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So, Owen went to the vet yesterday for a regular check-up to see how he is doing and get bloodwork done. (no specific reason for the bloodwork, just curious
) However, what the blood work came back with was as follows:
BUN= 6
Creat=0.3
Cal=11.1
ALB=2.7
ALP=112
ALT=21
AMY=268
TBIL=0.3
NA+=142, K+=3.7
TP=6.2
GLOB=3.6
*Glucose=292, No sugar in his urin
*Phos=7.7 (red blood cell hemolysis)
*Small amount of blood in urin (RBC=0-3/field. WBC=0-1/field)
*Amorphous crystals found in urin
*Urin PH=6
So, basically, the vet wanted to put him on a SD kibble that targets the phosphorus in his blood and urin, but I said no to that. She then went and found a powder that works as a phosphorus binder (ie. expensive). She told me that we could wait a week or two and re-ceck everything to see how it looks and go from there.
I did start looking things up today and found out that canned salmon has about 550mg of phosphorus per serving and that is what they had for dinner the night before (around 7pm). But, on top of the high glucose and the high phopphorus, he also has a UTI.
OK! Here is my question, does anyone know what I could do to help his UTI and the phosphorus thing without antibiotics?? Also, does anyone know what kinds of meats hold the least amounts of phosphorus? I would like to try to mot have a repeat of yesterdays vet visit so any kind of info or encouragement would be awesome! :wink:
Thanks!
BUN= 6
Creat=0.3
Cal=11.1
ALB=2.7
ALP=112
ALT=21
AMY=268
TBIL=0.3
NA+=142, K+=3.7
TP=6.2
GLOB=3.6
*Glucose=292, No sugar in his urin
*Phos=7.7 (red blood cell hemolysis)
*Small amount of blood in urin (RBC=0-3/field. WBC=0-1/field)
*Amorphous crystals found in urin
*Urin PH=6
So, basically, the vet wanted to put him on a SD kibble that targets the phosphorus in his blood and urin, but I said no to that. She then went and found a powder that works as a phosphorus binder (ie. expensive). She told me that we could wait a week or two and re-ceck everything to see how it looks and go from there.
I did start looking things up today and found out that canned salmon has about 550mg of phosphorus per serving and that is what they had for dinner the night before (around 7pm). But, on top of the high glucose and the high phopphorus, he also has a UTI.
OK! Here is my question, does anyone know what I could do to help his UTI and the phosphorus thing without antibiotics?? Also, does anyone know what kinds of meats hold the least amounts of phosphorus? I would like to try to mot have a repeat of yesterdays vet visit so any kind of info or encouragement would be awesome! :wink:
Thanks!