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Stones. What Happens Now

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Could someone suggest a diet I can feed him that will be good for him?
Tonight he took 12ml of water on his own without of forcing him to take it. Is this normal? After every syringe he kept looking for more. My mum said he was tucking into the grass today though. I'm constantly thinking about him and worrying. Could someone give me their personal opinion of what to do? X
 
You might find there is a point that forces your hand. One of my boys had a stone removed last year. It had obstructed his urethera so he couldn't pee at all and was screaming in pain, it was the most awful thing I have ever experienced, we took him to the out of hours vet ASAP and he was operated on. The recovery was difficult for the first few days and he needed a lot of heavy pain relief and syringe feeding but his situation was more complicated as it turned out he had two mammary tumours which were removed at the same time so not just a straight forward stone removal....

It sounds like the stones are causing him pain if he's not eating so treating the pain is important and one of those options other than medication is to operate but if the stones move then you might end up in the situation I did where it's an emergency and it has to be done. That isn't a fun place to be and if they get lodges in his urethra or penis then they can be almost impossible to remove and you have no options at all then.

He is young and the longer you leave it to operate, the less fit he is going to be by the sounds of it but at the end of the day, you know him best and only you can weigh up the risks of the operation and anaesthetic compared to his quality of life. But to weigh all this up you need a good, honest chat with your vet.

Feeding wise try using critical care mixed with warm water or pureeed veg baby food to get plenty of calories into him. Feed as often as you can and a good amount each time. There's an excellent hand feeding guide on the forum somewhere....
 
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You might find there is a point that forces your hand. One of my boys had a stone removed last year. It had obstructed his urethera so he couldn't pee at all and was screaming in pain, it was the most awful thing I have ever experienced, we took him to the out of hours vet ASAP and he was operated on. The recovery was difficult for the first few days and he needed a lot of heavy pain relief and syringe feeding but his situation was more complicated as it turned out he had two mammary tumours which were removed at the same time so not just a straight forward stone removal....

It sounds like the stones are causing him pain if he's not eating so treating the pain is important and one of those options other than medication is to operate but if the stones move then you might end up in the situation I did where it's an emergency and it has to be done. That isn't a fun place to be and if they get lodges in his urethra or penis then they can be almost impossible to remove and you have no options at all then.

He is young and the longer you leave it to operate, the less fit he is going to be by the sounds of it but at the end of the day, you know him best and only you can weigh up the risks of the operation and anaesthetic compared to his quality of life. But to weigh all this up you need a good, honest chat with your vet.

Feeding wise try using critical care mixed with warm water or pureeed veg baby food to get plenty of calories into him. Feed as often as you can and a good amount each time. There's an excellent hand feeding guide on the forum somewhere....
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Thank you so much! I just want the best for him. I was originally giving him crushed pellets and warm water. I'm going to start that again tomorrow. Just last week he managed to get his weight up to 930g which is the heaviest he has been in a long night time. However this week he has deteriorated to 825g. He has held it there for a few days now which is good. Is this an okay weight for surgery? I'm torn as to what to do. I'm starting to lean more to surgery now because of the complications of I don't. I know the pain will get worse. If I loose him in surgery then I know I tried my hardest. X
 
If I am honest then there is a chance you could lose him either way so you have to do what's right for you and him.

Vets will neuter at 600g and over so weight isn't a huge issue but you do want him to be as fit as he can be so the longer he feels ill for then the harder it is for him to recover afterwards.

Good luck and whatever happens, he knows you love him and will do your best. I know it's horrible x
 
It sounds like you might need to decide soon, weight loss is a definite symptom :( Whereabouts roughly in the UK are you? The key thing is finding n experienced vet in stone removal, that will greaten his chances of pulling through x
 
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