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« on: February 22, 2008, 09:24:48 PM » |
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This easy home urinalysis test is a great way to monitor your cat or dog's health. It can pinpoint a possible on-going problem or can alert you to a future problem (the pH and urine specific gravity test). http://www.thepetcheckup.com/It is NOT designed to diagnose a health issue - all it does is ALERT you to an area that may be a problem. This home early detection kit screens for possible problems in the following areas: kidney disease kidney infections bacterial infections urinary tract infections diabetes urinary bladder disease autoimmune disease hepatitis and liver disease It works just like the "dip stick" system and the kit includes a step by step guide from preparation to collecting urine to administering the test to interpreting the results. It tests 9 aspects of urine sample: 1. Glucose 2. Bilirubin 3. Ketone 4. Specific Gravity 5. Blood 6. pH 7. Protein 8. Urobilinogen 9. Nitrite All in all, I think this is a GREAT product - the test materials are stadards in the industry and used routinely at vet's offices. The only PROBLEM that I found with this kit is the color reference chart, specifically the color chart for bilirubin. I found that the bilirubin colors printed in the PetCeckup Chart is far far lighter than the color palatte in other charts like Bayer. It should show varying shades of tan - the darker the tan or beige, the more likely the presence of bilirubin. However, the bilirubin test can also give a false positive if your pet has been taking certain kinds of medications or supplements, so always read this part of the test in context with the urine specific gravity and uroilinogen. Anyway, for the bilirubin test, I always make sure I cross-reference with this chart: http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/Sine/ |
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2008, 09:38:36 PM » |
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Kaffe OK I am really dumb about some things, and I don't doubt the validity of this test, BUT how does one collect a urine sample from a dog/cat, especially the males?  ? db |
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2008, 09:54:15 PM » |
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You catch it, DB!  OK. I know it can be difficult depending on your pet. In Kaffe's case, it is really easy. I use a small plastic medication cup (the one found on new cough syrup bottles)... I wait until the cat is ready to pee - usually after a long nap - closet said cat in the bathroom with the kitty litter, and when cat squats in the litter to pee, I "catch" the midstream urine in this little pastic cup by holding it direrctly under cat's weenee. You only need a teeny bit anyway. I then siphon what I need with the droper that comes with every test strip and use that to put a drop of fresh urine on each test color square. For a doggie, I imagine you do roughly the same thing, no? Of course you'll be walking aroound your yard or sidewalk with a styrofoam or plastic cup and heard to be pleading with your dog, "C'mon sweetie... just a little jingle now." I cannot guarantee that you won't be arrested. So, I suggest you plead with your dogge in the privacy of your backyard  Don't worry, the urine is good for 30 minutes! JUst enough time for you and your dog to fast track it back to the house and do the 4 minute test Seriously, I don't know how one could collect fresh urine from a doggie... how do the vets do it? |
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2008, 10:29:20 PM » |
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When checking for gravity,1 st pee of the morning is best. Be warned they stop their stream when you stick the sample cup under them. This is not something to try in your robe & slippers ! I learned that the hard way.Also if taking the sample to the vet, you have to be able to have it tested within 1 hr. So time letting them out to your vet offices opening hours. And remember Mondays have more am emergencies. Do it midweek.Do not refridgerate samples for concentrating urine.Or for detecting crystals or casts.
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2008, 08:51:14 AM » |
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I use a small plastic medication cup ( Kaffe Don't think that would work on these monsters, unless I wanted to get a hand full of pee. Don't think the males would be real happy about me being under them at that time either. Have seen the vet collect urine samples on the girls, she holds a cup under them as they squat, the dog wasn't real happy about it either, but the boys? ? db |
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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2008, 09:10:41 AM » |
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Last time I tried to get a urine sample from Geisha, she was mad that I had messed tieh the litter box with the plastci bag liner and plastic litter they give in the kit at the vet, that she peed on the recliner instead while I waiting in the bathroom UGH.
Cat pee as you know is not fun to clean up.
Topaz however would allow me told hold her up in the litter box while she peed whne she had her spinal injury and could not use her hind legs. The vet couldn't believe it. She is such a good girl.
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2008, 02:24:17 PM » |
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You catch it, DB! OK. I know it can be difficult depending on your pet. In Kaffe's case, it is really easy. I use a small plastic medication cup (the one found on new cough syrup bottles)... I wait until the cat is ready to pee - usually after a long nap - closet said cat in the bathroom with the kitty litter, and when cat squats in the litter to pee, I "catch" the midstream urine in this little pastic cup by holding it direrctly under cat's weenee. You only need a teeny bit anyway. I then siphon what I need with the droper that comes with every test strip and use that to put a drop of fresh urine on each test color square. For a doggie, I imagine you do roughly the same thing, no? Of course you'll be walking aroound your yard or sidewalk with a styrofoam or plastic cup and heard to be pleading with your dog, "C'mon sweetie... just a little jingle now." I cannot guarantee that you won't be arrested. So, I suggest you plead with your dogge in the privacy of your backyard Don't worry, the urine is good for 30 minutes! JUst enough time for you and your dog to fast track it back to the house and do the 4 minute test Seriously, I don't know how one could collect fresh urine from a doggie... how do the vets do it? Once upon a time during my very short stint as a vet helper, we had little cups on long poles to use to capture the poop or pee. That meant the dog on a leash went to do his business and that kept you from having to walk up to them and distract them. Necessity, the mother of invention, never was more appreciated LOL |
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2008, 02:44:19 PM » |
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You catch it, DB! OK. I know it can be difficult depending on your pet. In Kaffe's case, it is really easy. I use a small plastic medication cup (the one found on new cough syrup bottles)... I wait until the cat is ready to pee - usually after a long nap - closet said cat in the bathroom with the kitty litter, and when cat squats in the litter to pee, I "catch" the midstream urine in this little pastic cup by holding it direrctly under cat's weenee. You only need a teeny bit anyway. I then siphon what I need with the droper that comes with every test strip and use that to put a drop of fresh urine on each test color square. For a doggie, I imagine you do roughly the same thing, no? Of course you'll be walking aroound your yard or sidewalk with a styrofoam or plastic cup and heard to be pleading with your dog, "C'mon sweetie... just a little jingle now." I cannot guarantee that you won't be arrested. So, I suggest you plead with your dogge in the privacy of your backyard Don't worry, the urine is good for 30 minutes! JUst enough time for you and your dog to fast track it back to the house and do the 4 minute test Seriously, I don't know how one could collect fresh urine from a doggie... how do the vets do it? Once upon a time during my very short stint as a vet helper, we had little cups on long poles to use to capture the poop or pee. That meant the dog on a leash went to do his business and that kept you from having to walk up to them and distract them. Necessity, the mother of invention, never was more appreciated LOL There you go, Db! You must needs fashion a pole at the end of which is a styrofoam cup. Do NOT staple said cup to the pole becuase you will then create puncture holes in it and lose any liquid you manage to "catch." Once you figure out how to attach the cup to the pole, you may then use Said contraption to "catch" boy doggie's pee midstream. You need to practice - you might poke said doggie the wrong way and ruin the whole procedure Man - just go to the vet and let them worry about it! |
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2008, 04:11:03 PM » |
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You must needs fashion a pole at the end of which is a styrofoam cup OK, here's the thing, if I were to approach any of them with a pole and a cup on the end of it, they would either bite the cup, grab the pole or both, in any case NONE of them would pee, that would be the farthest thing from their minds, maybe best left to the vet, then I can hold them on a leash, and let the vet figure this out. db |
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2008, 05:32:32 PM » |
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Guess I was lucky. When my dog had a bladder/kidney problem I just stuck a container (either a sample cup the vet gave me or a glass jar from the recycling that I had boiled in water) under the urine stream when she squatted. Did it several times over the course of her treatment and she never seemed to care.
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2008, 05:44:14 PM » |
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It can be done,just not easily ! They will stop & run away from you time after time. If you persevere you will get enough before going back in. Along with growls & snaps.
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2008, 06:25:26 PM » |
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ooooohhh... its a dangerous business collecting pee from a dog - I see that now. Why can't we train them to go potty in the water closet like Alek0's cats? When testing her cats' urine, Alek0 simply holds the dipstick to her cat's bottom as the cat pees. Voila! no struggling with kitty litter, no sterilizing cups, no drama. I'm jealous.
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2008, 06:28:13 PM » |
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So am I ! I can't even get Punkin to use the litterbox. He has to be really desparate.
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2008, 05:28:07 AM » |
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I am revising my opinion on the Petcheckup Kit: It's wayyyy toooo expensive for what it is. You can buy urine test strips for all ten parameters much much cheaper from on-line vet supplies. I bought a bottle of 100 strips for $25.00!!! The Petcheck-up Kit had 8 strips for $24.00 - rip-off!!!  |
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