[QUOTE=my 2 yorkies;3372432]hi, thanks for the info, my little boy was on clovamox for 10 days , only helped a little, he did not have a bacteria infection, though. then the vet put him on zenaquin, which he got really sick, threw up and was so out of it all day and night, i was so scared. then he did a sonogram and took sterile urine from him, to find out he has a few sturvite crystals. thats when he told me to put him on royal canin so canned food. i am trying to avoid him having the crystals turn into stones.
i am giving him plenty of water, greek yogurt-plain, and cranberry juice, but i was wondering if the cranberry powder is better for him. these are my ideas, not the vet. do you know about how much your vet nutrionist charges by phone ? i will take her number, if you do nto mind, because i will be bringing in a sample in a couple of weeks of him being on the this food and if there is still crystals in his urine, i will have to try something else. what do you think about this? i am worried about him. thanks for your time, i really appreciate it.[/QUOTE]
I know of no connection with plain greek yogurt and struvites or preventing them. As for cranberry juice, it's kind of old-school thinking...we used it to get Teddy to drink more, but not to acidify his bladder (we used the uro-eze product for that).
I would be happy to give you Dr. Remillard's contact info. Her phone number is listed here on the MSPCA-Angell Memorial Hopsital website under speciality services which you can find directly by this link:
Nutrition Services
As for cost, the current cost is $95 for the consult, $11 hospital registration fee (one time) and $60 for a diet formulation. You should always double check the pricing with the hospital directly as these rates may change.