Should my dog stay on urinary food after kidney stones long-term?

Bladder stones often do recur. I would use the food at least six months, and I would have a urinalysis done every six months to make sure there are no crystals or urinate tract infection. Your veterinarian is correct that using the urinary food for life gives Bollie a better chance of not having another bladder stone. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Bollie.

Your kitty should be on this food for the rest of her life as the stones will return otherwise. It is expensive food, but surgery is a lot more extensive and struvite crystals are seriously painful. This diet is healthy for your kitty.

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sorry to hear about Wookiee but it sounds like things are much better. So I can assume that the crystals and stones were struvite because of the c/d food and I can assume you tried s/d first but maybe not. Struvite crystals and stones are most often tied to infection in the bladder and urinary system. You may be able to try another diet but only your vet should make that call for you. They are much more familiar with his particular case. If you monitored his urine with dip sticks (again consult your vet) you may be able to feed something else. Ask you vet. The kibble shouldn't hurt his teeth unless he develops severe periodontal disease which lots of small breeds develop due to their genetics. Sure you can wet the food plus that increases water consumption which is crucial in pets with a history of urinary problems. Yes, I would advise against the table scraps as these can definitely play a role and alter the pH of the urine (how acidic or alkaline). Good luck with Wookiee. Great questions.

Bladder stones are collections of mineral crystals that combine together in the urinary tract. Excess minerals can encourage the formation of crystals in the urine, leading to the creation of bladder stones. Urinary diets have the correct balance of minerals to maintain bladder health. In addition, they have low protein and calcium, which results in decreased urinary concentrations of stone-forming constituents. To get the biggest benefit, I recommend choosing a urinary specific food for Liir, as regular diets will not be formulated to help with bladder health. I recommend Hill's Science Diet u/d. I hope this helps!

The appropriate diet here would be the urinary diet either Urinary S/O or Hill's C/D, and then placing your pet on a liver protectant medication to address the liver issues. The liver protectant medication is called Denamarin, and has to be prescribed by your vet. I would then consider getting your pet an abdominal ultrasound to better define what is specifically going on with the liver, so that we know what mode of therapy would be best to manage things going forward, because these values (ALKP, CHOL) can be changed by not just the liver, but also the gallbladder and adrenal glands. I hope that your pet Ceca is able to manage both of her conditions well moving forward. Best wishes and take care. : )

What diet he should be eating is dependent on what is the pressing issue right now. If he is recovering from pancreatitis then he should be eating a low fat bland diet until the issue has resolved. After the pancreas is back to normal then he should go back to eating the Royal Canin urinary diet. If the pancreas condition is chronic then you really need to speak to your vet about what is best for him to eat since they are privy to all his medical history whereas I am not.

Hello, sorry to hear about Penny, I wish her a speedy recovery. The recommendation to put her on a different diet, likely a Urinary SO diet is so that this changes the pH of her urine to prevent reoccurrence of struvite stone formation. She doesn't "have" to be on a different diet per say, but if you continue her normal diet, there's a chance she may reform struvite stones. Hope this helps!