Sigh... DouBao is with the vet right now... because of UTI...She needs x-ray this afternoon...

DouBao is 7 months old now. She was diagnoset UTI about two months ago and finished her third round of antibiotics recently. There was crystals in her urinary when we first visited the vet on this but was eliminated after the first round of antibiotics, and the PH is really low from the first pee in the morning. I cut back her treats during this period, especially liver and chicken stripe...

After the second round, the bad materials in the urinary was much less and the ph got higher from the middle-day pee (the first morning pee's PH was still low, that's why we took the middle day pee to compare). During this time, she had the spay operation.

Since she still had a bit of licking down-there, the vet put her on the third round of antibiotics. Now she finished the third round but still had it. Therefore, the vet suggested to take her for a visit so they could get the urinary directly from the bladder with a needle, so they can determine if the source of her infection is the bladder itself or her vulva. I took her to the vet this morning, but DouBao decided to pee at the moment the needle touched her after holding 3 hours....(and she was upside down... the vet told me...I could only picture what was going on... any way...)

The vet did collect some urinary even though it was not directly from the bladder (they are going to try again this afternoon). The crystals are back and a lot of bad materials are in it, even though she just finished the third round. She is going to have a X-ray this afternoon to see whether there is crystal in her bladder (no ultrasound at this point). And the sample to be collected is gong to be sent for further test to confirm what specific material is and the medicine will be given accordingly....

Maybe some of you could provide some ideas:

Why she will have this at this early age?

How I could prevent this? 

Is it anything to do with the treats or things she eats on the street? (Treats: liver, chicken strips, dry cheese, zukes....)

I feel really bad that she has to go through this...