Diabetic incontinence?
Sigh - poor Jimmy (8 yr old diabetic Aussie-poo), it's just one issue after another it seems? The "water weirdness" finally was resolved by him sitting at the kitchen sink, asking for a drink (even t...
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Deb and Ed M wrote:
I had a sample of first-pee urine for them (I dipped a test strip, and saw no ketones, but pretty high sugar although I've heard human test strips aren't accurate for a dog?)...(
I've never heard that :B; we use the urine test strips made for people on the urinalysis tests we do in our hospital???? Glucose is glucose whether it's in a dog, person, chinchilla or rat... Just sayin'
If his urine glucose was high, that may be the culprit. He could have a prostate infection. Prostate problems (tumors, enlargement)in neutered dogs are really rare, but infections in diabetics are really common.
