cat dripping urine??

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D Sand - 21 Jun 2005 09:09 GMT

I have a female un-spayed cat(indoor only for the last 5yrs),maybe 8
years old. She has been leaving wet spots while sleeping and sitting.
This has been going on for a long time but we never realized where the
spots were coming from since they were mostly found in windowsills. I
was forever checking for leaking windows! Today I noticed blood in some
of the spots.
I have an appointment booked in a few days but in the meantime I want to
be armed with as much info as possible.
I have looked into every urinary disease but cannot find any information
on a cat peeing itself while sleeping. She does not meow in pain from
using the litterbox so I don't suspect crystals/stones and seems to be
eating and drinking fine,even playing with the other cat. Anyone have a
clue? Thanks!

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toucanldy@aol.com - 21 Jun 2005 16:53 GMT

> I have a female un-spayed cat(indoor only for the last 5yrs),maybe 8
> years old. She has been leaving wet spots while sleeping and sitting.
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> eating and drinking fine,even playing with the other cat. Anyone have a
> clue? Thanks!

Here is some info.
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_urinary_incontinence.html

Regards

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Steph - 21 Jun 2005 17:00 GMT

My advice - see what the vet says. Cats tend to hide a lot of problems
until it's REALLY bad. Could be cystitis, bladder stones, even maybe
pyrometer. See what vet says.

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Rox - 21 Jun 2005 19:42 GMT

When I was a child we had a cat that was never spayed and she too started
dripping. In the end it was a huge uterine infection that killed her. The
vet told us that happens eventually if you don't spay cats--but I don't know
if it's really inevitable or if that was just the vet trying to guilt trip
my aunt.

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Sharon too - 21 Jun 2005 21:10 GMT

> When I was a child we had a cat that was never spayed and she too started
> dripping. In the end it was a huge uterine infection that killed her.
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> if it's really inevitable or if that was just the vet trying to guilt trip
> my aunt.

With unspayed cats and even dogs, usually it's not *if* but *when* a cat
gets pyometra (uterine infection) especially now that cats live longer. Not
a guilt trip issue. Those are nasty infections.

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