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Do any of you have experience with Struvite Crystals?
Ruby had a UTI a few months ago and when her urine was tested the vet found struvite crystals. I was told to put her on Royal Canine for life and the UTI was treated with antibiotics. After looking at the ingredients of RC I was certain their was something better out there. I did a lot of research on dog food and tried to find a food low in phosphorous and magnesium. I ended up with the Honest Kitchen.
A month went by and I had her urine retested. She still had crystals. The vet and I discussed options and we decided to keep her on the HK but add an acidifier supplement and retest a month later. A week went by and she ended up blood in her urine and was having a hard time going. We took her to the E/R and the urine sample showed crystals and another UTI. So now I have switched to RC and will keep her on that until the crystals are completely cleared up.
My question to ya'll is - do you have experience with this and what have you done that works? My next step after her UTI and crystals are gone is to take her to a holistic vet for nutritional advice in regards to keeping her crystal-free.
Any suggestions are well appreciated as I would like to bring these up to the vet when we visit.
Thanks,
Nikki and Ruby
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