vomiting, diarrhea, or lethargy.
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