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Rest easy Bella at the rainbow bridge until you meet again! 🌈🐾🙏 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
All the love in the world wouldn’t be enough…..❤️💕❣️💕❤️💕 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Allow yourself some time to grieve. Then remember that there's a little girl kitten somewhere, seeking her loving nurturing forever home. Although she probably won't be able to fully replace your beloved Bella, you'll soon realize and find out, that you really need her, at least as desperately as she needs you.
🐾�... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
😕🤗🤗😢😢 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
So heartbreaking to have to make the decision yet can relate in that we try to do what’s best for them. I’m sorry you had to say goodbye and while 20 years is amazing, it’s never enough. My Sox would have been 21 this September and I’m still getting used to not seeing her everyday after being with her since December ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Sorry for your loss | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
I am so sorry for your loss 💔 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Thank you so much. Reading all of these messages has been so comforting. ♥️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Wishing you many great memories. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Awww, I'm so sorry. Killer heartache I know too well. She was sooo beautiful 💔💔 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Sorry 😢 🐾🐾🌈 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Sorry for your loss | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
Not cats but dogs, we had 6 litter mates that all contracted diabetes in their 13th year, did the insulin shots and all the testing for a few years, was very hard to have them put down after they went blind and couldn't function anymore, my heart bleeds for you and your loss. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
I’m so sorry for your loss. She looks like my girl- Little Bear. She was a rescue. 20 years means she was taken such good care of— wow! | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I'm so sorry for your loss ❤️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Sorry for your loss 🙏 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I'm so so sorry for your loss. Sending you so much love. ❤️ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m so sorry. Rest easy, sweet girl. 💜 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
🙏🏽 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I am very sorry. Such a cutie | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I am so sorry. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
What a sweet face. Thank you for loving her with your whole heart for so long. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Awe. So sorry. 🩷💛💛💚💙🩵💜🤎 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m very sorry for your loss. RIP Bella, beautiful lady. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Rest in love and power young Queen Bella 👑. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
~hugs~ | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
So sorry. I know it's hard, I had to send off my baby aover a year ago...Rip Bella | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
😭❤️🐈🙏🥺 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
I'm so sorry for ur loss. 😞 We lost our Sanyu about 6 years ago, and I felt devastated. She was my best friend. She waited for me by the door to get home from work every day. She got depressed if had to go away for a few days. She was my crafting partner. She was our family. I'm sawry for your loss. The pain w... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Thank you for your kind words. ♥️ Bella always waited for us too! She loved her humans although she had little use for her fellow cats. It’s so strange and sad not seeing her little face or feeling her curled up in our laps. I’m so grateful for our memories, and I know the pain will dull eventually. You can never prepa... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Really sorry for your loss 🙏🏻 may Bella rest in peace | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
20 years is amazing. 💗😭🙏 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-09-08 |
My most heartfelt condolences. They are vital members of our family. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
My 20-year-old cat has advancing renal disease (the high end of stage 3). He presents some of the typical symptoms and incremental behavior changes in a CKD cat. He's also had a couple of episodes during the past week where his eyes became almost totally black (dilated pupils) and he seemed genuinely confused as to hi... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-05-08 |
It's definitely his blood pressure. I had to put my cat on blood pressure medicine it helped tremendously. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
THIS. Get your cat to the vet as soon as you can. Your cat may have some degree of retinal detachment (due to high BP) which is causing intermittent blindness. I didn’t realize it was a thing until my cat went completely blind. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Thanks. My vet hasn't been so helpful in terms of prescribing appropriate medicines. Not sure why she didn't put him on blood-pressure meds. I've been there twice in the past few weeks, and it's always more tests but no treatment. During the first exam, we got bloodwork done and the prognosis was that he was in Stage 3... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-09-08 |
My sweet girl Lady Georgina (6) has been diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney disease. I’m really struggling. She won’t eat a renal diet (I’ve tried every Hills flavor and Purina Pro), but I am giving her purina pro wet pack supplements. Recently she’s started with the incontinence, mainly at night. She’s peed on my bed 5 tim... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
You could look up quality of life calculators for cats and see how your cat scores. Incontinence is a symptom of late-stage ckd, but your cat might have a urinary tract infection (which is treatable with antibiotics). Has your vet tested for this? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
My sweet girl who I adopted 12 years ago, 8 of those years indoor was diagnosed with CKD. I am so happy she is still with me but I can’t seem to come to terms with her diagnosis. I can’t believe this has happened to her and it seems so early, since cats can live 20 yrs.
Like I said, she is fighting a good fight. Whe... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Hi. My cat was diagnosed with CKD a year before she eventually died. She was 16 at diagnosis and like you, I was shocked since all my other cats lived into their 20s.
She had a good quality of life right until her last week. I worked with the vet on nutrition and a kidney support supplement. We had lots of fountains t... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Thank you so much for sharing and I am so sorry for your lost ❤️🩹
I know she has a good quality of life right now and I am doing all I can to make sure she is cared for and gets treated. It’s just so hard to accept that is happening. It happened all of a sudden and at one time. It just can’t and don’t want to imagin... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Hi there, did your puss have cancer as you wrote she was having chemo? I know what you mean about not believing what diagnosis is. I lost a cat last year and only found out 1 day before she had a tumor. She hadn't been eating and had lost weight. Had appetite stimulants which no helped and high temperature which didn't... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-09-08 |
Man, when mine was taken to the ER I was in a different state. I took the first plane home (cried in two ubers and on the plane). They found a tumor and since that moment we just considered every moment with him as borrowed time, a bonus and a gift. I'm glad that we got that time to say goodbye but it was so hard for ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
I’m so sorry ❤️🩹 It truly is so painfully to see this happen to our babies. When we found out I was in bad shape for days. I told my husband if we had let her go the first night they told us, I would have ended up in the ER too.
After she came home from the surgery, I made a rule not to cry in front of her either. ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
Hi there. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me. I am so sorry for your lost. I know how terrible the pain is get that info of their illness is. But I can only imagine what it feel like after and is something I am not prepared for. And I guess I don’t want to be prepared for it. She slept with me all th... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
My soul cat died on June 15th. I wanted to share his story, my mistakes, and what I've learned since in hopes that it will help others.
Charlie came to me at the end of May 2018 from a cat cafe. He was a chonky boy. We took him to the vet shortly after we got him and he was estimated to be around 5 years old. He was a... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I am so sorry for your loss. Do not regret giving him a loving, safe home for the time you had together. I recently lost one of my boys to a sudden and rapid illness, and I had many of the same doubts of “what could I have done differently,” but I am starting to understand: there wasn’t anything I even knew to change. ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m sorry for your loss. Don’t blame yourself. After a while, one thing leads to another and you’re tackling dozens of health issues that all conflict with one another. It’s impossible to “make things better” once the disease has kicked in. I had to put my baby down on Sunday after it was kidneys, dehydration and urine... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
You may well have spared your buddy the part of staying too long. We can only do our best. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m so sorry for your loss 💔 this is a horrible disease that seems almost impossible to navigate on most days. I bet Charlie knew nothing but love his entire life. Don’t blame yourself. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
It strikes me how you did so much for Charlie and it was all in love and with the best of intentions. Thank you for sharing your story here, and it does help many people. Your lessons learned from your journey with Charlie will be his legacy for all the CKD kitty lovers who have read your story and all those who grace ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m so sorry for your loss. You did what you could and showed him love. You are also alerting others to question if something doesn’t feel right.
I’m going to take your advice and seek a second opinion for my 19 year old boy. For the last year his ears have seemed to be itchy and I’ve taken him countless times to the... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m sorry for your loss - remember that you did your best for him and gave him all the love. That’s the most important thing, that he got to say goodbye with his family. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
So sorry for your loss just remember he will always be with you | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Well, I'm sorry. It's so heartbreaking, so hard to go through. We love them so much. They give us so much joy and comfort. It's amazing, really, how much comfort they give us.
We do our best, and can only hope we give them what they give us in return.
I lost my best boy 16 years ago and still grieve for him. I am sen... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
Thank you for sharing. I agree with you, not all vets are made the same. If you see something wrong and the vet doesn't give an explanation, get a 2nd opinion. My kitten was getting eye infections every 6 months. The first vet just gave me eye drops and sent me home. They would go away and reappear like clockwork. I ch... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
Oh my heart is breaking for you. Charlie knew you loved him and did what you could. I have a kitty with kidney disease and I tell the vet I want all copies of the blood work and all their comments. I keep a folder. Then I research what all the lab work says.
There are things the vets don't seem to advise you on. I fou... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
Update: Unfortunately…she’s not looking great. She hasn’t really been able to move on her own. We did manage to get her to eat a good amount after 24+ hours! Some antibiotics and sub q fluids as well. She took some pain pills dissolved in water and syringed. I feel selfish for deciding to do more at home treatment….sho... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Yes, mine had a terrible UTI that spreads to kidneys. Her creatinine was much lower than yours (4.4) but she looked terribly sick. This was last October, she was hospitalized 3 times until january and after her last course of antibiotics she was finally better! We found out she was resistant to all antibiotics and the ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
At one point she had only 2.5kg. Now she weights 3.3kg which is normal for her. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Ours has been fighting persistent UTIs for a year and half and the most recent urinalysis came back clean but her renal value were off the roof and she became extremely anemic even after monthly darbo/daxfer.
We put her on a 3 day IV hospitalization but pulled her out after a day and half because one of the vets want... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Our 14.5-year old boy was attacked by the neighbor's cat back in late April. Within a few couple days, we knew this wasn't just a run of the mill injury. Took him to a vet, who put him on oral Clavamox and really didn't investigate. He's been on that before, so we were prepared for vomiting after 5 days... which hap... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Me again: also, check out Tanya's CRF site for really useful info about all this. Here's a link to the page on acute kidney injury: http://felinecrf.org/acute_kidney_injury.htm
Hope this helps! 💗 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
my boy was hospitalized in october 2022 when he was 10 with an acute kidney infection, creatinine was 14 at its highest. they think he had a stone that got lodged in his ureter combined with a UTI. pumped him with fluids and antibiotics, and he came home. he was on multiple kinds of antibiotics for about 2 months post ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Hi! By “doing a lab test” do you mean they are culturing the urine and no bacteria is growing?
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Have you had any ultrasounds or x-rays to check for masses, stones, or crystals?
This basically happened with my kitty too. Acute kidney injury from a stubborn UTI. We hospitalized h... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Yes on the culture test. They said the machine detected it, but the results after the culture said there wasn’t any bacteria.
I’m sorry about your loss. We’re trying our best for at home stuff. If she would show positive signs, I would feel better about trying the hospitalization, but I fear her condition isn’t gonna ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
That sounds like our experience too. It’s so frustrating getting conflicting information and not knowing what to do. When you think it’s an infection it seems so treatable so you want to do everything in your power to fix it. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
My cat was hospitalized in January 2022 after a UTI quickly sent her from perfectly fine to unable to stand. She was diagnosed at stage 2/3 kidney failure at the time and was 19.
She's 21, has the exact same creatinine / BUN values now, and has been pretty healthy overwise for most of the last 2 years. The first few m... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
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Per the graph in the video, it looks like TT actually did pretty good on the Greycoat supplement. What is everyone else's experience? Did your cat improve?
Here's a link to the supplement for reference: https://greycoatresearch.com/products/dr-toru-protocol | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Hi, I want to first start by thanking everyone who helped in my previous post. It's been tough and getting Jet balanced has been a mess.
I got him the phosphorus Binders and getting a good dose is a wip. I at least got him to get it in him at this point and it reduces his vomiting spells.
Now he doesn't want solid foo... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Oh, so I‘m not the only one making „cat smoothies“ - Madame Emma will not eat solid chunks.. she will just lick the sauce. 😌
However, she will also eat soft mousse/paté so i do not have to use and clean the blender every day. I add some warm water and mash everything with a fork until it has a consistency of pudding o... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Have you tried Simmer Down or Stews Clues by Weruva? They’re very soupy and my cat likes them. No shreds | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Not wanting to eat solids might indicate a tooth problem. Has the vet looked at his teeth lately? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
It sounds like you're going through a lot, Jet is lucky to have you. It sounds like you might be using homeopathic remedies because you mention Phosphorous, though I don't understand Binders. (?) If you haven't used homeopathy then I'd give it a go because there are no side effects so it's gentle for kitties. My orange... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
My lil one seems to like weruva lately but I haven't heard of those flavors- are they decently low phosphorus? | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
What you call 'cat smoothies' I call 'kitty soup' 😂 and I make multiple kitty soups a day for our wildly picky girl. She now comes to the kitchen at the sound of the blender haha | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
They’re low enough for my cat, about .7 dry matter phos
https://www.bizave.com/foodlists/Weruva%20Low%20Phosphorus.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2X8xK99R0rSnIRTRXMP1mQA0RIeEVddNXKhyHX13i0ixIsU2fnrWZbdXo_aem_AZQ8bhAQbjsOC775ys5edfehd4sDXnvQgN6bgRhoJ5AX9CY0c0IrkotPsjGP8jjHhmA | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Big jet is usually a big baby, but he seems more confident since living with me. When I start the blender or vacuum he seems intrigued rather than scared | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
I was interested in the brand, but the names messed me up 😂 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
When he went it was a checkup. I'm not sure if they looked at his teeth though because it's been a ride since than. It's been brought to my attention I might want to seek a second opinion | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
OMG someone speaking my language. So I looked into a holistic vet cuz the one I originally took him to is a pill pusher. I'm on a holistic journey myself reason I'm hoping to bring the kids along for the ride. The only vet near me is way to far out of reach. Still in PA, but up north. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
The names are so confusing! It’s so hard when they can only have certain ones because of ckd, and they all look so similar with hard to read wacky names. I stand in front of the wall of them cursing whoever came up with this 😹 | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-10-08 |
I lost my dog 7 months ago who passed away at 17 and I took care of him all through his life into his old age. I miss him dearly and want to give a shelter per a good life to honor him.
I was browsing the local shelter’s website and came across a 16 year old orange tomcat and knew I had to go look at him. I just saw h... | r/renalcats | post | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Just for the record, my cat's labs were barely Stage 2 about three years ago now.
Your mileage may vary, I think I've got a 'best possible' outcome. With a 16 year old cat, you can't expect five years of health (though you might get it!), but the CKD makes it much less.
That said: you probably have a good kitty ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I’m gonna say it’s probably not a good idea if you are concerned. There will be some vet bills and additional cost for renal diet, and possibly some medications. My boy was in stage 2 for over 4 years with no health problems and just went into stage 3. That being said, ckd kitties come with some health problems and add... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Incontinence isn't a given in stage 2. He'll be going a lot while the kidneys still have some degree of function, but he should be getting to the litterbox unless there's another issue at play. Arthritis being more common in the mid to late teens. His urine will be smelling much less pee-like as kidney disease progress... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I think the “what you are willing/not willing to do” part is the most important thing. I’d read through this sub to learn more about what can happen, especially toward the end. You might be the right person to help this kitty through the illness—or you might not be. And that would be okay. But it wouldn’t be okay to ma... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I've never had a renal cat with incontinence. But they are quite costly, and an extended lifespan is not always a given. My girl went from stage 2 to ESRD in 4 months despite several thousands spent on care. It had caused too many issues that couldn't be managed.
However.. I love adopting senior kitties, especially h... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
Look at the flip side. How long has that 16 year old kitty been in a cage waiting to be adopted? It takes special people to adopt senior cats. You would be giving this kitty a great life for the time he is with you, whether that is shorter or longer, no one knows. But at stage 2, I would think that is manageable an... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-06-08 |
I think the older guy deserves to be loved and have people to call his own … it’s not easy with any animal that has health issues even young animals can develop health issues. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Lots of great answers here on what to consider. Cost would be the big one for me because I know I’d want to pursue every possible test and treatment (maybe you’ll be more rational lol). Having an elderly cat with a chronic disease IS a lot of work. But if you’re like me - childless and wanting a needy pet to give your ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
I run a nonprofit cat sanctuary for senior and chronically ill cats. At any given time I may have 4-5 kidney failure cats at various stages. In my experience no matter what the stage is, it is not cheap to properly care for a kidney cat. Between the special food, the medications, the co-morbidities, the bloodwork, etc ... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
My sweet girl is 18 and in late stage renal failure. She has no incontinence issues. Fluids every two weeks is $49 at the vet, but they will teach you to do that when it's necessary. With 2 of you, I think you can easily do it at home. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Don’t do it. The prescription food is very expensive and he needs medication and many visits to the vet. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
None of my cats with ckd had incontinence. But as for vet bills it can get pricey depending on how much you want to support him. And a 16 year old with ckd lifespan? That is all pure luck. One of my first cats lived to 21 when diagnosed at 16. My Siamese died half a year from showing any symptoms. My current cat has be... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
I want to add though if you can afford a cat that will need care and can handle that he may not be with you long you would be doing a real kindness to him to give him a home for what life he has left. | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
Controversial opinion, but I adopted the world's cuddliest orange boy at age 15 with CKD, and shortly after finding out he's picky and won't eat prescription food I decided to have him be peri-palliative care/hospice, save all the vet visits, labs and aggressive medical treatments like subq fluids and let him enjoy the... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
My 16 year old cat with renal disease just died a few weeks ago. She was not incontinent. My house does not smell like pee. I never fed her prescription food--she just would not eat the stuff. Some Fancy Feast is just fine. She got fluids at home when needed. Some of the most beautiful and happy moments I had wit... | r/renalcats | comment | r/RenalCats | 2024-07-08 |
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