Just to recap, Aussie had bladder surgery a month ago to remove a ton of calcium oxalate stones that were just ripping up her bladder. Since then, she has been doing okay but continued to have a slight tinge to her urine, at least that's what it looked like to me. Well, things have taken a down turn in the last 24 hours so I'm having to take her back to the vet tomorrow. She was up again last night exhibiting nervous behavior and when I got up this morning I could see that she had one normal pee, and then another that was from straining (thin with drops all around it instead of one large clump). I got her an appointment for 9:00 tomorrow and have left a message for the "nurse" to call me today.
I have no idea what to do next. Can crystals form in less than a month? I would think they would take a while to form, at least to the point they would be causing problems again. Ugh, this is so frustrating and I can tell she's in pain again. She was hiding under the bed when I left for work this morning.
I was told that I need to increase her water intake, but she already drinks a lot. She is still eating 100% dry food (Hill's k/d for her kidney failure) and as much as I want to put her on wet, I'm not sure it's possible without taking extreme measures like a feeding tube. She started to go into hepatic lipidosis the last time I tried to very slowly introduce wet. It just threw her off so much because of the renal failure. She's already picky about eating at times because of that and trying to make any changes to her food caused her to stop eating completely.
I just don't know what else to do for her. If you have any advice I could really use it. To make matters worse, today is her 11th birthday.
Kelli and Aussie
I have no idea what to do next. Can crystals form in less than a month? I would think they would take a while to form, at least to the point they would be causing problems again. Ugh, this is so frustrating and I can tell she's in pain again. She was hiding under the bed when I left for work this morning.
I was told that I need to increase her water intake, but she already drinks a lot. She is still eating 100% dry food (Hill's k/d for her kidney failure) and as much as I want to put her on wet, I'm not sure it's possible without taking extreme measures like a feeding tube. She started to go into hepatic lipidosis the last time I tried to very slowly introduce wet. It just threw her off so much because of the renal failure. She's already picky about eating at times because of that and trying to make any changes to her food caused her to stop eating completely.
I just don't know what else to do for her. If you have any advice I could really use it. To make matters worse, today is her 11th birthday.
Kelli and Aussie