Bladder Stones (Uroliths)
Mineral stones in the bladder, causing straining, blood and frequent urination, and able to lodge in the urethra and cause a blockage. The type decides everything: struvite stones can often be dissolved with a special diet, while calcium oxalate stones cannot be dissolved and must be removed or prevented.
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Bladder Stones in Cats and Dogs: The Two Main Types, and Why the Difference Is Everything
Bladder stones nearly always raise the same first question: does this mean surgery? It's a fair worry, and the honest answer is that it depends almost entirely on one thing, the type of stone. That single fact runs...
The Other Stones: Urate, Cystine and the Breed and Liver Links
Most bladder stones are one of two kinds. Across cats and dogs, struvite and calcium oxalate together make up the great majority of all uroliths, and they're the two we cover in detail elsewhere (see "Bladder stones in...
Diet and Water for a Stone-Forming Pet: The Prevention Plan for Life
Once your pet has formed a bladder stone, your vet will almost certainly have said something that lands with a small thud: this isn't really a one-off. Whether the stone was dissolved away on a diet or lifted out at...
When a Stone Causes a Blockage: The Bridge to the Emergency
Most bladder stones sit in the bladder and cause grumbling, annoying signs: blood in the urine, frequent squatting, a bit of straining. Uncomfortable, worth treating, but not an emergency. One situation changes that...
Calcium Oxalate Stones: Prevention When You Can't Dissolve Them
When the lab report names a bladder stone as calcium oxalate, there's a conversation that catches almost everyone off guard: no special diet will melt this one away. Struvite stones can often be dissolved over a few...
Dissolving Struvite Stones with Diet, and When Surgery Is Needed Instead
Struvite is the one common bladder stone that you can often make disappear without surgery. On the right diet it melts away over a few weeks, with your pet at home eating their dinner the whole time. No anaesthetic, no...
Breeds prone to Bladder Stones (Uroliths)
Bladder Stones (Uroliths) is seen more often in some breeds than others. If you have one of these, its breed guide covers what to watch for and where to get help.
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