When you eat asparagus you can have that smell in your urine.

I have included a reference to an article in The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology below …

Reference: [Mitchell, S.C. (1989) Asparagus and malodorous urine. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 27(5), 641-642 (May)]

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Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Cystoscopy. But what exactly does that mean?
The lower urinary tract allows your body to store and release urine.
It’s made up of two parts, the bladder and the urethra.
Your bladder is a hollow organ that expands as it fills with urine. Because it is made of muscular tissue, it can also contract and force urine to pass out of the body, through the urethra. Your urethra carries urine from the bladder to the outside of your body.
Your doctor feels that it is necessary to examine the interior of the urethra and bladder, to try to determine the cause of a problem that you may be having.
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Symptoms that may call for a routine Cystoscopy include:

* Persistent infection of the urinary tract
* Bladder stones
* Bleeding while urinating
* Irritation due to polyps, or
* Changes to the bladder caused by cancer.
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Cystoscopy is a simple procedure during which your doctor will insert a well-lubricated, instrument called a cystoscope through your urethra and into your bladder.
The cystoscope allows your doctor to visually inspect the interior of your bladder. It also allows your doctor to remove small pieces of tissue for later examination and even to crush small bladder stones, should any be present.
Any tissue that your doctor removes from your bladder will be sent immediately to a laboratory for analysis. Your doctor will ask the laboratory to check for any sign of cancer or other abnormality.

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I have a 5 month old tabby who already has been neutered when he was only 3 months.
About 10 days ago when I was cleaning his litter box I saw a "pee ball" I went to scoop it up and it fell apart and gave off this horrible stench. The smell was hideous it smelled like a really really powerful stench of ammonia. The peeball didn't stick together at all and it crumbled away into tiny pieces.

The next few times I cleaned out his litter we had no problems, fast forward to yesterday and we had the same hideous peeball + smell.

I phoned the vet and he thinks it's either a change in the diet or a urinary tract infection. I havn't noticed any blood at all and the cat hasn't done this each time it pees, only two times in total.
My girlfriend has given the cat human food lately (such as cheese, lunch meat) in small quantities but that would be the only change in it's diet.

Has anyone experienced this and do you think it's the diet or is this a tract infection.

I don't have an answer for you – I do urge you to take him to the vet so that if it is a UTI it can be treated before it becomes more painful.

I'm just really jumping in to suggest you consider changing his diet. You don't mention what you're feeding, but I'm going to guess it's dry food.

Dry food isn't good for any cats (in spite of the fact that it's very popular) but it can be especially bad for males who are much more prone to urinary issues.

At the very least, switch him to any brand of canned food. At the very best, switch him to a good canned food.

That won't cure a UTI but will help prevent future ones, will dilute the urine so it won't smell as bad, and will benefit your kitten in tons of other ways.

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This is not my area of expertise, but this has been my experience: As a kitten, Poppy developed both a weight problem and a UTI. My vet told me to start feeding her special food which he happily sold me *gulp*. Poppy refused to eat it. Back then I was less aware of how to get cats to eat new foods, so I just said the hell with it and bought Purina's urinary health food, mixed with weight management. She ate that from then until she was 2 years old. She never had another UTI, so that tells me that the overpriced CRAP the vets sell you are typically unnecessary. The grocery store crap is just as good.

For various reasons, I soon thereafter began researching cat nutrition. I learned about the benefits of wet food, and found that in many cases, that's all that's required to prevent future UTI's. Even the crappy brands like Friskies would be better than dry food!

I don't claim to be a vet, vet tech, vet student or anything like that. But I know how to research and examine results. I've read a bit on this topic which is how I've reached the conclusions I have.

At the very least, were I to have another cat with urinary problems, I'd sooner try them on a GOOD QUALITY canned food before shelling out the dough for a "prescription" dry food (or even their canned varieties). That's because I believe that good nutrition and species appropriate food is much more likely to keep a cat healthy than something designed to change their chemical composition.

Some times chronic urinary track problems are caused by anatomical defects. The redundant skin folds act like a dam and allows urine retention, moisture, constant micro friction and skin debris allows bacteria to proliferate and cause extreme local infection, this fold dermatitis can cause excessive licking, scooting, malodor, blood in urine, urinary track infection and urinary incontinence.

Surgical excision of the “extra” tissue can solve the problem.

Only your veterinarian can diagnose this problem in your dog.

If you have any questions regarding the health of your pet consult your veterinarian.

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“Information is power and patients need to have the information.” Dr. Vaughan of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center stresses the need for patients to compile as much information they can as quickly as possible so they can make an informed, punctual decision regarding their urologic condition.

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“I never overstate until we have the facts, and patients always need hope.” Dr. Vaughan of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center explains how a doctor must be certain of their diagnosis and always allow their patients hope.

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“I could be sitting right here and be operating in another room, another county, another city.” Dr. Vaughan of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center explains the nature of robotic surgery, how it lessens pain, and prospects for improvement in the future.

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“We’re entering a new era in medicine where the patients are going to be taking an incredible amount of responsibility for their own diseases.” Dr. Vaughan of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center explains how now, more than ever, with the advent of new technology facilitating communication and learning, he believes patients will be able to start diagnosing urologic diseases themselves. Dr. Vaughan notes how the patient knows his own symptoms best, and if properly informed, can best understand and identify his urologic condition.

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“We like evidence-based medicine, however we can’t ever lose the individuality.” Dr. Vaughan of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center explains how urologists go about evaluating urologic diseases and conditions.

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