sunkissedpr1ncs
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I just wanted to give everyone an update on how Barkley is doing now and provide some info for anyone else whose Bully has cystine stones
Barkley had cystine stones removed a year ago. He never blocked, we just noticed some blood leaking from his penis so took him to the vet and they confirmed he had stones and had surgery to remove them a few weeks later. His vet said the only thing to prevent them was to switch him to the Hills food, which I did not want to do since the ingredients are so bad.
After doing some research, I found out about the neutering showing to prevent them from reoccurring (he had just been neutered a few weeks before we found out he had the stones.) and also about feeding more of a raw diet. We switched him to the Stella & Chewy Frozen Raw Patties and have also added some water to his food (not a whole lot). After switching to just the raw patties, we noticed he stopped drinking his regular water entirely, which I read can happen since this type of food has so much more moisture than kibble. About 6 months ago, the vet also suggested that Barkley needed to lose some weight, so we have had him on a green bean diet - half of his regular food and half green beans, he loves it! His urine output has also been great, no signs of anything unusual at all.
Anyway, we went to a new vet the other day since we just moved to Houston a few months ago. He is supposed to be a "bulldog specialist" and I was really impressed with him! I told him about the stones and had them check his urine...He started telling me about how this only happens in male bulldogs and about the neutering showing to prevent them and that if they hadn't re-appeared yet then we were probably good since they will usually re-appear pretty quick if they are going to. Every other vet has looked at me like I'm crazy when I've mentioned the neutering, so I was so shocked to hear him telling ME about it!!
He also said the urine looked good and I asked him about him not drinking water since I know they should be getting a lot of water to help flush out the bladder...He showed me the urine results and said the water amount in the urine was way above the average level so he is still getting plenty of water through his food and just doesn't need to drink any extra! I'm so happy to have finally found a vet that actually really knows his stuff with bulldogs and does his own research and doesn't just recommend that crappy Hills food!!!
Barkley had cystine stones removed a year ago. He never blocked, we just noticed some blood leaking from his penis so took him to the vet and they confirmed he had stones and had surgery to remove them a few weeks later. His vet said the only thing to prevent them was to switch him to the Hills food, which I did not want to do since the ingredients are so bad.
After doing some research, I found out about the neutering showing to prevent them from reoccurring (he had just been neutered a few weeks before we found out he had the stones.) and also about feeding more of a raw diet. We switched him to the Stella & Chewy Frozen Raw Patties and have also added some water to his food (not a whole lot). After switching to just the raw patties, we noticed he stopped drinking his regular water entirely, which I read can happen since this type of food has so much more moisture than kibble. About 6 months ago, the vet also suggested that Barkley needed to lose some weight, so we have had him on a green bean diet - half of his regular food and half green beans, he loves it! His urine output has also been great, no signs of anything unusual at all.
Anyway, we went to a new vet the other day since we just moved to Houston a few months ago. He is supposed to be a "bulldog specialist" and I was really impressed with him! I told him about the stones and had them check his urine...He started telling me about how this only happens in male bulldogs and about the neutering showing to prevent them and that if they hadn't re-appeared yet then we were probably good since they will usually re-appear pretty quick if they are going to. Every other vet has looked at me like I'm crazy when I've mentioned the neutering, so I was so shocked to hear him telling ME about it!!
He also said the urine looked good and I asked him about him not drinking water since I know they should be getting a lot of water to help flush out the bladder...He showed me the urine results and said the water amount in the urine was way above the average level so he is still getting plenty of water through his food and just doesn't need to drink any extra! I'm so happy to have finally found a vet that actually really knows his stuff with bulldogs and does his own research and doesn't just recommend that crappy Hills food!!!
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love that face... so happy all is going well and thank you for sharing the information!!
