Side note, Jimmy was an un-neutered rescue. He had heartworms and MANY other problems so we were waiting on those things to clear up before neutering him. All his problems are gone now and we just pray the stones don’t return. When the doctor thought it was his prostate he too told me neutering would fix it. Un-fixed animals are prone to UTIs as well. Jimmy got neutered 4 days before his emergency bladder surgery, poor guy, two surgeries in 4 days! However, he's doing VERY well now.