s/o on Cats with Kidney issues

[spindle92]

A few of you mentioned in caps' post that your fur babies have kidney issues too and are on special food.

Can you tell me exactly what foods you are giving?

My vet has prescribed 3 different foods so far and none of them are a go. My girl likes her damn high protein food and it is driving me crazy.

[glitzy07]

I didn't see the other post, but our cat who has kidney issues (she had crystals in her urine several years ago?) is on Science Diet C/D. From what I understand, it's a pretty high protein/high fat food. Our other cat who isn't on prescription food is often caught trying to steal it instead of her regular cat food.

[emoflamingo]

Science Diet K/D is what she ate. We bought it from the vets office but could have gone elsewhere to get it. The vets office just had the "return it if she doesn't finish it" option that we wanted as Abby k up toward the end. (And they did - it mostly paid for when we had to euthanize her.)

[jezebel]

Hills prescription k/d

[mich1]

Don't have a cat with kidney issues, but we do have a dog with them. He really likes the Blue Buffalo kidney diet better than Hill's. The vet we purchase it from will take it back if the animal will not eat it.

[pinotgrig]

Science Diet k/d is what our cat was on. I can't remember if it comes in wet and dry, but we did the wet so we could get all the fluids we could into him.

[pinotgrig]

Jul 18, 2017 12:57:46 GMT -5 kooshball said:

My kitty had an ultrasound yesterday and they said her kidneys didn't look great so they were going to do a blood work. What is the prognosis of kidney issues in senior cats? I know it's not something she can live with forever but is it manageable?

I'm sorry. My cat lived for 18 months after a kidney failure diagnosis. We changed his food and did weekly subcutaneous fluid injections. He had a good quality of life with that treatment and it was pretty inexpensive. I want to say it was around $17/treatment.

[winecat]

My cat would only eat A/D. It's a good thing she was adorable. (Well, adorable in an ugly kind of way. She's my avatar pic.)

[kdmac]

Royal canin kidney wet food and dry food. I forget the exact name but will look when I feed her later

[mrs.jacinthe]

Our cat absolutely refused any of the "prescription" diet foods towards the end, so we switched him to Wysong Geriatrx, which is 34% protein and our vet was happy with that.