Help Needed! UTI? Blood and tiny gray "balls" in urine... help!

[RiiSi]

Great that you took her to see the vet and she's getting the meds she needs. Just one thing, pH is neutral at 7, alkaline above it and acidid below it. Infection makes urine more alkaline (higher in numbers) and for example struvites form in alkaline urine. Urates form in acidic urine (<6). Even if she has high pH, she can still have urate stones, cause the UTI is raising her pH. I was really confused myself when Usko's diagnosis was urate stones cause his pH was at 9, but that was only bc he had UTI, when that was gone his would be below 6 and the stones would most likely start forming. So I would advise you to get the crystals tested or take a DNA test for Hyperuricosuria. There's a lab in the states called vetgen and you can order it in the internet. The maintenance for these conditions are the opposite and if you treat wrong you can end up only adding fuel to the flames.

 

[Vicaroo1000]

[MENTION=2101]SunDog[/MENTION] - I agree. Having had kidney stones myself once, "discomfort" doesn't even come CLOSE to how it feels to pass them.

 

[Wlw9x]

Apparently I'm not a very good listener! I will talk to them about all of that though. Thanks for mentioning it!

 

[Wlw9x]

The other day when I looked up Hyperuricosuria, I did see that test you were talking about. I wasn't sure if it was something I needed to do or not. Glad to hear your advice!