What can I feed my elderly cat with kidney disease?
Examples include Hill’s® Prescription Diet® k/d® (both early and late state diets exist), Royal Canin® Renal Support, Purina® ProPlan® Veterinary Diet NF Kidney Function®, and Rayne Clinical Nutrition™ Adult Health-RSS™.
Is it OK to feed a cat with kidney failure?
Yes, that does sound like opposite thinking, since it is high protein. But fresh meat is so much more digestible for carnivorous cats that less of the damaging protein ends up in the blood stream for the kidneys to process. There are many different companies now making frozen raw food diets.
What should I Feed my 15 year old CKD cat?
Very interesting. It’s great to hear how well your 15-year old CKD cat is doing! So you do not specifically feed him a low-phosphorous diet. But if people can find a low-phosphorous cat food that has normal protein levels, is there any reason not to use it? Might it help?
Is it OK to euthanise an old cat with kidney failure?
He was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (stage 3) about a month ago and was on IV drip for 2 days. The vet told us that since he was so old it was unlikely that medicines and fluids would do much to help him and recommended that we euthanise him but we wanted to give him another chance so we took him home.
What should the protein intake be for cats with CKD?
Less protein also means less need for the excretion of protein itself through the filtration mechanism of the kidney, which helps preserve kidney function. The recommended range of protein on a dry matter basis for cats with CKD is 28-35%. If protein intake is too low however, CKD will start to break down muscle mass. Phosphorus.
What should I Feed my Cat with kidney failure?
As a holistically trained veterinarian of over 30 years, I have found the commercial low protein diets are quite unpalatable, and are not the most helpful for any illness. For a cat with kidney failure, I actually recommend feeding a raw meat diet. Yes, that does sound like opposite thinking, since it is high protein.
Less protein also means less need for the excretion of protein itself through the filtration mechanism of the kidney, which helps preserve kidney function. The recommended range of protein on a dry matter basis for cats with CKD is 28-35%. If protein intake is too low however, CKD will start to break down muscle mass. Phosphorus.
How old does a cat have to be to have kidney failure?
Chronic kidney failure, also called chronic kidney disease, develops over many years. It usually begins when cats are about six years old and becomes progressively worse as the nephrons slowly die. When more nephrons die than can be replaced, kidney failure becomes apparent.
What kind of food can a 15 year old cat eat?
“Well, I have that cat, my own 15-year old boy Flynn. And he’s on the same diet he’s always eaten. The cats get a mixture of homemade raw, frozen raw, and/or dehydrated raw, with appropriate supplements, and a sprinkling of various high-quality canned food. He’s doing great, maintaining weight, and acting absolutely normal.