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Originally Posted by dayorkiemania  my male dog who is only 1 year old and weighs only 1.76 pounds suffers Bladder Stone about 2 months. the vet said that he must eat wet u/d for a while in order to control his symptom. yet i don't think this will be good for the long time,i'd rather to switch to kibble such as canidae,science diet,etc. and let him drink water as much as he can.do you guys have any suggestion?
P.S. his crystals are too tiny and too less to tell the kind of Bladder Stone so the vet guesses that it should be Calcium Oxalate. |
The vet shouldn't "guess" what kind of stone it is because the treatment is completely contingent on the type of stone. Ask him to have the stones analyzed because you need to know what kind they are. Regardless of the type of stone though, drinking lots of water is not enough. You need to add equal parts water to the food. So, if your dog eats 1/5 of a cup at each meal, you should be adding at least 1/5 cup of water to the kibble at each meal to ensure that he's getting enough moisture. His urine needs to be dilute in order to prevent stones from forming. This is very key.
Definitely tell the vet to analyze the stones.... Does he have to have surgery each time he gets a bladder stone or does he pass them on his own?