[Gpdd] Health: Re: Cystitis/Cranberry Juice

[Leah McNeil]

Sherry,
You had wondered why your Vet told you
not to give Sweetheart any cranberry
juice. I'm not sure what your Vet's
reasoning was, but I'm going to send
you a previous posting that I wrote
about cranberry juice for piggies who
suffer with bladder stones. I can only
assume that your Vet is just being
Careful. I hope that Sweetheart is
feeling better soon.

Read my previous message below:

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Hi Luita & Bert & Ernie!
Please let me clarify my previous comment
about cranberry juice being bad for stone
piggies. Well, a lot of ya'll probably know 
that cranberry juice is good for piggies 
(and humans, etc.) with urinary tract infections
(UTIs) because the primary bacteria associated 
with UTIs is E.coli which prefers an alkaline
environment to grow (and cranberry juice makes
urine more acidic). Well, for stone piggies,
cranberry juice can actually throw off the
acidity of the urine and perhaps makes things
worse (according to my Vet). Now, this does
seem to be a topic of debate because unfortunately,
there just hasn't been enough research done
on our little piggie friends. But, there was
enough doubt for me so I took the cranberry juice
out of Brownie Bear's diet. I just wanna do what's
best for her, ya know. I have read that cranberry
juice has helped some bladder stone piggies and
then I have also read the opposite, so it's really
a judgement call on the Slave's part--to be quite
honest.

So, I hope this clarifies my previous comment about
cranberry juice being bad for stone piggies. The truth
is that we really don't know. But, it stuck in my
mind that it Could be bad for stone piggies so I just
immediately took it out of Brownie Bear's diet to be
on the safe side. What's frustrating for me (and I'm
sure many other Slaves with stone piggies) is that
there is such a lack of knowledge and/or research on
our stone piggies and I feel like we're sort of
flying blind, if you will. I know that you want to
do the right things and keep Burt and Ernie as
healthy as possible (and you ARE doing the right
things). So, I hope I clarified my comments and
more importantly, I hope all Piggies and Slaves are
doing well.

       Love 'n Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeps,
          Leah...Slave to Brownie Bear :-)
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