Update on Frenchie Puppy with Struvite Crystals
admin July 17th, 2008
We’ve had an update on the French Bulldog puppy with struvite crystals –
Dr. Lori,
Thank you for the response. Since I sent the question to you, the following happened, so I thought you might be interested.
We took the local vet’s opinion and put the puppy on canned food and bottled water, and after a week the lab results on a urine sample turned up no crystals. So introducing more water into his died (via the canned food), and taking out the softened water possibility (via the bottled water) solved the problem.
However, it also created a new problem because the puppy started having very soft or completely runny stools. We tried mixing in dry food, and then even rice, but the diarrhea got very bad. So we reconsulted the local vet, and we put him on California Natural for Puppies kibble (which only has lamb and rice, and only 4 other ingredients) to remove the possibility of allergens as the cause of the diarrhea.
Now his stools are fine, and his pH in the urine is around 6.5-6.8 (I tested with a aquarium pH strip). But now he drinks water so much, that I can’t even let him out enough times, so he makes a mess not because of the crystals but simply due to volume. (We live in an apartment in NYC, and I already let him out literally 10 times a day; so I ride the elevator a lot).
Thank you again for your advice, because it largely goes in line with what the local vet suggested, which makes me feel much better.
Thanks so much for the update. As we’ve said before, we really appreciate hearing back from the people who’ve written in, so we can learn how your French Bulldogs are doing. I hope the peeing issue gets under control soon!
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