a male cat who can't pee (oliguric cat)

We just had a case of a male, intact adult cat brought in on a Thursday who hasn't peed since Monday. He is on dry cat food and stays indoors most of the time.


Upon palpation of the abdomen, the bladder was fully distended and quite firm . Here, one can see the gloved hand, outlining the bladder.
A cystocentesis was done to relieve the cat from its discomfort.
Bloody urine was removed (about 25 mL at the start).

And finally, a Tom Cat catheter was inserted, bloody urine aspirated and the the bladder repeatedly irrigated with sterile saline.

This was one of the urthral plug dislodged from the cat. Poor thing.

(Follow-up: cat is doing good three weeks after the initial presentation.)