Common problems
like urine crystals can often be resolved with prescription food.
Not exact matches
Answer: It is always a good idea for your veterinarian to check her out and run a
urine analysis on her - you don't always see blood with a urinary tract infection that is bothering her - it will also rule out things
like diabetes, FLUTD,
crystals, etc..
It is really easy to rule out a bladder infection (and other things
like crystals, kidney disease, diabetes, etc) with a
urine sample taken to your veterinarian.
Urinary tract infections and
crystal formation can lead to litter box problems, leaving you to deal cat
urine problems
like trying to get the odor out of your carpet.
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.
o Small stones build up
like any other stone in the bladder, either as a result of
urine that is too alkaline or acidic, forming
crystals and / or stones, or an excess of mineral build up in the
urine that can precipitate into stones.