| yakkwak | 02-17-2012 07:57 PM |
Shiny Urine Not Crystals?
Feedback needed please. About 2.5 weeks ago, I was playing around with a flashlight at night with my grandbaby and when I came across my 12 month old Yorkie's pee pad. I noticed that the peed area was sort of 'irridescent' (for lack of a better description) so I got scared and looked it up on the net. All I could find were references to urine crystals - but that didn't seem to describe what I am seeing in the pee pad - these are too small to see and certainly too small to have any discernable shape at all. They sort of remind me of an irridescent face powder :confused: To be safe, his vet ran routine urine and blood tests; all are negative. The pee pads are covered with layers of newspaper. Should I switch him over to a food that is for urine crystals anyway to be safe or might that cause problems that aren't there? Last month I did slowly switch him to another brand. Crap, the kibble is now in a couple of glass canisters and don't have the name now. Another idea I had was to take him to another vet for a consult (although mine is supposed to be very good and has treated him well so far - did his neutering, baby tooth removal, etc., and has no problem taking my money most of the time!). However, I still see some irridescence. Can tests be false negative? Oh, he is very energetic, eats well, wants to play ALL the time, and he walks me :rolleyes: daily. I work at home and know that he's probably not gotten into anything. We are well 'baby proofed'. Has anyone else seen this or have any ideas? I want to be safe but don't want to make problems where there aren't any. | 