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I have a 10 month old female cat, Penny.. a week or two ago she went into her first heat (she's kept indoors and I was waiting for my tax refund to get her spayed lol). I could deal with the meowing and rolling and being obnoxious, but she started peeing on everything. Not spraying on horizontal surfaces, peeing. She peed on furniture, rugs, blankets, coats... and it smelled horrid. Not like notmal urine, this almost had a burning smell to it. I put some money aside and hed her spayed yesterday. The vet told me she may act like she's in heat for up to five days, until the hormones are out of her system... well sure enough, I bring her home last night, set her up in a bed near the litter... and sometime during the night she comes upstairs and pees on my bath mat! Is this most likely due to being in heat, or does this sound more like a urinary tract infection? She never did this before she went into heat, and now I can't seem to stop it... help..??

wow... typed that way too fast... sorry for the spelling lol!

Hi There,

I'm a little bit surprised that your vet didn't do a urinalysis while your cat was there. Strong-smelling urine should always be tested for the presence of bacteria. If an infection is present, antibiotics will be prescribed and that will hopefully take care of the problem.

Being in heat can also cause a cat to urinate outside the box. This can be a real problem if it becomes habit, as it then becomes a behavioral issue. I think for now the best thing is to keep your cat confined to a room with all the essentials until you can get her to the vet for a urinalysis.

Good luck, and please keep us updated on how things go.

Regards,
PHKitkat