[Stones] Spike is a New Stones Patient

[BunsnPigs at aol.com]

I am continuing to give her the Lasix because she is 6 1/2 years old, her  
mother had the biggest bladder stone my vet ever saw (so its probably in her  
genes), and the dose is minute compared to the 2 - 5mg/kg twice a day  
prescription dose for Lasix. Given that the oral Lasix comes in a concentration  of 
8mg/ml, a 2mg/kg dose of Lasix would be .25ml. Twice a day is .5ml. One drop  is 
about 1/3rd of a 1/10th of an ml, or .03ml. That's only 1/8th the regular  
dose, and once a day makes it 1/16th the regular dose. Just that one drop makes  
my girl drink 8 ounces a day.  I had to cut the dose to one drop every  OTHER 
day because she was drinking so much.
 
I've only been doing this for 2 1/2 weeks, so in all fairness, I don't know  
what the long term issue is with her kidneys, but... she was DYING, so I 
figured  I would take that chance on her behalf. We also think that the stones in 
the  radiographs were not solid, so the increased water intake helped them 
dissolve.  I noticed some rather thick sludge coming out of her for a few days 
afterwards. 
 
We have well water. We moved to this house 3 years ago. We have a filter on  
our system, but all of my piggies were getting sludgy output - I never had 
that  before with the city water. I switched them all to purchased filtered water 
and  I don't see it nearly as much, but I do still use it to wash my veggies. 
 
Judi
 
In a message dated 10/8/2007 6:14:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
ABSiev at aol.com writes:

 
In a message dated 10/8/07 2:09:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
BunsnPigs at aol.com writes:

my vet told me to give my guinea pig 1 drop (its about 1/3  of a 1/10th of a 
cc) of Lasix daily to make her drink. It works. Its  amazing. She is peeing 
and drinking like mad

Judi, I'm very intrigued  by this.  Is this a temporary measure, or something 
you're going to  continue to do?  Does Lasix come in different potencies (in 
liquid form)  or is there one standard formulation?
 
My Skippy doesn't seem to  form stones anymore*, but his bladder is full of 
"sand"...
 
* he was forming them  like a house afire till I switched his water to 
bottled - I wonder whether  fluoride somehow contributes to calcium crystals forming 
into stones -  ?










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