G
ghostuser
Guest
Hans was diagnosed with calcium oxalate stones two days before X-mas. He had a non-invasive surgery done this past Wednesday. (The stones were the size of poppy seeds, and were able to be passed with a little help from the vet.)
You need to ask the vet for metacam. Hans was prescribed it not for pain, but for inflammation. It keeps the area from swelling, and will make urinating a lot easier for her. I'm really suprised your vet didn't prescibe some sort of anti-inflammitory.
The diet thing, from what I've been reading, is just plain tricky. The goal is to keep the stones from reforming - which means specially designed foods that are high in fiber, water content, and that are designed to keep the urine at a "medium" pH. However, these foods aren't the greatest out there, and for the health of the cat it should go back on "normal" food in a few months. But the normal foods are the ones that caused the problem in the first place. It really is something where you need to sit your vet down and make him answer your questions. (Mine tends to dance around any question that deals with food. I'm planning on tackiling him tomorrow and making him give me a clear answer.)
You need to ask the vet for metacam. Hans was prescribed it not for pain, but for inflammation. It keeps the area from swelling, and will make urinating a lot easier for her. I'm really suprised your vet didn't prescibe some sort of anti-inflammitory.
The diet thing, from what I've been reading, is just plain tricky. The goal is to keep the stones from reforming - which means specially designed foods that are high in fiber, water content, and that are designed to keep the urine at a "medium" pH. However, these foods aren't the greatest out there, and for the health of the cat it should go back on "normal" food in a few months. But the normal foods are the ones that caused the problem in the first place. It really is something where you need to sit your vet down and make him answer your questions. (Mine tends to dance around any question that deals with food. I'm planning on tackiling him tomorrow and making him give me a clear answer.)