| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences | 
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY | 
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO | 
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 5089 | 
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    My friend's cat, Skunk, spent the last couple of weeks back & forth
    between the vet & home.  It all started with blood in her urine.
    The first diagnosis was a bacterial infection and everything seemed
    fine until a few days later when blood appeared again.  The second
    visit to the vet involved a catheter up the urinary tract to see
    if there were any obstructions.  None were found but the urine culture
    indicated pieces of bladder flesh floating around.  Next step was
    an x-ray which showed kidney stones.  Skunk was operated on and
    spent another couple days at the vet.  So, after a couple of weeks
    of worrying and a few hundred dollars, everything seems fine.
    (Oh, I forgot to mention the unscheduled Sunday morning trip to the vet
    when we found her bleeding on her tummy.  Her outside stitches
    disintegrated or something & she had to get new ones.)
    
    Anyway, she's on that C/D diet now.  Has anyone else's cat experienced
    kidney stones?
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| 289.1 | S/D is even better! | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Jul 23 1986 20:46 | 9 | 
|     My Argus, who is now  at in the hospital for his latest bout with
    FUS was developing stones about two years ago, but the vet was able
    to give him something to desolve the stones without surgery. While
    Gus eats dry C/D, the moist food he gets is S/D (Stone Diet) which
    is also from Hills. There have been no more signs of stones since
    we switched to the S/D.
    
    I do hope Skunk is feeling better; stones are very painfull.
    Deb
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| 289.2 | More info please | EUREKA::HARQUAIL | Tue Apr 07 1987 21:40 | 13 | |
|     I know this note is a year old please direct me if there is more
    info. We've just noticed Mersault a male who was nuetered this 
    Feb. Has blood in his urine. I noticed it 2 days ago but didn't
    know what it was or who, we also have another cat and a dog.
    	Anyways tonight i noticed him frequently straining to urinate.
    and red color in  that dimes size attempt. So we will call the vet
    tommorrow FUS was mentioned to me.
    	I would just like to be prepared for what we might be in for?
    Also what is the stone diet and c/d diet? Both cats get wet food
    with a small dish of dry to share.
    
    THanks 
    Marilyn
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| 289.3 | I found it | EUREKA::HARQUAIL | Wed Apr 08 1987 09:15 | 5 | |
|     THanks I found it in note 178 ash.
    
    Hope thats what it is.
    
    Marilyn
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