My Muddy has chronic bladder issues. Repeat infections, crystals, bladder inflamation, etc. He's been switched to mostly wet food (minus fish), and C/D dry for when he eats dry (which is not much). He's also been on medication to control the PH in his urine for months now, as well as prednisone (5 mg every other day).
When his problems reoccur (he starts to go out of box), I do a slight shift in meds and he's usually good in about 2 days. But this current episode started Tuesday. I have the appointment at the vet in the morning to run tests again to see if we need to adjust his food or medications again.
While cleaning up an out of box mess this morning, I noticed that there is virtually no smell to his urine. When I held out the paper towel I used to blot it up to Stumpy for a sniff, Stumpy reacted strongly to it. So I know its urine, its just weak enough that I can't pick up the smell.
I want to prepare myself with questions for the vet in the morning. My first reaction is that we've over corrected the PH in his bladder, but honestly have never seen this before. Does anyone have ideas on what questions to ask the vet, or what tests to run? I'm going to ask for a full urinalysis that will look for crystals, blood and test his PH.
Thanks for any insights!
When his problems reoccur (he starts to go out of box), I do a slight shift in meds and he's usually good in about 2 days. But this current episode started Tuesday. I have the appointment at the vet in the morning to run tests again to see if we need to adjust his food or medications again.
While cleaning up an out of box mess this morning, I noticed that there is virtually no smell to his urine. When I held out the paper towel I used to blot it up to Stumpy for a sniff, Stumpy reacted strongly to it. So I know its urine, its just weak enough that I can't pick up the smell.
I want to prepare myself with questions for the vet in the morning. My first reaction is that we've over corrected the PH in his bladder, but honestly have never seen this before. Does anyone have ideas on what questions to ask the vet, or what tests to run? I'm going to ask for a full urinalysis that will look for crystals, blood and test his PH.
Thanks for any insights!