My cat peed with crystals. Is this a serious health concern?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed | 5 years and 10 months old | 11 lbs
Hi, this morning I found that my cat has peed on the floor (she’s never done this before) but it would appear that it has some sort of fine granules/crystals in it. She’s still her vocal and energetic self; no change in behaviour, but is this cause for concern? Thanks.
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Published on March 7th, 2020
Have her seen by your veterinarian. A urine sample can be collected and submitted for urinalysis. Crystals in the urine can cause inflammation or infection. Enough crystals may form kidney or bladder stones. Depending on the type of crystals, a diet change or medication may be needed. https://www.petcoach.co/cat/condition/urine-crystals-and-bladder-stones/
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Published on February 20th, 2018
Thanks for visiting the coach. I’m sorry that your pet Molly has crystals in her urine. This is caused by the pets genetics. Some pets just don’t proccess their food properly causing minerals to accumulate in their urine and these form into crystals. There is nothing that you have done incorrectly as a pet parent at all! The best thing you can do for Molly now is to keep her on a prescription diet which will dissolve the crystals so that they don’t form into urinary stones, which can cause major complications for your pet. Discuss this with your veterinarian if you have not done so already. I hope this helps! And best of luck with Molly and keeping her bladder stone free. Best wishes and take care.
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Published on February 28th, 2020
Raw food has not been proven to cause urinary stones/crystals; therefore, we have to assume that she is just not metabolizing her food properly which is causing the crystals. I would get her on the recommend urinary diet your vet provided right away and keep her on that for the duration of her lifespan. If you want to test your theory at some point on the future, you surely can discuss taking her off the urinary diet and then retesting her urine to see if crystals are present again while off the raw food. But chances are, they will still be present b/c of an underyling metabolism issue. Best of luck with your pet Isabelle moving forward and I hope that you can manage her urinary issues well here moving forward. Take care.
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