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Male cats can be prone to a very painful and potentially life-threatening condition where their urethra (the tube that runs outwards from the bladder) gets blocked by uroliths (‘stones’ that form in the bladder), resulting in an inability to pass urine. The male cat might be seen crying as it tries to pass urine and quickly becomes very distressed. If left untreated it can result in damage to the kidneys, cause the bladder to rupture, and ultimately can sadly kill the cat. Usually, we can treat this condition by passing a urinary catheter and flushing the small stones back into the bladder. Special diet food can change the pH of the urine and encourage the stones to dissolve. Unfortunately, for some cats it becomes a recurring problem that is both distressing for the cat and potentially very expensive for the owner. The reason we rarely see this problem in female cats is that the urethra is the same diameter all the way along, from where it starts in the bladder to where it exits. So if a stone is small enough to get into the female urethra, generally it can be passed out. In male cats the urethra gets very narrow right as it exits the body through the male genitalia.

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