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Help with a UTI - Pebble

Piggies&buns said:
Glucosamine supplement helps coat and replenish the natural glucosamine layer in the bladder of piggies suffering with sterile cystitis. It, along with painkillers, is the treatment for this condition.
Calcium is not involved in Sterile cystitis (so that’s why potassium citrate is not mentioned in this condition) but a good (calcium) balance in the diet is needed for all piggies anyway.
We have seen many piggies on the forum who respond very well to it. It is a well recommended treatment by specialist vets in this country

Potassium citrate being used as a preventative for piggies who have previously had stones (although there is no reliable treatment to dissolve existing stones). Glucosamine can still be given as a way to help relieve and replenish the bladder of damage caused by stones or sludge. Glucosamine is not a treatment for stones though.

Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones
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Just re reading your post @Piggies&buns. Should I start Pebble on potassium citrate. A friend of mine gave it to her rabbit for 6 weeks and the stone disappeared! It was a big stone.

Obviously I don’t know if Pebble actually has a stone because the vet made me change my mind about getting the scan 😢
 
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