cat peeing outside box, just cleaned up and it was very crystalline

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Her pee was like solid. It was only a tiny amount but as I sprayed the cleaner i was like wait, what?!?

She had gone outside the box a few times after her spay ... but she had been feeling better. She had been extremely constipated but after feeding pumpkin and giving a little lactulose she was better and going regularly again. She doesn't drink enough and I've bought a fountain with a filter to try to help with that...

Do I need to take her to the vet immediately??
 
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Now I've read online and should I not have cleaned it up but taken it in as a sample?!? I'm freaking out. That had to be painful to pass.
 

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She needs to get to the vet ASAP.  They will be able to get a urine sample, hopefully by needle and not by expressing her bladder as that always seems painful to me. 
 
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Like the ER right now or regular vet tomorrow?? From what I read online it didnt seem like an emergency situation. I can definitely take her tomorrow afternoon.
 
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I called the urgent care and they are just so crappy. It's chaotic. I've been really unhappy with them the other 2 times I took her there. (Not for urgent care but just because they are open late)
 
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I did and they said she's totally fine. They saw nothing wrong at all and asked me a bunch of behavioral questions and said she might have anxiety. But I know I saw crystals and she had once or twice peed in the wrong place (in like 6 months of having her) before but never with this kind of regularity. I don't get it. I thought spaying her would help her be calm not have her show signs of anxiety!. She has lots of toys, loves watching squirrels and birds from the window, has a cat tree and a tunnel...
 
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