A wide range of conditions can upset the normal passage of your cat's urine and feces. Here's what you should know.

By Tom Ewing

Litter box problems can be extremely vexing for cat owners. it's important to rule out any medical causes and not assume it's a behavioral issue.

For most aesthetically sensitive people, watching a cat engaged in the process of relieving itself in its litter box certainly cannot be counted among life’s great pleasures. On the other hand, the sight may bring tears of joy to the eyes of some cat owners those whose animals have recovered from disorders that have interfered with normal elimination and are once again urinating and defecating routinely, painlessly, and in proper amounts.

Many feline conditions some of them life-threatening commonly manifest themselves in the excessive passage of watery feces (diarrhea); the painful retention of dry, hardened feces (constipation); the frequent voiding of abnormally large amounts of urine (polyuria); or difficult, perhaps even…

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