Death can follow within 24 hours. An observant owner will notice the cat taking frequent trips to the cat box and spending long time trying to urinate. Some owners have mistaken this behavior for constipation and have administered laxatives. This only serves to waste valuable time. Other owners have interpreted this behavior as a bladder infection.
Bladder infections are very rate in cats.
Cats may also urinate in unusual places such as a sink or bath tub. Blocked male cats must be treated immediately. Your veterinarian will administer anesthesia and place a urinary catheter or tube, up the urethra to free the blockage and establish the flow of urine. Intravenous fluids are given to get the kidneys working again and flush the poisons out of the system. Female cats will have all the signs of F.U.S. One involves surgery, and the other involves only medication.