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Post by Claire on Mar 19, 2009 10:30:59 GMT 1
Have been trying for ages now to get a urine sample from Oscar as he has suspected diabetes which cant be confirmed without one, or a full day of continuous blood tests which I would rather not put the old boy thru if I can help it. I was wondering if anyone on here, Garej maybe? has managed to get a urine sample from a cat and if so how? I've not been very successful so far. I tried those plastic bead things which are a cat litter substitute but would he go on them? NO Then I sprinked a bit of normal cat litter on top and he went and I managed to get a sample but it got contaminated by the cat litter The vet has tried to squeeze some out to no avail. The last resort is me hovering round his litter tray in a pair of rubber gloves ready to stick a saucer under him if he starts weeing. The first time I tried this he saw the saucer and immediately thought it contained food and forgot about his toilet to shout for grub! ;D I have tried a few times since but as soon as he sees me and the saucer he 'clams up' so to speak! Surely there must be some way to get a sample from a cat
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Post by trixiepony on Mar 19, 2009 10:45:26 GMT 1
Im not shore if it will work but how about a spung?, Put a spung in his litter tray and after he gos squeeze it out.
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Post by kunuma on Mar 19, 2009 19:21:01 GMT 1
That's a rather cunning plan trixiepony! ;D I have a friend who tried cling film over the top of the cat litter!! I never did hear if it worked or not come to think of it! I think she gave in and tried the sneaky way - get the test strips and the colour chart from the vet then whip one into the pee quick when it has just arrived! Memories here of chasing the dogs round the garden with a frying pan, then with the new improved wee catcher, a plastic bag in a butterfly net! I did have housetrained horses though - well at least the males, they would always pee in a bucket for me (used to annoy me so much when they would come in and pee on their lovely clean beds)
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Post by exmoorfan on Mar 20, 2009 8:26:59 GMT 1
I'm not much help claire, but with getting one from a small dog I used a desert spoon when she went for her first wee.. Could try that if he thinks a saucer will have food on.!
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Post by Claire on Mar 20, 2009 11:24:18 GMT 1
Hehe cant stop laughing at the thought of kunuma running round the garden with a frying pan after her dog. ;D Its not surprising non-animal people think we are all nuts! Thanks for the ideas folks. Very ingenious. I somehow think that Oscar being a cat would wee everywhere but on the sponge tho! I may try the cling film altho I have a feeling he won't go anywhere near it. Someone on the internet suggested using dried lentils instead of cat litter but when I asked the vet she said it may contaminate the sample with it being organic matter. Hmm its not easy. If only you could tell them it was for their own good!
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Post by garej on Mar 20, 2009 22:17:37 GMT 1
I dont have any other suggestions other than to try something like Bounty (or whatever they call it) and be quick about wringing into the test tube or a jug. That way you can get the sample but it being paper it may not be absorbed so quickly.
The only other suggestion is to try a combination of litter and the non absorbant crystals, but wean him slowly onto just the crystals alone. That may work because he may think that the crystals are normal litter rather than thinking "what's this strange stuff in my tray" and not go.
I havent had any direct experience about collecting cat urine sample, I once had to collect a cat poo sample, but as you imagine it was much easier!
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