How to tell if your cat is weeing/pooing

[Iseeall]

Sorry for the stupid title I am a fairly experienced cat owner, really.

On Sunday my 5yr male cat was sick in total 5 times.
I spoke to the vet on Monday and as he hadn't been sick anymore just keep an eye on him, feed little and often and monitor his litter tray activity.(take him to the vets if he was sick again, of course)

So, semi starved him on Monday, no more sick, he is eating and drinking and acting normally now.

Now I have 2 cats, 2 litter trays and they share the trays, it would be impossible for me to separate the litter trays and cats. How should I have monitored the litter tray usage, should I still be monitoring.

I couldn't find anything like this in previous threads, does anyone know what I should have done or could do?

I actually keep an eye on Seniorboy (who has been having some gut problems in the last few days and is just back from the vet.) They usually, in my experience, pee or poo at regular times of days so you can watch out for that.

Also, you'll probably have a pretty good idea of how much they're producing - so will likely be thinking to yourself -'That's not much poo/pee in the tray for two cats', if it's not.

It's not ideal with two cats, you're right, but with very prompt tray cleaning it's doable I think.

Glad Its not me then.
we do use clumping cat litter and I scoop out regularly, it seems about right.
I thought I might be missing some sort of easy way of knowing, if that makes sense.

Sounds fine. Not one single thing that I know, I'm afraid, although other posters may have 'methods'. Just thank your lucky stars that they use trays and you're not having to lurk behind bushes in the rain!

Oh - sorry. There are one or two things to keep an eye out for if you know your cats well. They like to be clean and to use their trays so if they're having some difficulty, you might see more frequent trips than usual - or mad dashing around behaviour if they haven't been able to go. There might also be some fevered washing of nether parts.

PS - what you're looking out for is really 'too much', 'too little' or the wrong consistency. (Too hard or too runny.) You're probably noticing all that without really thinking about it.

I took my cat to the vet today, as I wasn't certain about him pooing.

Vet said a bout of vomiting can slow the digestive tract down. He could not feel any blockages or hard poo lumps and his bladder was ok.

So now he has to have lactulose twice a day for up to five days or until things get moving.

I didn't know about sickness causing a bit of constipation, hopefully the lactulose will do the trick.

Seniorboy is on that these days.