Took Riggs out this morning to go pee and he squatted down in his normal goofy position and stayed like that for a good 20 seconds however nothing was coming out. Very strange, so we kept walking around and a couple of seconds later he squats again and nothing. Riggs please not another problem buddy.
Took him to the vet and they examined him, took some x-rays, and stuck a needle into his bladder to draw out some pee to investigate. It appears that Riggs has tons of little crystals and mucus type stuff in his bladder. They stuck a catheter up his you know what and all this white pasty gunk came out.
They emptied his bladder and washed it all out best they could. Apparently the vegetarian based diet Riggs has been on, as we have been dealing with his allergies, has put his ph balance all out of whack and is causing these crystals and mucus to form in his bladder. The vet has recommended we start him on a soft can food urinary diet. The problem is the food is high in protein and Riggs might be allergic to it but we decided we would give it a shot and see if he was allergic or not. Total vet bill today...$584.60. Suuuuuuuper.
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