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my 14 month old female lab seems to have passed a
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my 14 month old female lab seems to have passed a blood clot in her urine, the blood was clotted and iscolated in the urine puddle

 

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June 1 8:46 PM (15 minutes and 38 seconds later)
         
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Hi Customer (name blocked for privacy),

If she's not been spayed, she may be starting into a season. time will tell, shortly.

If no season, she may have an involvement higher in the urinary tract. Bladder origination blood is usually mixed with urine and there are no clots. If there is a bladder stone, this may allow a few small clots, She is not too young for stones.

This may not happen again for...ever. However, if it does, and it is not estrus, her veterinarian may be, no, is in a better position to elucidate and treat it, if necessary.

Without the blood, if she starts signs of cystitis, or bladder infection, see the vet. These would be more frequent, smaller urinary episodes. Squatting for extended periods, expectantly, but not doing more than dribbling.. A strong urine smell sticking with her is sometimes noted.

Wish I could be more specific, but there is not much yet, even if I could examine her. Best of luck. If you think of something else, please, let's hear it.





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June 1 9:11 PM (25 minutes and 38 seconds later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: i belive it happened yesterday and saw it today, she has been spayed. think its bladder stones? if so what should we do, what is the cause? food or intake related?
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June 1 9:40 PM (29 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
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Hi again,

There is a long mechanism for stone formation, much of it involving an alkaline urine, (slightly acid keeps the minerals in solution) which is usually related to the nature of the food, as it is usually the controlling factor to urine pH. It isn't the 'ash' content, as thought before, more the balance of proteins and carbs. But this still isn't answer. I don't think I know the whole answer any more because it is relatively immaterial. You get stones, you take care of it. Prevention is not a rewarding enterprise.

Do you know this was a clot for sure, or maybe just a concentration of blood cells that you assumed was a clot. Left to stand, blood settles out and if there is a depression, may seek the lowest spot. But you were there, not I.

Stones can go on for a long time without problem. Unless this happens again, or you get more overt signs, don't worry.

We often think spaying is the end of reproductive tract problems, but that depends how the sterilization was done. If your vet did the surgery, ask if the whole tract was removed, or just the ovaries. I suspect it was uterus and all, but it doesn't hurt to ask. This doesn't mean she will come into heat again, just that, if so, there is another potential source of blood, but no evidence that this may be the source...again, yet.

I can appreciate your anxiety, but until we get more symptoms to go on, trying to determine the cause can be expensive, time consuming, distressful for the cat, and, in the end, possibly unrewarding.

I'm about out of ideas to go on. Let's wait till the next time, if there is one, and go from there?



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