Oxalic acid, the final metabolite of ethylene glycol, binds to calcium in the blood to
form calcium oxalate crystals.
However, it apparently increased the number of cats that
formed calcium oxalate crystals.
Not exact matches
I found out the hard way that darkest greens (kale, spinach, collards, chard) while healthy for you & full of nutrients, they also contain
oxalates that
form crystals and cling to
calcium in your system that create painful kidney stones when eaten over sustained periods of time.
Without enough ox
form in the gut to break down
calcium oxalate, your gut can
form crystals that lead to kidney stones.
Diets high in magnesium and phosphorus, low in moisture, and that produce high urine pH predispose some cats to
form struvite
crystals or stones; diets high in
calcium, vitamins C and D, low in phosphorus, and producing low - pH urine may predispose to
oxalate crystals or stones.
Uroliths: These are
crystals (
calcium oxalate, struvite) that
form in the urinary tract and black the flow of urine.
There is some indications in humans that urine
calcium increases in arthritis, increase the amount of
calcium in the urine and causing
oxalate crystals to
form.
These foods are low in
calcium on the mistaken theory that if we deprive the body of
calcium,
calcium oxalate crystals will not
form.
Ironically,
calcium oxalate crystals may
form in some cats if the pH is too acidic.
Some breeds of dogs appear to be particularly susceptible to one
form of
crystal or another (eg:
calcium oxalate or urate nephroliths).
As mentioned below in the
Crystal section, struvite
crystals are more apt to
form in an alkaline urine and
calcium oxalate crystals are more apt to
form in an acidic urine.
Unfortunately, in trying to «fix» a cat's unnatural alkaline urinary pH — caused by human greed in the first place — pet food manufacturers created even more problems by adding urinary acidifiers in the
form of dl methionine, etc., which led to the formation of
calcium oxalate (CaO)
crystals / stones in many cats.
But when oxalic acid finds itself in the presence of
calcium, it has the ability to links to it too,
forming a particular insoluble salt
crystal -
calcium oxalate.
What they do have is an inflamed bladder or urine
crystals, either in the
form of struvite
crystals containing magnesium or
calcium oxalate crystals.
These procedures can help diagnose the presence of bacterial infection (which often accompanies bladder stones or sludge) and determine the composition of suspected uroliths or sludge (rabbits usually
form calcium carbonate
crystals, but they may also
form calcium oxalate, ammonium phosphate, or monohydrate
crystals).
A recent study of healthy young cats and healthy adult dogs found Tripsy, a veterinarian - formulated, 100 % herbal supplement, may be beneficial in lowering the risk of struvite
crystals, a phosphate mineral found in urinary stones in young cats as well as in reducing the risk of
calcium oxalate crystals which
form urinary stones in adult dogs.