I've got a comforter on my bed that is sure to extract some urine... :(

It is not too difficult.  Replace the kitty litter (in a clean litter box) with
some torn up strips of paper; small enough and plentiful enough to simulate
some litter.  No need to make too much of it.  Put a few magazines under one
end of the box so that it tilits to the other end.  Watch for when your kitty
goes to the box.  When he urinates the urine will run down to one end of the
box; some of it, but not all, will be absorbed by the newspaper.  Get a syringe
(your vet should give you one) and draw up the urine in the syringe, and VOILA,
you have a clean urine sample.

Hi Judy F,

I've never had to do this and was thinking that if I ever did, I'd just take
Matilda to the vet for an "overnight" and let her do it.

Anyway, I just did a search on collecting this type of sample and found
this.

http://www.helpinganimals.org/ARTICLES/sample.htm

I think I'd go with the dried lentils. :c)

Judy & Matilda

I went to some cat vets so that part they did not screw up.

Was rather simple. They gave me a little purple bottle which had
some clear little plastic beads in it.

I took an empty litter box, and put the plastic beads in the litter box.
This simulated something for the cat, like sand or dirt, something
to scratch. She peed and I tipped the box into the little purple bottle.

What the vets did not say was that it was best to analyze the sample
within 30 minutes. They also did not say how a high fat diet
for crystals in the urine could lead to stones. Lots of miscommunication,
about as bad as with human doctor's offices. Too quick.

But the urine sample was easy using this method.

If the sample cannot be analyzed quickly, it can be kept in the
'frig overnight.

I think because these vets only did cats, they had the little
sample thing ready from reading through this thread which did
not mention this - or I did not see it.

I would be reluctant to use newspaper or what else but it depends
on the reasons for sampling. If looking only for crystals or
blood, then that stuff would not contaminate? If looking for
bacteria? The thought of the needle does sound bad but it
depends on the vet. I'm not too sure I would trust all vets
if it's just as easy with the beads and the sample bottle.

Ask the vets about the beads and the sample bottle and to
be specific about what they are doing. In my case, it was
difficult since I was doing this for someone else and
their cat. I was angry at the lack of communication and told
off the vet. She said we tell all our clients. And I said
basically, I was there, we were not told about feeding too
much of the special diets. It was horrible since the people
I was doing this for - well they had little sympathy for
their own cat and I was trying to save the cat. Sorry to
go off on a tangent but this urine sample brings back
snotty, yuppie vets who are just that and nothing more.
Not to mention irresponsible cat owners.

Anyway you can take a urine sample pretty easily if the
vet gets off his or her a.s and explains how to go about it.
ANd you don't need gravel, newspaper or other such potentially
contaminating substances?

I place a sheet of plastic like from the dry cleaners over the litter.  When
the cat steps in it still feels pretty much like litter and a nice puddle
will be left.  I sop it up with a medicine dropper.  You can get those in a
drugstore if you don't have one lying around.  With three cats I do have to
keep watch to get the sample from the correct cat.  Saran wrap also works.

  Barb
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  Today is not your day.
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