Bladder Stones in Lhasa apso
- billfred
- 2Lhasasmom
- dgronner
- Littlemissmuffin
- divamom77
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» 2Lhasasmom - Re: Bladder stones
Hi - One of my lhasas has been quite ill with some sort of muscle/soft tissue injury. In the course of diagnosis, it was discovered that his urine calcium levels were high and could eventually lead to bladder stones. My vet is now prescribing Waltham SO formula dry/canned for both my lhasas. Is this what you were prescribed? How is your lhasa doing? Mine are 4 and 3-1/2. Take care!-- posted by 2Lhasasmom
» Littlemissmuffin - Bladder Stones
Hi,I'm new here. I have a sweet, fluffy, precious little female Lhasa, her name is Muffin. She will be six years in June. She had a large bladder stone removed eight months ago. Well, two weeks ago she became deathly ill, and I drove 35 miles in a rain storm at ten at night to take her to an emegency vet hospital. Well, she had a ton of stones again. I was just so sad. They say it is diet. After the first stone I changed her food, but she would not eat the food that they said she should eat. She is now better, and eating the Hill's Prescription Diet dry food that they recommended. They say that even on this new food that she may continue to make stones. What kind of medicine are they giving your dog??? She just went off her antibiotic, and Monday she has to go in for a cystocentisis, to make sure the infection is gone. They were worried about her kidneys, but they are fine. Her bladder was really infected, so that is why the long course of antibiotics. Has anyone else been told that the stones may occur again???
Geri
(Little Miss Muffin's Mom)
-- posted by Littlemissmuffin
» divamom77 - Bladder Stones
In response to Bladder Stones posted by Littlemissmuffin:My dog had bladder stone surgery twice. It is horrible to see them go through. My vet also prescribed Waltham SO, but I use it sparingly. I started to investigate what kinds of things cause stones, in general. Surprisingly, I began feeding her green beans, wax beans, brown rice, and carrots. No soft dog food. (You wouldn't believe whats in that stuff!) I also give her carrots(raw) for treats as well as occasional slices of red peppers. The increase in veggies has helped more than I can tell you. It sounds crazy, but it works. She eats no more than half a cup of the dry dog food each day, usually less. She also had two small tumors on her. One is completely gone and the other is smaller than a grain of rice and almost gone. Avoid corn and broccoli, for some reason that is harmful to dogs as is garlic and onion. Strangely enough, some dog treats contain garlic! (not good) There is also corn in the dry waltham, but its something about the skin of the kernel that is bad,so as an ingredient it is ok, and whatever you do don't ever give a dog who has a tendency toward stones any kind of dairy products, (I used to occasionally do this. VERY harmful) Well, good luck
-- posted by divamom77
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