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Petnox-10 Pet Urine Test Strips

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Petnox-10 Pet Urine Test Strips

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What your result might look like.

Ten pads, ten separate readings. Match each one to its colour on the key and read 
them as a set — on a strip like this, a single pad rarely says much on its own.

  • Leukocytes

    Leukocytes

    Normally negative or trace

    What it means

    This pad looks for white blood cells, which the immune system sends wherever there is infection or inflammation. A few are normally present, so negative or trace is the usual reading. More than that can point to infection or inflammation in the urinary tract.

    What it doesn't mean

    Leukocytes don't always mean an infection. Several things influence this pad, and it can't tell you what's behind a raised result.

    What to do next

    If it reads above trace, your vet will want to find the cause before anything is treated.
  • Nitrites

    Nitrites

    Normally negative

    What it means

    Nitrites form in urine when bacteria convert nitrate as part of how they live. Finding them usually points to a bacterial urinary tract infection.

    What it doesn't mean

    It doesn't identify which bacteria are involved, and it doesn't tell you how they should be treated.

    What to do next

    Take this to your vet. They may run a urine culture to identify the bacteria before choosing an antibiotic.
  • Urobilinogen

    Urobilinogen

    Normally negative

    What it means

    Urobilinogen comes from the breakdown of bilirubin, a substance the liver makes while clearing old red blood cells. Raised levels in cats and dogs can point to liver disease, hemolytic anemia, or some bacterial infections.

    What it doesn't mean

    A reading on this pad doesn't separate those causes, and it can't confirm any of them on its own.

    What to do next

    Share a raised result with your vet alongside the rest of the strip. This one means more in combination than it does alone.
  • Protein

    Protein

    Not normally present · a small amount isn't usually significant

    What it means

    Protein isn't normally found in urine. An occasional small amount isn't considered clinically important, but protein leaking repeatedly can point to a kidney problem.

    What it doesn't mean

    This pad is very sensitive to albumin and can read falsely high from contamination — and in cats, from cauxin, a protein that is normal in feline urine.

    What to do next

    A one-off is worth noting and retesting. Protein that keeps appearing needs veterinary attention.
  • pH

    pH

    Normal range 6.0 – 7.5 in cats and dogs

    What it means

    How acidic or alkaline your pet's urine is. Both diet and health conditions move this one.

    What it doesn't mean

    A single pH reading can't diagnose anything. It earns its value sitting next to the other nine pads.

    What to do next

    If it stays outside 6.0 to 7.5 across several tests, bring that pattern to your vet rather than one strip.
  • Blood

    Blood

    Normally negative

    What it means

    Blood in urine is called hematuria. A one-off can follow muscle injury or trauma. It can also come from urinary tract infections, bladder or kidney stones, tumors, or a systemic condition such as kidney disease.

    What it doesn't mean

    The pad tells you blood is present. It can't tell you where in the urinary tract it came from.

    What to do next

    Blood that keeps showing up suggests something underlying, and needs proper evaluation and treatment.
  • Specific gravity

    Specific gravity

    Dogs 1.015 – 1.045 · cats 1.035 – 1.060

    What it means

    How concentrated the urine is — a measure of hydration, and of how well the kidneys are doing their concentrating job. Cats normally run higher than dogs.

    What it doesn't mean

    The normal range in animals is broad, and one reading is a single moment in a day.

    What to do next

    Consistently below range can point to diabetes insipidus, kidney disease or overhydration. Consistently above can point to dehydration or fluid retention. Either pattern is a conversation with your vet.
  • Ketones

    Ketones

    Not normally detectable

    What it means

    Ketones appear when the body breaks down fat for energy instead of glucose. In cats and dogs they aren't normally detectable at all, so any reading is worth noting.

    What it doesn't mean

    A positive doesn't name the cause. It can follow a carbohydrate-restricted diet, an electrolyte imbalance, diabetes mellitus, or a long stretch without food.

    What to do next

    Take a positive to your vet, and tell them what your pet last ate and when.
  • Glucose

    Glucose

    Normally absent

    What it means

    Healthy kidneys filter glucose out and return it to the blood. If blood glucose runs too high the kidneys can't reabsorb it all, and it spills into urine — glucosuria.

    What it doesn't mean

    This pad tells you glucose is present. It doesn't tell you why blood sugar is running high.

    What to do next

    Glucose in urine is mostly linked to disorders such as diabetes mellitus, and it also makes urinary infections more likely by giving bacteria something to feed on. Worth a vet visit.

Petnox-10 is a screening aid, not a diagnosis. Your vet reads these alongside your pet's history and how they've been. The strip is semi-quantitative, so a pad may not match the key exactly — take the closest colour. The pad colours before you wet the strip aren't meant to match the key at all.

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Ten pads is a lot to call, especially when you're worried about your pet and the light in the utility room isn't helping. Send one photo of the whole strip against the key and someone on our team will go through it with you.

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Lay the strip flat along the colour key so every pad lines up with its own row.

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Take the photo at the time the key specifies, before the pads carry on developing.

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Daylight if you can, phone straight above, no shadow falling across the strip.

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Directions for use

How to take it.

About two minutes, and the pads finish at different times.

  • STEP 01

    Take a strip

    Take the strip from its foil pouch, holding it at the end away from the pads. Don't touch the pads themselves.

  • STEP 02

    Dip and drain

    Immerse all ten pads at once and remove the strip immediately — one to two seconds only. Run the edge along the container rim to take off the excess.

  • STEP 03

    Compare pad by pad

    Hold the strip flat against the colour chart and match each pad to its own row. The pads finish at different times, so work down them in order.

If a pad reads positive, run the test again. The instructions ask for a repeat with each pad read at its own time. It takes two minutes, and it tells you whether you're looking at a result or a mistimed read.

Dog or cat

Three pads read differently depending on the animal.

Seven of the ten mean the same thing whichever pet you're testing. These three don't, and a cat owner reading them as if they were a dog's will worry about the wrong things.

Dogs Cats
Specific gravity 1.015 to 1.045 in a healthy, hydrated dog. 1.035 to 1.060. Cats concentrate urine more than dogs do, so a number that would look high for a dog is ordinary for a cat.
Bilirubin Small amounts can be found in the urine of a healthy dog Not found in a healthy cat at all. Any reading in a cat is outside normal and should be looked into.
Protein Not normally present. Contamination of the sample can push it up falsely. Same, plus cauxin — a protein that is normal in feline urine and can make this pad read high when nothing is wrong.

Everything else on the strip reads the same for both. Where the insert gives one range for cats and dogs together — urine pH, 6.0 to 7.5 — we've said so on the card rather than splitting it. If you're testing more than one animal, label your results. Two pets, one strip chart, and a week between tests is how readings get mixed up.

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Questions

The ones we hear most often.

Free catch is the method the instructions give owners: you catch the stream partway through in a clean, dry, sterile container. With cats that's easier said than done, and the insert doesn't go further than naming the method. If you're struggling, your vet can collect a sample properly in a few minutes, and it's worth asking rather than giving up on the test.

Small amounts can be normal in a healthy dog, which is not the case for cats. That said, the insert is clear that abnormal amounts should always be investigated, and the pad can't tell you whether the cause sits with the liver or with red blood cells breaking down. Show your vet the whole strip rather than that pad alone.

Probably not. Cats concentrate their urine more than dogs do. A healthy, hydrated dog typically sits between 1.015 and 1.045, while a cat typically runs 1.035 to 1.060. Reading a cat against a dog's range is one of the easiest ways to frighten yourself unnecessarily.

The reference ranges in the instructions are given for cats and dogs, and those are the two species the product is documented for. We can't tell you what a reading means in a rabbit, a ferret or a horse, because the instructions don't.

Worth knowing before you worry: cats produce cauxin, a protein that's normal in feline urine, and it can make this pad read high when nothing is wrong. Contamination of the sample does the same. Retest with a clean catch, and if protein keeps appearing, that's the point to involve your vet.

This is a screening aid, not a check-up. A clean strip is reassuring and it's useful information to bring to an appointment, but it doesn't cover the things a vet finds by examining your animal. If your pet seems unwell, a normal strip isn't a reason to wait.

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Petnox-10 is a veterinary-use urine test strip for cats and dogs, intended for general health screening and as an aid in assessment. It gives qualitative and semi-quantitative readings and does not diagnose any condition. Results are meant to be read alongside your pet's history and a veterinary examination, not on their own. If your animal is unwell, speak to your veterinarian regardless of what the strip shows.