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I couldn’t see if people were donating unfortunately | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I know it’s not the end of the world, but I’ve had her since she was 1. She also started solensia injections last week, but we’re going to keep an eye on her bloodwork to make sure the solensia and renal disease aren’t affecting each other.
Also considering asking my vet about a phosphorous binder for her fancy feast... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
You can find low phosphorus regular food. I always look at the nutritional info on food on Chewy and try to stick to food with .7% or lower. Are her phosphorus levels high? My boy has been stage 2 for over 2 years and phosphorus is in the normal range so I don’t get too panicky about those. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Don’t despair! Stage two is very manageable | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Yes, I think her phosphorus was high. I can’t 100% recall because I wanted to write everything down since I have a bad memory due to unmedicated ADHD, but I wasn’t in a situation where I could write things down when they called about her bloodwork. Her Hills Science k/d just arrived yesterday, so I’m hoping that will h... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Oh I know! She’s just my baby and it has certainly shaken me up and I realize now she truly isn’t immortal lol. I’ve had her since I was 9, and I just turned 27. I don’t know life without her! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
aww I totally get it!!! I feel the same way about my baby Peter, who is 16 and I’ve had him for 10 years. He was a neighborhood kitty abandoned by his family after they moved and he decided to adopt me. They really do capture our hearts. I wishing you and your baby all the best! 🙏🏼♥️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Honestly at 19, stage 2 CKD isn’t bad and can likely be managed for the rest of her life. I would definitely get your cat on a more appropriate diet, though- most Fancy Feast varieties are pretty high in phosphorus which is the #1 thing CKD cats should avoid. Check out Tanya’s website (stickied at the top of the subred... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Oh wow! I just checked out the website and saw the long list of canned foods. I just had this subreddit recommended to me earlier today, so I hadn’t even noticed that at the top. Thank you so much for telling me, I’m definitely going to be doing some more research after work! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
She looks good OP | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
My kitty is the same way! My husband got her as a baby when he was 9 and he’s 29 now. She turned 20 in June and her kidneys aren’t amazing but they’re pretty good. I only came into her life when she was 15 but the bond is indescribable. I hope your girl keeps living a long and healthy life. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I have 17 year old cat last two years stage 4. We just started fluids few months Go now twice a week. She has extra water bowls everywhere. Does not like the prescription food except the dry a tiny bit. She loves rotisserie chicken white meat shredded - some salmon and some tiny pieces of steak. She main eats at ni... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I am so sorry | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thank you!! Every time I’ve had to take her to a new vet or had her meet a new person, everyone is shocked by her age. She drinks from the fountain of youth (and by fountain of youth, I mean my cup of water she always steals water from) | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
It's a disease of old age. Join Facebook group FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I am doing research on wet foods with low protein and phosphorus that are more in my price range. dry food is not going to be her primary source of nutrition. She grazes on it throughout the day though. Sorry if my knowledge isn’t perfect regarding all of this, this is all very new to me and it’s a lot to take in. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Thank you so much for recommending this group to me. It’s helping me get such a great grasp/understanding of this all. It’s so much to take in | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
What is phosphorus binder? And do you feed fancy feast tinned food? We do also with our 17 year old with kcd. He won't eat the kidney food so vet said just give him what he'll eat. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
Research cordeceps medicinal mushrooms for kidney function | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-04-08 |
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I think you can tell by the graph its not good. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Sorry OP thats not good . | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Hi the doc didnt tell me like wat stage my cat are at. Can this reading indicate how bad or what stage of pkd is my cat at? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Hi the doc didnt tell me like wat stage my cat are at. Can this reading indicate how bad or what stage of pkd is my cat at? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
It can. I think there id a couple other factors. I can't remember it all from our last vet visit. Giving her renal food has got her numbers in the good zones. But she also has hyperactive thyroid. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
The Bun/Crea ratio is on the high end, so there is some dehydration involved. A round of IV fluids will often bring those values down and make the kitty feel better for a while (ideally the kind they get in the veins at a veterinary hospital, not the ones we give under the skin at home)
If she's already been on fluids... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I’m sorry my friend, I feel your frustration. Our vet didn’t tell us that either. We had to see a second vet just to get an idea of his illness phase. He also made a point to say he’s just a general vet and if we wanted more testing or information we would need to see a specialist. Our 15 year old cat, Kitty, just ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
No idea OP I was never told either. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
This advice right here is spot on. I did the 4 day IV treatment which was pricey and the constant dropping them off for the day but it did bring the values back down. Over a year later for reference my guy came back at 270 creatinine and I just started fluids at home. There's no easy way to say 500+ is not good at all,... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
By far, the single best thing you can do for your kitty is to join the feline CKD support group at https://tanyackd.groups.io/g/support. The many experts there have decades of experience with CKD and will help you and your kitty navigate this. Every situation is different, obviously, but some folks there have had stage... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Not sure if this is the best place to ask this, if there may be a better, please let me know! My 15 year old girl was diagnosed with stage 2 ckd last week. I am not confident we're receiving the best treatment/preventative proactive plan from our current vet. I would love to find another opinion with another vet but I'... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Hey guys. Our dear Cookie has stage 4 renal disease and will only eat wet food. My problem is that renal food is hard to come by where I live (Turkey).
I'm visiting my family in the USA and want to take some food back with me, but it looks like I need a prescription to order the stuff. Cookie is still in Turkey with my... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Weruva Wx is available without a prescription.
There are also some wet foods that aren’t specifically made for kidney cats, but may be suitable depending on how advanced your cat’s kidney disease is. At stage 4, you probably wouldn’t want to feed these as-is, but maybe some of the lower phosphorus options with a phosp... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thanks so much for your response. Any idea what the difference between the Weruva and something like Hills Renal is? Weruva seems like a good option, especially if it's my only one. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I would recommend your vet in Turkey send you an email and a prescription and then maybe speak with a vet here and see if they will write you one? Also maybe the emailed prescription from the vet in Turkey would be enough? In my experience the employees at Petsmart barely look at the email when I buy the food anyways. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
That's good advice thank you. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Sure. I’m not a vet but would think if you had it in writing from your cats vet and showed your local vet then they would write the prescription. Plus it’s just food it’s not for pills or anything like that. Good luck! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thanks, i don't know why I didn't think of this. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
The fancy feast classic pate and senior fish pate has a very low phosphorus level and is a complete meal, which would be my personal second suggestion to Weruva WX
Edit for specificity | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
They’re different brands with different philosophies.
Weruva Wx is lower in phosphorus (which is pretty much universally agreed upon as a necessity for cats with CKD) but not in protein (there is less evidence to support this being necessary, especially in the early stages of CKD)
There’s no legal requirement for ca... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Which specific varieties of Fancy Feast senior pate are low in phosphorus? I only looked at a couple on Chewy but they were quite high in phosphorus (1.81% for the Chicken Feast Classic Pate Senior 7+ and 2.04% for the Beef version, for example) | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Oops yea it’s only the fish option and most of the non senior classic, just rolled outta bed. Also adding for OP that you can get non prescription phos binder online if that’s not something you can find there as well | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Can you find someone that has a cat? Or just go to any vet and buy from them. It works for me but I am in Canada. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. This is very helpful. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Good idea thank you | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. This is very helpful. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Phos binder is great if your cat has high phosphorus. My cat grew tired of the WX even though they are def the lowest. The classic pate is cheap and while many will say it’s bad, they are developed by trained animal nutritionists and have low phos. It’s hard out there caring for a renal kitty ❤️ they do say “fed is bes... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I'm not sure if it's available in Turkey but Epakitin is a phosphate binder. Add it to normal cat food and it binds the phosphate and makes it harmless. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Thanks so much for this. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Thanks I'll look into that if I can't find the food I need. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
It's so hard.
Cookie is eating the perscription renal food and she seems okay--there wouldn't be any need to add a phos binder because that's one of the features of renal food, right?
We're also giving her a complete kidney supplement but it's expensive and I'm really not sure what is in it. Any supplements you wo... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Hi guys,
I have a 16 year old named emmie who i just brought to the vet for her senior checkup. She’s in great spirits, eating great, drinking great, bathroom habits great, etc. But I noticed a lump about an inch and a half under her armpit. Doctor spent some time examining it and said through his years of experience ... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Did the vet run SDMA by any chance? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Where would I find that?? I don’t have the paperwork with me right at this moment as i’m at work, but I have all the results on paper at my house. They ran like a full blood panel- CBC and Chemical profile. I don’t think they did anything with urine. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
It does sound like it could be early stages CKD, though a diagnosis usually requires a urine test and/or repeat blood test after a few weeks.
Did they do a urine test? If it is CKD, the urine will be more dilute, and it can also check for other problems that cats with CKD often have, like proteinuria.
Definitely a go... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I was giving her Purina One Senior Indoor dry food before, and just regular 1/2 friskies canned food. But about 3 weeks ago I switched it to Adult 11+ Hills Diet dry food and limited ingredient canned food. Do you think I should stick to this or maybe switch to a hills science food for kidneys especially??
They did ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
SDMA is in the blood work, but isn’t always included in the standard panel the vet does. Here’s a little about the test: https://felinecrf.org/early_detection.htm#sdma_test | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
A few things I’d do: increase hydration (water fountain or liquid treats / broth food toppers). There are conflicting opinions on reducing protein in food so I won’t speak to that. However, I would reduce the phosphorus level in the wet and dry food! It doesn’t have to be prescription food to accomplish this. Most cats... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
yeah i’ll go back in a couple of months for urinalysis after increasing water intake and decreasing phosphorus.. do you know how much a urinalysis usually is? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
thank you! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Vet costs are so dependent on region but at the private practice I go to in an upper end MCOL city it’s $90! Make sure on the next bloodwork they test phosphorus - that’s not standard on most panels. For me, it’s an additional $18.
ETA: some people will bring in a urine sample but I always did cystocentesis (they inse... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
So, creatinine is related with muscle mass. Being high does not necessarily mean your cat has kidney disease. However, the high SDMA is another story.. 19 is high.
But consider the circumstances the tests were done, was your cat dehydrated? This could increase SDMA.
To diagnose chronic kidney disease they would need ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
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Wow, he is stunning and looks like he knew it! I'm sorry for your loss of this fine gentleman. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Sorry for your loss . | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thank you for your kind words ❤️ He definitely knew it! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Thank you ❤️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I am so sorry for your loss 💔 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I’m so very sorry 😢 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I'm so sidi. But how much time will it take? The pain is still real and it's been a month. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Oh my goodness what a beauty. I’m so very sorry | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I am so sorry for your loss | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I’m so sorry for your loss. Very beautiful kitty. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
So very sorry. It hurts but the pain will turn into a gentle sorrow which is tolerable. Your baby will always live in your heart | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Rest in peace, little guy. He looks very sweet, I’m sure you two had a lot of fun together. I’m sorry he’s not there to keep you physical company any longer but I’m sure he had a good life with you :) | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Aww. So sorry. Beautiful kitty | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Hang in there, we all process the pain at our own speed. It's going to be okay. I still break down crying sometimes randomly. It's normal and okay to just embrace the loss at your own speed. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
I meant to say I'm so sorry but my phone said sidi for some reason. Thank you, yes, I have been doing that as well. Thank you for your kind words. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Sorry for your loss 🙏 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
Sorry for your loss | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-02-08 |
I just had to put mine down yesterday. My heart is aching so badly but I know I relieved his pain. It hurts us but it helps them.
Such a handsome boy. I’m so sorry for your loss. Its so hard but he was well loved and our babies will be waiting for us on the other side | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
They absolutely will be waiting. I'm so sorry for your loss. Hang in there. It's awful when we have to make that call even if it's in their best interest | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
What a beautiful cat. Sorry for your loss. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
Thank you 🩷 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
one cannot dispel the years of companionship, of love, and moments so endearing...YOU were his everything..the joy's the friend..the one who satisfied his hunger, and his pain..Memories last a lifetime... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
Thank you ❤️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-03-08 |
I’m so sorry for your loss OP. RIP sweet boy. ❤️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-04-08 |
I am so sorry. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-04-08 |
Thank you <3 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-04-08 |
Strong love implies strong loss. Down the road. Consider being an overflow Foster. Bring a little Joy to your home | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-04-08 |
Close to a year for me and the pain is definitely still there | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
I’m so sorry. May he rest in peace until you meet again 🌈🐾🙏 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I met my cat Dublin in November 2007. I was volunteering as a “cat comforter” at the local humane society and one day I walked by a cage and a tiny black and white arm stretched out toward me. Immediately I felt that he was reaching for me for a reason. I asked if I could adopt this cat (named Franklin at the time) an... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
I'm so sorry for your loss, it's the absolute worst pain. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Ohh what a lovely tribute to his life | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
What a beautiful tribute to a fabulous soul.
When they pass, a piece of us goes with them to the other side. And a piece of them is left behind for us to cherish. Love is always an exchange.
Fly high sweet Dublin 🦋💗 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
He was so handsome. I’m sorry for your loss. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
😢😢😢😢🤍🐈⬛♥️🙏🏼 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Beautiful eulogy, I feel like I knew him. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
Dublin shared your transition to adulthood with many life changes and that is a very powerful connection. Thank you for sharing his life story.
I hope that some day you can save the life of another cat, who can bring your family joy.
Dublin will live forever in your heart and your memories.
My condolences to... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-01-08 |
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