Hi everyone, please excuse me if my question sounds simple but I am worried about how many times a day my cat goes to the toilet. He use to go in and out all night, but the last week or so only approx once every day and a half. I am worried that this will affect his health, he is approx 4 -7 years old, he was a stray so difficult to be exact. Thanks for your help

I don't know how often they "should" go, but ours generally go twice a day - one wee, one poo, but sometimes do both in one visit to the litter tray.

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I would be more concerned at the frequent visits than the current situation. For example frequent urination could point to a UTI or defecation to a motility problem ie digestive tract inflammation-one of the reaons cats with untreated IBD have more frequent bowel movements.

Ours, fed a normal wet diet urinate about twice daily and defecate about once. In general the more highly-digestible the food ie no fillers which produce more waste the less stool produced. Cats fed an exclusively raw diet even less frequent stools!

My two usually poo either once or twice a day. With pees I'm not sure as I can't tell which comes from which cat but sometimes they go 2 or 3 times a day. They do tend to go more at night than during the day though - I can clean the tray and leave for work, come back 8 hours later and neither have been in it but can go to bed and come through to 4 pees in the tray in the morning.

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