my 2 year old cat has been having problems for the past week. he started peeing outside the litter box since i got a new couch...so i thought it was just behavioral. then i started seeing him licking his genitals frequenly. last weekend i noticed him crying and meowing loudly, the deep loud moan, and saw whitish stuff come out of the little red penis. he is neutered so i ruled out that possibility. i called the vet asap and brought him in the next day. the vet said the white stuff may have been a blockage and it passed so he just gave him antibiotic injections and a take home antibiotic and wet food. my cat started to seem to get better and even started peeing in the box again. but this weekend i noticed him peeing all over the house again. he seems to be squatting but either nothing comes out or a little bit. it never seems like a normal amount of urine. i even notice the urine to be a reddish tint. so i took him to the vet this morning and we took a urinalysis and the vet says that nothing really showed from that. he also took an xray and it shows that my cat may have stones. the xray showed some area of abnormality (wasnt distinctive white, but more radiolucent) and upon palpating of the cat's bladder, the bladder seems a little harder than normal. he wants to do an ultrasound to make sure if the cat has stones, and if so he will need surgery. the ultrasound will cost $350 and the surgery will cost $800. my question is what can i do to pay for this? is there any programs to help me financially? will there be a chance for him to get a UTI again? i am a struggling college student with financial limitations is there anything i can do that won't cost me so much money?



thanks for any suggestions...starr

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