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Originally Posted by Ellie May  The vet can look for protein in the urine also.
Since you want a very good look and want your monies worth, I think it is a good idea for them to take the urine instead of doing free catch because of the bacteria aspect.
The BUN was 25 on the recheck?
Isn't referenc ?-27? So it looks high normal. I guess Azodyl wouldn't hurt. I know it is specific to the kidneys but is it a probiotic? |
Yes, the reference is ?-27, but I've been told 25 is really too close to high and that I should give Azodyl (it is a probiotic) to help support her kidneys and bring the BUN down a bit. What do you think about that?? I obviously don't know enough about it, so I'm just trying to filter through all the things I'm being told. I guess the urinalysis will tell me more.
I just got off the phone with the vet, and they said that they prefer to do a free catch first (so there isn't a chance of the results being skewed as far as blood content, since doing a cysto would introduce blood into the sample). They said they will be checking for blood, protein, bilirubin, etc... too, and then will get a specific gravity and look for crystals...they'll also get pH. THEN, if it seems like there is just an overabundance of bacteria, they will ask me to bring her in for a cysto to check for UTI, but if it's just a small amount of bacteria, they "don't worry about it". I'm not sure how this "free-catch" thing is going to go...Bella has a tendency to cut off an not go all the way if she's disrupted by sound/movement/etc... We'll see I guess. Maybe I'll try it a couple of times tonight so she is more used to it.... *sigh