I need help in trying to dissolve a very small stone in my cats' bladder. Raven is 13 years. Sor far she has refused to eat all the food the Vet has recommended. The only one she will remotely touch is the Dissolution Diet in Gravy. Does anyone know if there is an oral medication that will dissolve the stone? Surgery may not be an option, not only because I cannot afford it, but Raven also has a heart murmer. I am getting rather frantic about this as Raven has accidents all over the house, including my bed. Any advice anyone can provide would be most welcome. Thank you.

Hello Raven,

If it`s actually a very small stone you could try :

Berberis vulgaris, 6c (or 6k), one dose 3 times daily for 3 weeks approx. (You can also give the 12c, twice a day for 3 weeks approx.)

One dose is 1 tablet or a few pellets.

If the complaints get really serious you should see your vet again.

Wim

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(Sorry, Wim no longer works here.)

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.

Hello Raven,

Ann told me about your PM, but the general idea of a forum is of course to post everything on the forum to share knowledge with all members. But never mind.....no problem.

As for acupuncture (which is possible for cats), correct diet, use of herbal medicines (also possible for cats) etc. you can best buy a book(let) because it would be too much to post/type it all here on the vet.forum, which is a homeopathy forum.

Many good books are available for less than 15 dollars. One of them also mentioning acupuncture etc. is :

The Veterinarians` Guide To Natural Remedies For Cats by Martin Zucker, ISBN 0-609-80373-5. (Obtainable from Amazon.com and others)

Also much info on all subjects can be found on the internet. E.g. on : http://www.theholisticvet.com/vet_acupuncture2.html

Wim

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Hello Raven,

I got some messages from worried cat owners who don`t understand you intend to wait for weeks (!) before starting proper treatment for your cat while a possible solution (you asked for !) is offered here on this forum. This is the first time a cat owner mentions such a thing here, i.e. waiting so long unnecessarily with treatment for his/her companion.

Situation may get worse because of this !

I should say I fully agree with these worried cat owners.

Ann (Wim`s wife and business minder)

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My cat is getting treatment. She is on a special diet which, of course, she refuses to eat. I have been trying a number of cat foods first to see if she will eat them and if they will work. I was told it could take months for the food to work, but that this is normal. This is my vet's recommendation, and I trust him. I do have an appointment soon to see the new doctor that joined the Columbia Animal Hospital practice and I am going to take Raven to see her about possible acupuncture, herbal remedies, and cooking Raven special food. I plan on talking to her about the medicine recommended on this forum at that time. I would never give any of my cats anything without first consulting with their doctor's. Raven is on my lap as I am typing this trying to bat my hands, so I assure you she is not suffering. Yes, I am sure there is some discomfort since the stone is there, but the stone is so small you could barely see it on the ultrasound. Raven is a very happy, loveable cat and I would never let her suffer. If the situation got much, much worse, then, of course, I would take stronger methods.

I will also jump in on this with Wim's wife Ann...
The food you were feeding her before might have caused the stone. The pet food recall concerning the melamine is centered around kidney issues. If you haven't checked the list of recalled foods please go to http://www.howl911.com/
If your cat was eating any of the recalled foods she needs to have treatment for it. You also need to stop feeding your cat any food that was on the list.
My cat died from probable kidney failure due to pet food.

Wim, knows his homeopathy. He is very skilled in treating pets and their problems. Please take his advice on this. Kidney or bladder stones do not get smaller on their own. They get bigger.

Julie

Raven, I mean this politely and apologies if I am off base. What you have written so far makes me think you may not be familiar with homeopathy. If you were you would know there was no reason to wait (since the doctors at the Columbia practice apparently aren't homeopaths and won't be giving you conflicting homeopathic advice). You would also know that acupuncture, etc., could interfere with homeopathy. If I am right that they are not homeopaths (and by that I mean classical homeopaths) then they are unlikely to have a basis for knowing whether Wim's advice is good or not. So, unclear to me why you are here. That is somewhat rhetorical because you are obviously concerned about your kitty and trying to do right by her. I would encourage you to learn more about homeopathy, for later if not now. Good luck!

It is common for homeopathy to make miracles.

Hi all. Dillweed, you are correct, I do not know anything about homeopathy, but I am certainly willing to learn. Since the food Raven's doctor has been recommending (none of which are on the recall list, nor was any of the food I feed my cats, believe me I checked), was not working since she did not like it, I was looking for other methods to dissolve the stone. Forgive me for not trusting everything I read on the Internet, but I would never give my cats anything unless I first checked with their doctors. Isn't herbal medicine a part of homeopathy? That is what I am looking into when Raven goes to see Dr. Eu, who, I believe, is a homeopathic doctor. I guess my question to those of you out there that may have tried the remedies recommended on this forum, is did it work? Was a bladder stone dissolved, and dissolved quickly using the medicine recommended? I appreciate everyone's concern about Raven, but I assure you she gets great care, especially since she started out as a feral kitten who lost an eye before I saved her from a barn. She was mess then, but is thriving now and is playful and just a joy to have. In the 13 years I have had her, this is first problem she has had.