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This is a long one, so bear with us! Billi is an older lady with a few chronic health issues that we juggle. She a has inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which means we have to be VERY careful with what we feed her. In particular land animals (chicken, turkey, beef) seem to be the biggest culprits. She’s well controlled on her prescription diet, but finding safe things for treats/meds can be a challenge! She has polycystic kidneys which she was born with, which predisposes her to kidney disease. Two years ago she had a lifesaving surgery after getting a ureteral stone (a kidney stone that lodges in the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder), and has been doing incredibly well! Unfortunately she’s started to have some recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI’s), which become more complicated to treat with her new “ureter” (called a SUB, or subcutaneous ureteral bypass). This is because bacteria can form a “shield” on inorganic (i.e. plastic) material that makes it harder for a
