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Symptoms and prevention of urethral stones in dogs

2022-02-14 / 929 Read

Urinary tract diseases are relatively common diseases for elderly cats and dogs. If one pays attention to the adjustment of diet and living habits at a young age, most of them can be avoided, but scientific pets have only been put on the agenda in recent years, so when our beloved cats and dogs suffer from urinary system diseases, we can only take active and correct treatment measures to relieve the little ones. pain. So what are the symptoms of urethral stones in dogs, and how can they be prevented?


1. Difficulty urinating with bladder stones, hematuria, frequent urination, but the dog only excretes a small amount of urine each time. Bladder palpation can feel multiple stones rubbing against each other or palpate hard bladder stones. Concurrent cystitis can be reflected by urinalysis, abnormal findings include an increase in white blood cells, red blood cells, proteinuria, etc., the pH value is often elevated, and the urine contains a large number of bacteria.

2. Urethral calculi is a complication of bladder-skin calculi. The sick dog suffers from urination and frequent urination, but only a small amount of hematuria is excreted or there is no urine at all. The sick dog is uneasy, forced to walk, painful, and has severe pain when palpating the bladder on the back of the abdomen, which can cause uremia when the urine is closed for a long time. Depression, vomiting, ammonia odor in exhaled breath, scleral congestion, dehydration, increased blood urea nitrogen and creatine content, extreme bladder distention, severe loss of elasticity, which may lead to bladder rupture.

X-ray photography is very useful in the diagnosis of urinary system diseases caused by stones.


For patients with clinical symptoms of bladder stones, surgical incision of the bladder should be considered to remove the stones.

For urethral calculi, retrograde urethral irrigation can be performed, the catheter is inserted into the urethra, and the urethral irrigation fluid or an equal mixture of normal saline and liquid paraffin is injected into the urethra while compressing the urethra at the pelvic edge. liquid. When the urethral pressure increases, the catheter is quickly released and withdrawn, which can be repeated several times. Until the stones are flushed out and retrograde flushing is unsuccessful, urethrotomy should be performed as soon as possible to remove urethral stones.


1. Always feed more water!!

2. Usually half dog food half dog rice, dog food Diversified, dog food must be formulated to prevent urinary system diseases.

3. Dog rice is also diversified, especially not only fish, but also omnivores such as chicken, duck, fish, pig, beef, mutton, vegetables, and grain.

4, often feed some acidic things such as Vc.

5. Always eat canned formula.