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03-14-2011, 02:03 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Springville, TN, USA
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| Stones in urinary tract and further down Hi, I'm new to Yorkietalk. We have 2 Yorkies- Lucy and Monkey (2 different breeders). Monkey is currently in the hospital and will be operated on today. He is 3 lbs. and in quite a bit of pain. I've been reading some of the posts on this problem and I'm worried about him - he's a picky eater and I'm afraid he won't eat the new food the Dr. is going to put him on after the operation. Also, we're down in FL but live in TN most of the year so will be traveling back to TN on Thurs. The Drs. say he'll be ok. What do you think? Would appreciate any and all advice. |
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03-14-2011, 03:56 AM | #2 |
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| HE should be fine to travel on Thursday. This is not too uncommon (the males get the stones caugt in their urethra a lot of times). How long do you try giving only one food before decding to give your pup what he wants/
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03-14-2011, 10:40 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: benton, ar, united states
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| My almost 5 year old Yorkie, Sasha, had surgery about 3 weeks ago to have bladder stones removed. They turned out to be calcium oxalate stones which means I had to change his dog food. The vet said I had three options of the prescription Hills food that he recommended. I went with the one with the lowest calories in order to prevent any weight gain because Sasha is already a little on the large side weighing in at about 8 1/2 pounds. He's not overweight but doesn't really need to gain much more or he could easily be. So the vet said that in addition to the food I choose I would also need to give him a potassium supplement as well. The only one the vet has access to is a powder that you sprinkle over the food which wasn't going to work because I have a second Yorkie that eats out of the same bowl as Sasha and while the vet said the food is fine for him he doesn't need the extra potassium. So I had to get some in a liquid form from my local pharmacy. The food is around $22 a bag but the supplement is $37 for a one month supply. So I'm thinking that I may switch to the higher calorie food since it won't require me to give him the extra potassium and I'll just have to monitor his food intake closely to make sure there isn't too much weight gain. Before the surgery both of my dogs were eating Wellness, the small breed formula, and they loved it. I'm currently switching them over to the Hills and mixing the two together and they both pick the new food out and leave the old stuff laying on the floor so they seem to be pretty happy with it so far. As far as the recovery went Sasha did pretty well. He wouldn't eat for the first few days so the vet had me mix some chicken broth in with his food and microwave it and that helped. He got his stitches out after 10 days but the vet said the internal stitches will take up to 120 days to dissolve. The only issue that I've noticed is that for the first week he would lay on the couch and he wouldn't indicate that he needed to go outside until I asked him if he wanted to go and then it was as if once he realized he had to go he could barely hold it for more than a minute. That resulted in a few accidents but since then the only thing I've noticed is that he'll go outside and pee and then a few minutes later he'll hike his leg again and just stand there for a little while but nothing comes out. I asked the vet about it and he said that's normal, that it takes quite a while for the bladder to stretch back to it's normal size so it will take some time for him to get used to feeling normal "urges" to go. |
03-14-2011, 11:58 AM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Springville, TN, USA
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| Well, Monkey won't be getting anything to eat except what the DR. tells me to give him and Lucy will be going on the same diet. No more treats for either of them. This is costing a fortune! but worth it. Love them loads. Monkey had surgery today. I am worried about him- we leave to go back up to TN and they tend to not eat while we're traveling. I did mix peanut butter with their food to get them to eat but don't think the Dr. will like that idea. Thanks for responding. I appreciate it. |
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03-15-2011, 09:53 AM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: benton, ar, united states
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| You're very welcome for the reply. Let me know if you have any other questions that I might be able to answer. You can also send me a PM if that's easier. |
03-15-2011, 01:07 PM | #7 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Springville, TN, USA
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| We just got home with Monkey. He cried when he saw us (for maybe 5 min.) and then was ok. He's checking everything out now. They still don't know what kind of stone it is and so I guess we'll find out after we get back home. I'm making him some rice tonight cause he loves it but won't be able to buy the kind of food he should eat till after the results are in. The Dr. said it could be 2 wks before we know. We took our son and dil and her family out for dinner and the dil asked me why I didn't have him put to sleep and just get another dog. Pretty amazing, huh? I was nice. Monkey is already peeing all over everything outside so I think he's going to be fine. Thanks for all the help and advice. I probably won't be on line again till we have the satellite internet turned on next week after we get home so it will be awhile before I'm back on. Thanks again for everything. I appreciate your taking the time to answer me. |
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