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Urinary calculi help please

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Hello

I’m so upset and worried about my wethers. My lovely two year old boer wether had 11 stones blocking his urethra. Our local vet said to put him down but we took him to the large farm hospital. They immediately operated on him and placed a catheter in. After two weeks by some miracle he passed the stones.

I’m really worried I’ve caused the stones. I’ve always been anxious about the urinary calculi therefore non of my boys are on grain, our hay is only grass not alfalfa. There water is changed daily (warmed up in winter cooled in summer). When I have been visiting him at the hospital the vets said he seemed down could I bring him so treats. I took him broccoli and lettuce everyday for 4 days. The vets even fed him some of this in the mornings when he wouldn’t eat:

I picked him up today to take him home and met a vet I’d never met before. She made a passing comment not to feed him any calcium rich foods such as broccoli. I’m now in a complete panic that because he’s had broccoli over the last few days I’ll have caused him to develop more stones. Do you think the few days will have caused damage ? Is there anything I can do to stop the stones reoccurring? We’re in the UK and have been told they were most likely calcium stones.

thank you
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Thank you so much for your replies I really appreciate it. I’m feeling so confused about all these minerals and petrified of doing something wrong and causing more stones. He passed the stones while up at the RVC and they said because he naturally passed them they couldn’t analysis them. They said they suspected they were calcium as they are the most common. Is apple cider vinegar and or ammonium chloride ok to give regardless of which stones they are ?

One issue we do have is that we live in an area of hard water the vet said you can buy specific softeners for drinking water but I’ve been unable to find this.

I’m constantly now worried the boys are developing stones.
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We lost one our pet goats to a ruptured bladder. It broke my heart. If I was to do anything different I would have opted for the surgery that had him peeing like a girl. Not sure what it's called.
His brother ate all the exact same food and never has had a problem. I guess some goat are just prone to stones.
Good luck. It's heartbreaking when you see them in such pain.
I'm so so sorry to hear about your boy it is absolutely heartbreaking. I've got another couple of boys and I'm so scared they will get this too. I lost one boy to it last year as well. This time luckily he managed to pass the stones with the catheter in but I know and worry there is a chance they could come back again.
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