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My cat has blood in his urine and can't pee. Is this an emergency?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | unneutered | 7 months and 18 days old | 2.5 lbs

My 7 month old Axle Raine is urinating blood. It began yesterday in the late afternoon and was just what I thought was darker colored utime... But, I have exhausted all the ways I can think of to push water down him, but he doesn't want to drink it unless it's coming straight from the faucet. He's having trouble urinating, he's not going in the clean litter box, he wants to go near running water in the clean tub. I'm afraid that I am going to lose my baby boy! His mucus membranes pale as of now.

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 29th, 2018

This is an emergency. Axl Raine may be suffering from a serious urinary tract or kidney infection, he may have bladder stones that are damaging the lining of the bladder and urethra and so causing bleeding. Since he has trouble urinating, he needs to be seen by a veterinarian right away, so please take him to a Pet ER or an emergency veterinarian now. The vet will give him a thorough exam. will likely want to do blood work to make sure his kidneys and liver functions are normal, will do radiographs of the bladder, try to harvest urine to examine that. He may have to be hospitalized and put on an iv drip, pain medicine, and anti-inflammatory, and if his urethra is obstructed he will need to be catheterized. Please take Axl Raine to a veterinarian nowas this may be life-threatening.

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    Answered By Ana M, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on January 5th, 2019

    Thank you for submitting your question regarding Wyatt Erap. He needs to see his veterinarian if he is urinating blood. Urinary tract infections are rare on male cats. He could have sterile inflammation in his bladder, bladder stones or even a bleeding disorder. His veterinarian will collect a urine sample and make further recommendations based on these results. The concern in male cats is that a small bladder stone can slip into the urethra creating an obstruction. This blockage becomes a true emergency as the cat is unable to urinate. I hope this information helps!

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    Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on August 14th, 2018

    Toby needs to be seen by a vet ASAP as he may have crystals in his urine that are possibly obstructing his urethra of and on. The constipation could be caused by him having a painful bladder and so he holds in his poop which will get harder and harder and then hard to eliminate. You should start feeding him wet food, no more dry food, which will help with constipation. Please take toby to your vet for an exam before he gets blocked completely.

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    Answered By Jessica Desrosiers

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    Published on July 20th, 2017

    It is very possible that Tokyo could have urinary crystals or a bladder infection, as he is showing all the classic symptoms of this with the bloody urine and accidents outside the litter box. It would be best to bring him into your vet ASAP for care. If he is attempting to urinate, but can't, seems very painful, or is crying out, he may have a urinary blockage which is an emergency situation.

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