Sentences with phrase «get bladder stones»

Dogs, like people, get bladder stones for a variety of reasons.

There are even home cooked diets for dogs who get bladder stones.

One idea is that a pet can get bladder stones if there are elevated levels of crystalline compounds in the bladder that tend to form stones.

Prevention While you may not be able to prevent your pet from getting bladder stones the first time, you can help prevent their recurrence with the right diet and care.

Guinea pigs are prone to several health problems and getting bladder stones are one of them.

If a female dog gets a bladder stone, 80 % of the time it is struvite because of this association.

Tough Love... Food Facts I wish I had learned before Alex got bladder stones... some of the best articles we have found on pet nutrition linked below.

Our dog was getting bladder stones and has had 3 surgeries.

Not exact matches

Some people experience this type of pain as a stone travels through the ureter, getting closer to the bladder.

Although he was not clinical for any urinary tract signs commonly seen with bladder stones (straining to urinate, abnormal urinary patterns, bloody urine, etc.), it was best to remove the stones before they got larger or caused a urinary obstruction.

It will help get rid of any particles and stones that have built up in your cat's bladder.

Digestive Problems There are several urinary tract diseases rabbits can get, but the most common is bladder stones and sludge.

Due to my cat continually get stones in his bladder, I changed his food over to an all wet food diet and Royal Canin Feline Urinary SO Moderate Calorie.

Some Guinea pigs can get bladder infections or stones.

Cats who don't get enough H2O can become chronically dehydrated, which can lead to frequent kidney problems and bladder disease where crystals and stones form in cats» urine.

Dogs who have bladder stones are prone to recurrent UTIs, pointing out the importance of getting a complete diagnosis whenever there is evidence of disease in the urinary tract.

Sometimes stones are so small that they can be passed when your guinea pig urinates but more often than not they either get stuck in the urethra (where the urine exits the body) or cause irritation to the bladder tissue.

Bladder stones in guinea pigs can be big or small and can stay in the bladder or get stuck in the uBladder stones in guinea pigs can be big or small and can stay in the bladder or get stuck in the ubladder or get stuck in the urethra.

Bladder infections can be terribly painful and lead to bladder stone formation - these stones can cause pain when attempting to urinate, can get stuck in the urethra (especially in male cats), and need to be surgically rBladder infections can be terribly painful and lead to bladder stone formation - these stones can cause pain when attempting to urinate, can get stuck in the urethra (especially in male cats), and need to be surgically rbladder stone formation - these stones can cause pain when attempting to urinate, can get stuck in the urethra (especially in male cats), and need to be surgically removed.

These stones can escape from the bladder into the urethra and get stuck, blocking the flow of urine.

So, if your dog eats right and gets enough water, you can still avoid bladder and kidney stones.

But, having crystals in the urine doesn't mean your dog will definitely get kidney or bladder stones.

Dogs under a year of age, no matter what sex, get struvite as the most common bladder stone for this same reason.

Even though dogs and cats do get kidney stones, it is bladder stones that cause more problems.

I hope Truffle and Brulee get over their bladder stones quickly!

If your dog gets recurring urinary tract infections, thus predisposing it to a struvite bladder stone, it is important to examine it for abnormal anatomy of the vulva, for obesity, and problems with the urethral sphincter.

In any case, here we are with one or more bladder stones in the cat's bladder and we need to get rid of them and prevent their recurrence.

Smaller stones often pose a larger health risk because they can escape from the bladder into the urethra and get stuck, blocking the flow of urine.

What you don't want is one of those stones to get lodged in his urethra and need to go see a board certified surgeon to have it removed from there, so if the stones are in the bladder, sometimes it's safer (and cheaper) to have them removed from the bladder at your regular veterinarian.

Question: Our wonderful bichon seems to continually get urinary infections and produce bladder stones.

I worry that you may swing the pH in the urine too far and cause the dog to get crystals and / or bladder stones.

More recently crosses have been done to address important issues (Dalmatian and Pointer to get away from bladder stones, Boxer and Corgi to introduce a bobbed tail).

If your pet has bladder stones, we are happy to help get them out safely and affordably.

Ingrid, thanks for this article... as you know, Miss Gracie has been prone to bladder stones and UTIs since she was a kitten... I think in her case it is stress related but it's good to get a reminder now and again of what to look for and how to help her when they occur.

I came to PPR with two bladder stones blocking my urethra, and they got me the emergency surgery I needed.

When urine sits in their bladder for a long time, it is predisposed to getting infected and infection helps stones form.

The medicine fixed it but she got another one a couple months later that ended up also being bladder stones.

Cats that don't get enough fluid intake can develop bladder crystals, bladder stones and even bladder inflammation called cystitis.

In rare instances, a larger stone may leave the bladder and get stuck in the urethra.

Feebee, my first cat and the love of my life for almost sixteen years, who got me through a period of great upheaval in my life in the mid-90's when my marriage of thirteen years ended and my mother died, all within a four month period, developed bladder stones (most likely, as a result of trying to absorb some of my stress).

The bladder stones were struvite stones so she will have to be checked every 4 - 6 months for a bladder infection and she is currently taking a Cranberry / D - mannose supplement to help keep her from getting a bladder infection.

I got this product for my cat after she had to have surgery for bladder stones.

In the video she suggested that dogs who have bladder stones can get them from the food they eat.

The stones form and get blocked in the urethra, the tube leading from the bladder to the outside, which narrows as it moves through the penis.

In other dogs, the cause can be as simple as a bladder infection which may have gotten worse and even led to the formation of blockages in the form of bladder stones.

In males, they can get feline lower urinary tract disease (FUS or FLUTD) which is often caused by bladder stones.