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My 4-month-old kitten's urine smells bad. Is it a vet issue?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

My kitten is 4 months old bottle feed for the first two in the last week his urine smells so bad it makes me sick and we live in a small apartment please need to know asap

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on September 29th, 2017

He is probably suffering from a urinary infection, you will need to take him to the vet in order to get the urine analysed, if he has an infection he will need a course of antibiotics, this will resolve the problem within a few weeks.

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