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I'm prefacing this with IANAV. But: It's possible that your little lady is just starting to shut down. At 11 she's getting pretty far up there. So yeah, it may just be that you're seeing problems crop up. When my dane lad got bladder stones, the first thing they assumed was sturvites so I got a big talk about them. I'd be really curious as to why her urine is so incredibly alkaline as to be causing those. Do you have any idea what the PH is or have they told you? Bladder inflammation doesn't help and neither do bladder infections but.. they told you the reason she's getting bladder stones is infections and put her on a prescription diet? Man, everything I'm reading here kinda sounds like a vet who's treating symptoms and not looking for causes. I can fathom why they'd do what they're doing, but again- it seems like they're treating symptoms, not the actual problem. Which is a head scratcher for me. If she's on the dry version of the prescription food, did they at least tell you to soak it in water so she gets more fluids? I'll say that my boy never went on prescription food, but he ended up having freaking cystine stones, not sturvites. They tried to get me to even after Hill's said it'd cause allergic reactions in him, but the big guy was so allergic to wheat and corn he'd have been miserable. When he died earlier this month, he had 0 stones and I all but attached a water hose to his jaw basically. But cystine and sturvite stones are a hell of a different case. Hence why I'm really curious about this pup.
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Can't see the pic but I'd like to. Just assuming it's a bladder infection is kinda blowing me away. You stick a needle in, you test the urine, it takes like 6 seconds. Have they ever taken a urine sample from this dog? It's feasible that the hard water is having an effect but I won't say it's the cause. And they're quite a bit younger than her, still. As you said- this didn't start until a year ago. They're a year off from that, themselves. At least the food is canned. Definitely keep up the water purifying thing so long as it's not adding extra mineral load to her. Them not finding a nidus and still assuming it's a bladder infection is kinda making me tense though because drat, twice? And nothing? C'mon. That's a bit much. Seriously, push for diagnostics on your girl. He really is just treating symptoms from the sound of it and opening a dog that elderly -twice- and -still doing the same thing- bothers me. Your profile say WV so I'm assuming WV still: is there any larger (lol, WV, "larger") towns within a not-nightmarish driving distance? I've got family up that way, so I know half the state is banjo pluckin disappearo land.(I love it) E: hell, http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/produ...CFUw8gQodSmUKow will tell you more than it sounds like your vet is telling you =/ Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 20:08 on May 29, 2017 |
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