Hi Everyone! I'm jumping over from the Dog Boards with a question about the cat I have. His name is Boo and has sealpoint coloring. He is about 12 years old. On Tuesday I took all four animals to my vet for the annual checkups. My vet was concerned about a 2 pound weight loss over the last year with Boo...12½ pounds down from just over 14. I brought Boo back fasted the next day and she took blood for a complete blood panel and also sent a sample to Cornell for a thyroid test. All tests came back normal. She now wants me to try to get a urine sample and also have possible x-rays taken. Now to me Boo seems perfectly normal, is still very active for an indoor/outdoor cat, eats and drinks normally etc etc. So my questions are is my vet being overly cautious? Is there something I should be looking for? Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions to get a clean urine sample from a litter trained cat. Thanks in advance for any information and sorry if this is posted on the wrong board, this is only my second time on the CatHobbyist.

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