OUCH!

Just thought I'd share this one with you. This stone is from a visla that was "rescued" this week. She was found out running around in a field and taken to the shelter. The foster picked her up and on the way home she urinated blood, so they brought her to me. She was wicked painful and had a fairly substantial urinary tract infection. Her urinary bladder was REALLY thick and really painful.

I've mentioned stones in a previous post. This one is cool because it is so large and very sharp. I don't know what caused this stone. It's most likely going to be a struvite and was probably caused by a bladder infection that progressed to the bladder infection from hell.

The good news is that she should do just fine in the long run. We'll change her diet for now. Once the stone analysis comes back we'll be able to decide what to do long-term. She's a very sweet, submissive, scared dog and she needs a home. Let me know if you know of anyone in need of a sweet pet. She's probably best suited to a home by herself, although we know so little about her.

AMH