Hey everyone,
So my girl Dizzy has been having bladder problems since late August. We have tried multiple doses of antibiotics with no luck and X-rays and scans show no stones so we now believe it is sterile cystitis she has. She is currently on meloxicam and paracetamol twice daily along with 1 Cystease capsule twice daily but we are yet to see much improvement and are struggling to get on top of things. She is clearly still in a fair bit of discomfort when she toilets and also gets a wet bum on and off. Scans have also shown the walls of her bladder are very thick. She has been on 2 capsules of Cystease consistently for 6 weeks now, I’m aware that it can take some time for the glucosamine to build up in the bladder, but I thought we might have seen some improvement by now.
My vet has been in touch with another exotic specialist and they have recommended surgery to to remove some of the thickened tissue on the bladder wall and potentially do a biopsy as well. I was wondering if anyone had any experience of this? My vet is willing to try cartrophen injections so I’m obviously inclined to try them first but I was just interested to see if anyone had any experience of this procedure as I’ve done a fair bit of reading on sterile cystitis and haven’t come across this.
Thanks!
So my girl Dizzy has been having bladder problems since late August. We have tried multiple doses of antibiotics with no luck and X-rays and scans show no stones so we now believe it is sterile cystitis she has. She is currently on meloxicam and paracetamol twice daily along with 1 Cystease capsule twice daily but we are yet to see much improvement and are struggling to get on top of things. She is clearly still in a fair bit of discomfort when she toilets and also gets a wet bum on and off. Scans have also shown the walls of her bladder are very thick. She has been on 2 capsules of Cystease consistently for 6 weeks now, I’m aware that it can take some time for the glucosamine to build up in the bladder, but I thought we might have seen some improvement by now.
My vet has been in touch with another exotic specialist and they have recommended surgery to to remove some of the thickened tissue on the bladder wall and potentially do a biopsy as well. I was wondering if anyone had any experience of this? My vet is willing to try cartrophen injections so I’m obviously inclined to try them first but I was just interested to see if anyone had any experience of this procedure as I’ve done a fair bit of reading on sterile cystitis and haven’t come across this.
Thanks!
