Last week, I decided to take Winnie in for what I suspected might be a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) or struvite crystals. Winnie had been holding her urine for only when we go for walks, and when we do go for walks, she'll try to pee/mark everywhere. More recently, she had been stopping on our walks and refusing to continue, or would look up at me while she'd pee. Just for my piece of mind, I decided to get her looked over by the vet.
Our vet decided not to do anything invasive to test her urine - he wanted me to get a sample the old fashioned way - by using a syringe and trying to "suck up" a sample before it soaked into the ground. This was no easy task - I took her outside of the vet's office and asked her to pee in a dirt area. Luckily, she squatted and did her thing. I moved in really quickly and successfully got a very small sample, mixed in with dirt and tiny rocks. I wasn't sure if it would be enough, but our vet took a look and ran a quick test. Sure enough, she had a severe UTI. I felt terrible that she had been suffering with this for awhile!
Luckily, she's going on her 2nd week of antibiotics and she seems to be feeling much better. She no longer looks up at me while peeing, she hasn't stopped on our walks, she doesn't mark as much and oddly - she hasn't been eating cat poop on our walks anymore. (Strange coincidence? Maybe... but so far, so good!)
We love our vet - and are so thankful that he's able to see us quickly, tries to find the least invasive way to work on Winnie and is so knowledgeable about all animals. I also decided it might be best to have a few "emergency" vets saved on my phone - just . in. case. Utilizing the link below, I was able to find a few emergency vets in our area. Click the link below to run a search near you:
The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society -
Our vet decided not to do anything invasive to test her urine - he wanted me to get a sample the old fashioned way - by using a syringe and trying to "suck up" a sample before it soaked into the ground. This was no easy task - I took her outside of the vet's office and asked her to pee in a dirt area. Luckily, she squatted and did her thing. I moved in really quickly and successfully got a very small sample, mixed in with dirt and tiny rocks. I wasn't sure if it would be enough, but our vet took a look and ran a quick test. Sure enough, she had a severe UTI. I felt terrible that she had been suffering with this for awhile!
Luckily, she's going on her 2nd week of antibiotics and she seems to be feeling much better. She no longer looks up at me while peeing, she hasn't stopped on our walks, she doesn't mark as much and oddly - she hasn't been eating cat poop on our walks anymore. (Strange coincidence? Maybe... but so far, so good!)
We love our vet - and are so thankful that he's able to see us quickly, tries to find the least invasive way to work on Winnie and is so knowledgeable about all animals. I also decided it might be best to have a few "emergency" vets saved on my phone - just . in. case. Utilizing the link below, I was able to find a few emergency vets in our area. Click the link below to run a search near you:
The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society -
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