Thanks for your reply. I am new to this forum and did not realize I was answering your reply the wrong way. I would like your advice on acupunture, herbal medicines, and home cooked meals to resolve bladder stones. A new vet joined the animal hospital I take my cats to. She is Chinese and has cats of her own with bladder stones. She uses the above methods to control and dissolve the stones. I am taking Raven in for a consult next month to discuss this approach and to tell her about the medicine you suggest. Please tell your wife that my cat is not suffering, I would never allow that to happen to any of my pets, they are too important to me. Raven is fine and may have a little trouble when the stone moves, but she is a happy, active cat. She is being seen by the vet on a regular basis and she is well taken care of.