Kidney Stones???
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| How old is she? You should ask your vet if this stones might be a cause... I've heard several things can cause recurrent UTIs. I think they can do ultrasound or x-rays to locate stones (in the bladder anyway) though they don't always show up. I've read that stones can be a cause for recurrent UTIs.
We had x-rays, ultrasound and a double contrast study done on Panda because of recurrent UTIs and multiple antibiotics. She arrived at 10 months with housetraining "issues" along with struvite crystals. Tests showed something funky with either her bladder or uterine stump. She had surgery in February to try to locate a cause and found she had a persistent urachus. We're hoping this will correct the cause of her UTIs but there are no guarantees... though she has stopped peeing in the house  . During routine spay surgery they should be able to note if this condition is present.
Quote: Today her urine was milky white and thick.
Definitely not a good thing. I'm glad she's going back to the vet today. Take a fresh urine sample with you when you go. Please let us know what the vet says. |
| We have had a few bassets come through our basset rescue with crystals too. Male and female dogs. Once the crystals and infections have cleared up, they have done much better. |
The vet says she has a milky discharge and we are trying one more anti biotic before we do and x ray. He thinks that she doesn't have kidney stones but possibly bladder stones. This may be the reason she is spitting out teeth instead of reabsorbing them in her body. She may have too much calcium in her body. If this is the case we can try and disolve the stones with meds or flush them out in a noninvasive procedure and she would have to be on suppliments to reabsorb her calcium for possibly the rest of her life.  But that sounds better than having her suffer through painful urination and what not.
I'll keep you guys posted as to how she is doing. BTW she is 5 months. |
| I'm NOT a vet but the stones are usually sent off to be analyzed at a lab to determine their true chemical makeup. I've read that calcium oxalate stones cannot be disolved by diet (like struvite can) but a special diet might help to manage this problem once the stones are gone. Below is a link that explains the problem better...
Calcium Oxalate Stones: http://marvistavet.com/html/canine_oxal ... tones.html I know that Hill's Prescription diet comes in a u/d formula to treat this type of condition IF this is the actual problem. The link above lists other mfrs. of prescription diets as well. Only your vet can tell you what's best for your pup. u/d® Canine - Canned Urolithiasis - Calcium oxalate, urate, and Cystine u/d® Canine - Dry Urolithiasis - Calcium oxalate, urate, and Cystine I hope your pup is feeling better soon. |
| Thank you so much for the links. I'm sure if they have to do the procedure they will get sent off somewhere. I'll look into the various brands of diets for the problem. I'm glad that if she does have stones there are foods out there for her. She is lying around this afteroon just a sleepy sheepie. She wanted to go outside and play for a bit but we are under a Wind Warning here 50mph. We walked outside and she looked at me like Mom hold the leash tight I'm going to fly away.
Oh the meds must be kicking in she just walked upstairs with her easter sunflower headband in her mouth. Got it off the table-she might just be getting better. Now she just took a tissue out of the tissue box. Must think she has a runny nose.  |
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