Nothing he can do?? See a new vet. One of our cats had kidney stones a good
25 years ago. The vet operated and took them out. Even if he meant crystals,
there are still things to be done. I really have to wonder about your vet if
this is really the advice he gave.

Karen

I do hope your vet is wrong and that something can be done for your kitty.
Best wishes and purrs,

My Fizzgig had bladder stones, which we got rid of by diet alone.  I can't
remember now which kind of stones they were though. He is now on a special
maintenance diet (CD) that keep his urine more acidified, to keep down the
stones.  Best wishes for an easy recovery for your kitty.

-Caroline S.

On 2/7/04 8:02 PM, in article
a224fac1.0402071702.7f8666e0@posting.google.com, "Chris"
<dodge01dakota@msn.com> wrote:

Chris,

I would definitely get a second opinion.  There are treatments for
kidney stones for humans, and virtually anything that can be treated in
a human can be treated in a cat.  My Tawny had problems with bladder
stones, and they were always treatable.  The vet also told us that
having a male cat neutered often stops this type of recurring.  We had
Tawny altered, and he never had another bladder stone.

Don't give up on your cat!  Find a vet who will treat him or her.  Best
wishes to you and the cat.

--
Joy

Trying to compose brief advice: there is a surgical remedy for male cats to
revise the urethral opening as to more closely replicate the female
urethra...(as my aunt used to say, "making him a girl")...it solves
life-threatening dilemma of stones blocking urine passage.
Consult another vet, ASAP. That dude's word is not the final verdict on the
subject, believe me. Don't accept it as such.