<DIV>Hi Evelyn,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've been giving her 1 - 1.5 ml of diluted cranberry juice 3 x per day (I fill the syringe with 2</DIV> <DIV>ml, but she always spits about half of it out). I mix it with about 75% cranberry and 25%</DIV> <DIV>bottled water. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also wanted to post about some issues we had with her on Wed - Thurs, which kind scared</DIV> <DIV>me at first. I don't think she was drinking enough water on Wed night and started peeing /</DIV> <DIV>dripping bright red. Her rear end was very very wet and red. I panicked because I thought it</DIV> <DIV>was blood, but it turned out to be cranberry (it dried bright red, not brown). I held off on the</DIV> <DIV>cranberry for about 18 hours because I don't want to overload her system. However, in</DIV> <DIV>retrospect, she seemed to feel alot better and it didn't seem to bug her, other than having a</DIV> <DIV>wet rear and me
cleaning her up. I'm wondering if having her bladder bathed in cranberry</DIV> <DIV>may have helped. However, I am now giving her additional bottled water with the cranberry.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the water, I read somewhere that Penta brand water is great, but pricey. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On a separate note, Maya is continuing to pass sludge. She still looks and acts better than</DIV> <DIV>she did before she passed her stone. She also has urine scald or cystisis (spelling?) and</DIV> <DIV>has sores "down there". I've been cleaning her with diluted hibiclens and using a tiny bit of</DIV> <DIV>balmex. I just bought some echinecea which was recommended by Peter Gurney, so I will</DIV> <DIV>try that. I also bought some chanca piedra which is a spanish herb that means "break</DIV> <DIV>stone". I ready a few postings that this may help. This stuff is also in the cranberry critter</DIV>
<DIV>berries by oxbow hay company. I'll send an update with any results from this.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jamie and & Piggies Maya, Cookie, Annie, Gracie, Conan, Harry, and Lloyd<BR><BR><B><I>Evelyn Baker <ebak@ca.inter.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Phoebe has recurrent bladder infection and is on antibiotics off and <BR>on pretty much constantly. She was on shilintong, which she likes for <BR>some unknown reason. Do you water down you unsweetened cranberry <BR>juice? How much do you giver her per feeding? I think I may try this <BR>in conjunction with changin her water to unflouridated low mineral <BR>water.<BR><BR>Evelyn<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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