When my kitty goes to the bathroom, she *sometimes* leaves behind a sparkly, salt-like substance in her urine. Initially, I freaked out and took her to the vet, along with a sample I'd scooped from the box to show them. They did a urinalysis and said she was fine, crystals were within a normal range, and no UTI. They said I could put her on a Hills (I think that was the name?) prescription diet, but that it was probably just from stress because we were moving at the time.
Fast forward to now (like 6 months later), the other day kitty peed on my bathmat. She doesn't do this regularly, only if there's an issue with her box, and I had taken the box apart to wash it out and it was drying at the time. So she went on the mat instead because the box wasn't available. I noticed when I stepped in a wet spot (thanks kitty), but when I looked closer, the salty-looking sparkly stuff was there?? So I took her to a vet here in our new city (she doesn't really have a regular vet here, partly cause we're moving again in a few months, and I haven't found anyone here that I like and trust). The vet I took her to didn't know what it was, but suggested another urinalysis. I'm hesitant to do that because the last one came back totally normal! Wth?? That's two vets that didn't know what the sparkly stuff was now, both brushed it off as nothing and the second said maybe it was mold or something that developed after she peed. Is this just a normal appearance in cat urine? Because I don't think it is.. but I could be wrong.. She eats wet food and drinks water, acts normal, and doesn't seem to be in pain using the litter or anything. Also, what can I do to make sure she doesn't have a UTI/etc? Should I get the prescription dry food we were recommended last time? She hasn't gone outside of the box again, like I said she only went there because I'd taken her litter apart to wash out and hadn't filled it with fresh litter yet.. And the sparkly stuff isn't there every time, only sometimes. The first vet had told me it must've been sparkle stuff in the litter itself, but obviously it's in the actual urine if its turning up on my bathmat..
Fast forward to now (like 6 months later), the other day kitty peed on my bathmat. She doesn't do this regularly, only if there's an issue with her box, and I had taken the box apart to wash it out and it was drying at the time. So she went on the mat instead because the box wasn't available. I noticed when I stepped in a wet spot (thanks kitty), but when I looked closer, the salty-looking sparkly stuff was there?? So I took her to a vet here in our new city (she doesn't really have a regular vet here, partly cause we're moving again in a few months, and I haven't found anyone here that I like and trust). The vet I took her to didn't know what it was, but suggested another urinalysis. I'm hesitant to do that because the last one came back totally normal! Wth?? That's two vets that didn't know what the sparkly stuff was now, both brushed it off as nothing and the second said maybe it was mold or something that developed after she peed. Is this just a normal appearance in cat urine? Because I don't think it is.. but I could be wrong.. She eats wet food and drinks water, acts normal, and doesn't seem to be in pain using the litter or anything. Also, what can I do to make sure she doesn't have a UTI/etc? Should I get the prescription dry food we were recommended last time? She hasn't gone outside of the box again, like I said she only went there because I'd taken her litter apart to wash out and hadn't filled it with fresh litter yet.. And the sparkly stuff isn't there every time, only sometimes. The first vet had told me it must've been sparkle stuff in the litter itself, but obviously it's in the actual urine if its turning up on my bathmat..
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