This promotes drinking and urination and literally helps flush the struvite
crystals out of the bladder.
Not exact matches
Urine that stays in the
bladder longer than usual gives the struvite
crystals further opportunity to precipitate
out of solution and form a urolith.
In FUS / FLUTD, sharp
crystals fall
out of solution in your cat's urine while it is still in the
bladder.
Two maybe three years ago I bought a bag
of Chicken Jerky at Cost - Co thinking it would be a healthy treat for my Pug, after eating these treats I noticed he Mugsy would drink water like he could not get enough... Then one night he kept coming to me with his ears laid back and hanging with a look in his eye that I knew something was wrong, went to my daughters house as she is really into dogs and hoping she could figure it
out, well she noticed he could not pee no matter how much he tried, so rushed him to the vet, thank God, had I waited he would have died as his
bladder was full
of crystals and was near rupturing, anyway the vet catheterized him after putting him under anesthesia as it was so painful, after all was said and done and $ 1, ooo.oo later, he ended up on a special diet which we kept him on for well over a year... decided to try a good, but less expensive dog food, had his urine checked and he was doing fine... I believe it was the chicken jerky and the salt content, but
of course I can not be sure and I do not remember the brand... Thankfully he has had no more occurrences, needless to say he does not get chicken jerky anymore and definitely nothing from China at least not that I know
of.
Instead, your veterinarian will rule
out a bacterial
bladder infection, signs
of cancer, and any development
of crystals or stones in the
bladder.
Occasionally these
crystals or stones will bass from the
bladder to the urethra, which is the small tube through which urine passes on its way
out of the cat.
Bladder problems may be caused by either infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma or fungi,
crystals in the urine, noninfectious conditions such as interstitial cystitis, as well as from trauma such as being hit by a car or falling
out of a tall building and injuring their back.