To stimulate a cat to urinate, the owner needs to first find out the reason why the cat does not urinate, and then take targeted measures. First of all, if the kitten is young and cannot defecate on its own, the owner needs to wipe its anus with cotton swabs or paper towels to stimulate defecation. Secondly, if the cat usually drinks too little water and does not urinate, the owner must find a way to make the cat drink more water. Finally, if the cat cannot urinate because of a urinary system disease, it needs to go to the pet hospital for examination and treatment in time.
1. Newborn kittens
Because newborn kittens cannot urinate on their own, the mother cat or the owner needs to stimulate the urethral opening to promote urination. If the mother cat is not around the kitten, the owner needs to gently wipe the kitten's urethral opening with a cotton swab or soft paper towel. Generally, the kitten will start to urinate after a while, usually after each feeding of the kitten. Help it line up once.
2. Adult cats
1. Let the cat drink more water
If the cat usually has a dry diet and drinks less water, Without enough water in the body to run metabolism, urine cannot be formed and excreted from the body. Therefore, at this time, the owner must find ways to guide the cat to drink more water, help it replenish the water needed by the body, and speed up the production of urine.
If the cat doesn’t like to drink water, the owner can make the cat like to drink water by mixing it with pet-specific goat milk powder, making bone soup, chicken soup, etc., or prepare an automatic water dispenser for the cat to increase the number of cats. Be curious about water and drink more water.
2. Seek medical attention in time
If the cat suffers from urinary system diseases, such as bladder stones, cystitis, urinary tract stones, etc., the cat will not be able to function normally due to pain or urethra obstruction. Urination, accompanied by blood in urine, frequent urination, etc. Stimulation is useless at this time. You need to take the cat to the pet hospital for examination to see what is causing it, and then treat it with symptomatic medication or surgery.
