i went vet and gave anti biotics and my cat still takes like 30 min on litter box to piss
vet said he has crystals in bladder or something
Is this end less and need to put my cat down to end the suffering.
surgery costs 00
I had a cat die 2 years ago from chronic renal failure. He was on Iams hard food. It was right around the terrible pet food recall, but the vet said it was probably genetic. He also had stones. I switched over to Wellness Core, and Natural Balance(wet), Weruva(wet), and cook them meat sometimes. Is this all I can do to prevent kidney problems? Thanks
I took my GSD into the vet yesterday because she had been peeing unknowingly on the floor a bit at a time. Urine tests and a blood panel show that her urinary Ph is too high (7.5) and I’m told she has crystals in her urine that are causing her to "leak." My vet put her on either Science Diet C/D PRESCRIPTION or Royal Canin Urinary SO, but I’m concerned because the 1st or 2nd ingredient in both foods is ground corn, and I thought that was JUNK that’s horrible for pets???
HELP! My vet says if I don’t feed her one of these foods for 6 months, she’ll get blood in her urine and then kidney stones that would need to be operated on or she’d die. What do you think, and is there any other foods or methods of helping crystals in the urine???
My dog is 5 yrs old and otherwise healthy.
I had been feeding her Solid Gold. The vet also said absolutely NO meat or food scraps as everything except this prescription food is too high in protein.
I bought the Royal Canin Urinary SO and started her on it tonight and she LOVED it (surprised me b/c she’s picky). Just curious as to other’s opinions b/c I was told my whole life that ground corn = crap.
I have two cats; calico females age 8, sisters from the same litter. Strictly dry food diet, one litter box – automated scooping with crystals.
Three weeks ago I noticed odd behavior from my kitty, Snickers. She was going into the litter box more frequently with little to no urine. She didn’t seem to be in any pain or discomfort and her attitude was the same. After doing some online research and speaking with a breeder friend of mine, I started homeopathic treatment. Bought new organic high-quality dry and canned food, meat and rice based, instead of meat-meal and corn based. I also bought cranberry capsules from the health food store and made parsley infused water (boiled 1 qt water with 1 bunch parsley, strained and cooled).
I started integrating the new dry food over the next week and immediately started feeding her canned food twice daily making it into a soup with lots of extra water and the cranberry capsules. I also force feed her the parsley infused water with a dropper 2-3 times a day. I did this for ten days and started to notice an improvement. Urinating more and less frequently.
After the ten days of treatment, I stopped feeding her canned food and put her back on dry food only, but the new dry food. Five days after the end of treatment, her symptoms returned. So I started her back on canned food with cranberry capsules and took her to the vet on Monday to have a urinalysis completed to make sure there’s no infection or blockage. They put her on IV fluids and kept her for the day. When she came home that night, she started urinating blood and has ever since.
The test results came back yesterday… no infection or bacteria, no crystals or blockage, but lots of blood. The doctor says it’s FLUTD Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease and it should resolve itself within 7-10 days. It’s typically caused by stress and can be treated with pain reliever until the bleeding stops. If it does not resolve itself, their next suggestion would be an x-ray to determine in there’s any stones in her bladder/kidney, which they say is not too common. They say keep the litter box clean, her environment comfortable, and monitor her urine.
I read online that changing the diet can be beneficial as well. Most places say no dry food at all, only wet food twice a day. Encourage water intake. Reduce stress. And try antioxidant vitamins and herbs.
I’m very concerned for her health and safety and I hate that she can’t tell me how she feels. The doctor didn’t seem to think it’s a big deal and really only recommended a pain reliever. But she doesn’t act like she’s in pain, so will it help anything?
We’re leaving for vacation this Saturday for 7 days. My neighbor and mom will be there to check on her, but I feel horrible leaving not knowing if she’s okay and if I’m doing everything I can to help her. PLEASE any suggestions or advice would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Have read a remedy that reccommends drinking 6 cans of coke within 2 hours followed by 2 ounces of pureed asparagus.
Also read about drinking 2 ounces of Olive oil mixed with 2 ounces lemon juice.
Any truth in this?
please help as my lover has been suffering with this problem for too long!! thank you and god bless
the thing is he has been drinking lots of water to no effect…
according to the above coke and asparagus remedy, the coke contains phosphoric acid which will break the stone and the asparagus acts as a diuretic flushing out the crystals..
looking for anyone who has tried this or any other effective remedy…
