Blood in your cat's urine explained. Vet covers common causes of bloody urine in Cats.

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Good Morning Everyone!


My name is Dan, and I am a veterinarian. Today I am covering the three most common causes of blood in your cats urine. As a veterinarian I see a lot of cats with bloody urine. A cat can have bloody urine for many different reasons, but today I am covering my top three reasons for blood in cat's pee.



With all three causes of blood in urine, it is painful and uncomfortable, so having your veterinarian have a look at your kitty is always recommended. A veterinarian will be able to prescribe or give a medication to help with inflammation, infection, and pain.


The first reasons for blood in a cat's pee is infection. A urinary tract infection can be caused by bacteria. The bacteria will cause inflammation and infection in the urinary bladder. This can cause the urinary bladder to get really irritated and bleed. Urinary tract infections or a UTI in a cat is usually diagnosed with a urine analysis (UA) or a urine culture. Based on the results a veterinarian will prescribe an antibiotic.


The second reason for blood in a cat's pee is a bladder stone. Cat's can develop stones in their bladder. Bladder stones will roll around in the bladder causing inflammation and pain. Most of the time a bladder stone will also cause a secondary bacterial infection. A veterinarian will diagnose the cat's bladder stone with an x-ray or radiograph and ultrasound. Based on the findings your veterinarian might even recommend surgery.


The third reason for blood in urine is cystitis. Cystitis is inflammation of the urinary bladder. Sometimes a veterinarian will not know the cause of the cystitis FIC (Feline Idiopathic Cystitis). This is just a fancy way of saying your cat has inflammation in his or her urinary bladder, and we do know why or how it happened. Cystitis can be really hard to treat. The urine culture will not show any bacterial infection, and the x-ray will not show any stones. A veterinarian will do a couple different medications to address everything for inflammation, bladder health, stress, and straining to urinate. The most common thing a veterinarian will do is prescribe a new food to help improve urine health.



Of course, blood in the urine can be caused by other things too, but these are the three things that I see very commonly at my practice.


I hope this provides all cat owners with knowledge with regards to their kitties urinary health! -Dr. Dan