Tubby & Peanut's Mom
02-24-2010, 10:42 PM
Hi all :)
Robin has been diagnosed with the calcium oxalate crystals in her bladder and in her kidneys. From what I've read, this type of crystal can't be dissolved, but it can be managed with diet. Interestingly enough, when I googled calcium oxalate crystals in cats, this thread came up from 2008:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=141104
I was wondering if I could get updated info from everybody on what diets have worked and which ones may not have since this last thread. I would prefer the no-grain diet KAK mentions, but there also has to be no fish or seafood in it since CJ will also be eating it and he's allergic to so many things. However, I thought I also read somewhere that the diet for the calcium oxalate crystals should be a low protein diet, which contradicts the no-grain diet..... So as you can see, I'm a little confused.
To exacerbate things, i'm not 100% confident in the vet I have. I really don't like any of the vets here in the Coachella Valley in California. They all seem like big box stores run by corporations with the get-em-in-get-em-out-bring-in-the-cash mentality. So....I'm taking her to a vet who is primarily a horse doctor who works on small animals in his horse-down-time. He does seem knowledgeable....kind of.....but when I mentioned something I saw online he seemed surprised that I knew what I knew and it almost seemed like it was something he didn't know....I don't know, it's just kind of weird, but it's all I have to work with until we get back to Chicago in May when I can take her to my trusted vet that "salvaged" Tubby and did Peanut's bladder surgery...
Anyway, any updates on the above thread or any advice on how to handle all this would be greatly appreciated. :)
By the way, this vet told me to drop Robin off so he could do x-rays and take blood for a complete blood panel. He said she would be there about an hour or so. Well.....6 hours later, her finally calls and tells me I can pick her up. Seems an emergency arose and poor little Robin had to sit in her carrier and wait while he took care of the emergency, so she spent all day there. She's sleeping comfortably in her own little bed right now, so I know she's happy to be home, and I'm extremely happy to have her back! Poor little girl. :(
Robin has been diagnosed with the calcium oxalate crystals in her bladder and in her kidneys. From what I've read, this type of crystal can't be dissolved, but it can be managed with diet. Interestingly enough, when I googled calcium oxalate crystals in cats, this thread came up from 2008:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=141104
I was wondering if I could get updated info from everybody on what diets have worked and which ones may not have since this last thread. I would prefer the no-grain diet KAK mentions, but there also has to be no fish or seafood in it since CJ will also be eating it and he's allergic to so many things. However, I thought I also read somewhere that the diet for the calcium oxalate crystals should be a low protein diet, which contradicts the no-grain diet..... So as you can see, I'm a little confused.
To exacerbate things, i'm not 100% confident in the vet I have. I really don't like any of the vets here in the Coachella Valley in California. They all seem like big box stores run by corporations with the get-em-in-get-em-out-bring-in-the-cash mentality. So....I'm taking her to a vet who is primarily a horse doctor who works on small animals in his horse-down-time. He does seem knowledgeable....kind of.....but when I mentioned something I saw online he seemed surprised that I knew what I knew and it almost seemed like it was something he didn't know....I don't know, it's just kind of weird, but it's all I have to work with until we get back to Chicago in May when I can take her to my trusted vet that "salvaged" Tubby and did Peanut's bladder surgery...
Anyway, any updates on the above thread or any advice on how to handle all this would be greatly appreciated. :)
By the way, this vet told me to drop Robin off so he could do x-rays and take blood for a complete blood panel. He said she would be there about an hour or so. Well.....6 hours later, her finally calls and tells me I can pick her up. Seems an emergency arose and poor little Robin had to sit in her carrier and wait while he took care of the emergency, so she spent all day there. She's sleeping comfortably in her own little bed right now, so I know she's happy to be home, and I'm extremely happy to have her back! Poor little girl. :(