Weird behavior in 1.5 year old cat?

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So, this all happened about an hour ago. We have a 1.5 year old male cat in good health and a 10 month old puppy. They play all the time and the kitty has plenty of places to go when he doesn't want to play anymore. So husband and I were sitting in the living room and the puppy and kitty were playing in the kitchen out of sight. Kitty came walking into the living room hissing and made his way up to cat perch(which was odd, he never hisses)  while puppy remained the the kitchen. I grabbed the catnip and sprayed some on his perch to give him some alone play time. About 5 minutes later he runs into the kitchen and runs back to me  and the puppy follows him. I grabbed the cat and told the pup to leave it. She does and I hold and pet the cat. After about a minute the cat gets up and walks over to my husband and pees on him!!! I grab the cat and rush him to the litter box. He peed a full regular amount. At the litter box he goes #2 and then squats trying to pee and little drops come out. He gets out and squats on the ground, leaving behind a drop. We crate the dog. The cat goes to the back door, squats again and leave a little drop. Its been about an hour and he hasn't stopped trying to pee. He'll go back and forth from the litter box and other locations to do this. I've looked up bladder issues but he peed a full amount right before he started doing this and we have been home all day and he just started this squatting business. What's going on? Was it the catnip? The dog? Medical Issue? 

PS: Sorry so long.

Tim C · Accepted Answer

Male and neutered cats are especially prone to urinary problems (stones clogging the very slender urethra).  Get him to the vet today to be checked over for that and also possible urinary infection.

Ayana · Answer

Are they both neutered? If not, get hem neutered. Especially if the puppy is male. He's probably trying to spray. With their ages, they're probably starting to do dominance stuff.
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I'm not sure what could be causing it. If it continues, call a vet and ask what they think.

Anonymous · Answer

Please see that she gets a visit to the vet. There are a number of available motives for the habit which you point out, and it takes an examination and in keeping with danger some exams to confirm what's incorrect. 15 is a severe age for a cat. My cat grew to become into approximately 17 whilst she grew to become into stumbled directly to have thryoid maximum cancers (Ironic, because of the fact I even have it too) and then kidney failure. She grew to become into in undesirable shape and finally stopped eating. the alternative to enable her pass grew to become into confusing, despite the fact that it spared her an enormously painful end to her life. you have have been given to stand that selection, yet you're able to additionally discover out that that's something which would be taken care of and corrected. the suitable factor is to get her some suitable medical interest. good luck.

Anonymous · Answer

Is he neutered? If not, this might be spraying.. Many male cats do this.. You might want to go to the vet to check it out though..

Selena · Answer

Maybe trying to mark his territory since there is a dog in the house. or alerting other cats idk. sorry im just trying to help

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