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Kidney/Bladder Stones in Dogs

  • 13-12-2010 12:05am
    #1
    EGAR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭


    Now there is a new one for me. Phoebe Bassett is with me since the summer, she was very obese and suffers from Dermatitis. I put her on a diet and fed her only Burns. Dermatitis cleared up and she no longer smells of old cheese or dirty socks :hidesbehindsofa: . She lost weight and became alot more active and responsive as well.

    This evening she acted strange, asked to go out every five minutes, came back in after two and so on. She kept squatting in the house which is VERY unusual for her as she is bombproof in the house. This went on for about 10 minutes and I got really worried when all of a sudden there was a gush of urine and she passed an off white stone the size of a pea!

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    Two minutes later she was sound asleep and still is.

    Any experience with this? Obviously I will take her to the vet to make sure there aren't any more and to have the stone analysed.


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  • #2
    Aru
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Aru


    Kidney stones are usually diet related,though some breeds have predisposions to them off the top of my head i dont think that bassets are one of them..dalmations and bulldogs yes but not sure on the basset.
    There are other causes but diet is the most common.

    Take herself and the stone you got to the vet.They can analze the "urolith" as the stone is called and find out what the issue is from there.

    Different types of stones are caused by different things.Although most are struvite stones and generally cause by a diet and to acidic of urine.It could be another issue or imbalance.Finding out exactly what the stone is will be the most reliable way of diagnosing and treating the dog in case of any further problems.


  • #3
    anniehoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    If you get your vet to send it to the labs in the Vet College,UCD Urolith analysis is free of charge as its part of an ongoing research project. PM me for more info if you need it.It is sent to a specialist lab in america and you will get a report with the composition of the stone after about 4 weeks. Your vet can advise you from there whether itll require dietary changes or its an underlying metabolic condition,bacterial infection etc. Its actually more common than we think.


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