mouse urine

Question
Just wondering if mouse urine smells like cat urine? We have mice that get in the house from time to time and i am smelling cat urine badly but have no cat.


Answer
Dear Julie,

Mouse urine doesn't really smell like cat urine; but because all urine (even people's) contains urea, many types of urine may smell similar to one not used to the differences.  However, if you only have mice from time to time, I doubt they could be urinating in any quantities that you could smell.  After all, it would probably take 50 piddling mice (pun intended) to create the volume of urine of one cat.

I have smelled cat urine where I thought there was no cat, but it is a mystery  to me what else could smell like that besides cat urine!

squeaks n giggles,

Natasha