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My cat's Pretty Litter turned green. What should I expect at the vet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 5 months old | 9.5 lbs

This is my first time using pretty litter and I got some alarming results. My cat's pee turned green which according to the bag means crystal formations/urinary blockage. What can I expect when we see the vet tomorrow?

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Answered By Laura Johnson VMD

Veterinarian

Published on July 24th, 2017

HI, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Poor Frida Katio (great name!) I understand your worry! Try to bring a urine sample to the vet with you or don't let her urinate a few hours before the appointment so the Vet can collect urine. Frida is a young girl and I am assuming otherwise doing well. At a minimum your Vet will do a urinalysis which looks for blood, protein, crystals, white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. Based on that they may send extra urine out to the lab to culture it. Struvite crystals are common when a urinary tract infection is present and we hope once the infection is treated the crystals will go away. If there is an infection your Vet will prescribe an antibiotic in either a pill, liquid or injectable form based on your ability to medicate her. If there are just crystals and no infection they may check for bladder stones or start her on a prescription urinary diet. i wish you and Frida Katio the best is luck!

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    Answered By Sara Farmer, DVM

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    Love Frida's name! When I looked at Pretty Litter's information, green is a marker of acidity in the urine. This is mainly related to diet, and many urinary diets acidify urine to prevent formation of certain crystals. Since this is your first time using the litter, it's possible that this is normal for Frida. Your veterinarian can take a urine sample tomorrow and look for crystals under the microscope. A urinary blockage would cause straining with little to no urine production and pain, and would be uncommon in a female cat so I wouldn't be too concerned about a blockage if Frida is not showing these signs.

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