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Originally Posted by Lady Amethyst   Hi Nancy....
Yes, Neko has been nuetered. He was a rescue from the humane society. We got him in April 2009 and they'd already nuetered him just when we were picking him up. The vet called yesterday and said that Neko's urine checked out just fine. He doesn't have a UTI. She wants me to continue the antibiotics for now and monitor him carefully! She also said that if the bleeding started up again once the antibiotics are gone, I'd have to bring him in for an x-ray to check for stones. I guess that because this is my first time owning a pet and having to deal with vet bills, this is why I feel that it was pretty steep in cost...I wondered....If she gave me meds for a UTI not knowing if this is what the problem was or not, why wouldn't she give me meds for stones just incase also?? She said if there are stones and they get out of control in size, they'd have to operate to remove them. I'm assuming that if they are caught small, they can give meds for them? |
It doesn't sound like an infection it sounds like stones. I'm not aware of any medicine that can be given for stones. If the stones are small enough, they can pass, but this causes extreme pain. Stones are jagged and the blood you see may be from the stones passing out of the kidney and traveling to the bladder. As the stone passes it cuts the tubes, and this is the bleeding you can see. Sometimes stones are too big to pass, and block the kidney, this causes extreme pain, and death can result without surgery. I would try and find a food made for dogs prone to kidney stones. There are certain foods that have been shown to reduce the risk of development of stones. You can ask your vet about them, I know Royal Canin makes one type, but if I had a dog that developed stones, I would change his diet. Cranberry juice is good for bladder infections, but it doesn't do anything for stones.