1. What should I do if a cat suffers from stones? Please note that when a cat is found to have stone symptoms, please send the cat to the animal hospital within 24 to 48 hours to avoid any regrets. As long as the cat slave is willing to spend time o...
1. What should I do if a cat suffers from stones?
Please note that when a cat is found to have stone symptoms, please send the cat to the animal hospital within 24 to 48 hours to avoid any regrets. As long as the cat slave is willing to spend time observing the cat's water drinking, urination situation, and cleaning the cat's litter every day, it is not difficult to find abnormalities in the cat.
When a veterinarian encounters a stone cat, he usually takes urine tests, takes X-rays, and abdominal ultrasound for the sick cat to diagnose its stone condition. Then, it will determine what medical method is based on the severity of the stone cat, such as lithotripsy surgery - Use ultrasonic shock waves to break the stones so that the stones become smaller and easier for the cat to discharge.
For cats with mild symptoms, the veterinarian will water the cat, or apply subcutaneous drip to force the water to allow the cat to produce enough urine to excrete small stones.
2. How to prevent cat stones?
Cat stones can be prevented. Try to refer to the suggestions provided by veterinarian Jennifer Coates:
1. Relaxed and safe environment: minimize the factors that make cats uneasy, whether it is a person or the environment, which helps cats relax; in addition, do not peep at cats to the toilet, nor do they interfere when they use the toilet, as it will make them feel stressed and unable to urinate properly.
2. Increase its water intake: Don't just give cats dry feed, try giving cats canned food. For cats that don’t like to drink water, owners may try adding some water to their food, changing the water basin frequently (this helps fresh water and attracts cats to drink), and buying automatic water runners. The skillful owner can also make fresh water boiled food for cats to eat, which will help increase their water intake.
3. Observe carefully every day: no matter how many small steps you make, you can't compare to the cat slave's care. As long as the cat slave is willing to carefully observe the cat's water drinking and urination every day, and also works hard to clean the cat's litter every day. In fact, it is easy to find whether the cat has abnormalities. Once you find anything wrong, don’t hesitate, it’s right to send it to the hospital.
4. Dietary supplements: When a cat has stones at home, foreign cat slaves usually discuss with the veterinarian whether to let the cat eat "dietary supplements (such as potassium citrate)", which is to reduce the pH value in the cat's urine and avoid bacterial breeding. However, this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause. However, if cats often experience stones, cat slaves may wish to discuss this suggestion with the veterinarian.
It is worth noting that the chance of cat stones is very high. Owners of cats with stones at home must pay special attention to their daily conditions in order to minimize the damage.
