Ever dealt with feline renal failure? - Democratic Underground

chuckrocks

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:00 PM
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Ever dealt with feline renal failure?

have an old siamese that's sick, any advice to help him recover is welcome. Thanks

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:02 PM
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1. Have you talked with your vet about it?

Edited on Wed Feb-17-10 11:03 PM by GoddessOfGuinness

I have a friend whose young cat was poisoned in the tainted food scandal. She switched foods to something organic, and it helped. I don't remember the brand name though...

I'm so sorry... :hug:

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WolverineDG

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:05 PM
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2. talk to your vet

I had a senior cat get that. She needed lots of water & canned food, as well as SubQ fluids. She wouldn't let me do the fluids, so I took her every other day to the vet for them to do it. Did this for about 2 months, then she let me know it was time for her to go. :cry: Until that point though, she acted like her normal self.

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Big Blue Marble

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:36 PM
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3. Older cats in kidney failure can do well for several years

on daily subQ fluids, I have had two cats that lived more than two years beyond the kidney failure diagnosis.
The fluids help keep your cat comfortable. A low protein diet helps too. But my cats wouldn't eat it and
they did OK for quite a while.

Take care. Sending you and your kitty lots of love.

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chuckrocks

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:49 PM
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4. Thanks

much needed encouragement!

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:50 PM
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5. I put fluids in Little Skeezix every other day for a while. It's not difficult. nt

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:51 PM
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6. Cats hate special food for renal problems. By 16 you say, "to hell with it, when you're 16...

you need to enjoy your food."

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hedgehog

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:59 PM
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7. We had our very old cat Sapa on the special food for about 3 months,

and he pretty much stopped eating.

So we said, the cat's 18 years old, let him eat what he wants! and started feeding him regular wet cat food.

That was two years ago, and Sapa sits on my pillow every morning to stare at me and ask when I'm getting my lazy butt out of bed to feed him!

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Feb-17-10 11:59 PM
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8. Same with Little Skeezix. When you're 16, you need to enjoy your meals. nt

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hedgehog

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Thu Feb-18-10 12:05 AM
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9. Sapa actaully managed to gain some weight back, and his fur looks better!

He also explained to Pooka the other day that little black dogs shouldn't bark at big yellow cats!

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Big Blue Marble

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Thu Feb-18-10 03:15 AM
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12. You are so right about that!

They do seem to hate it. Kidney disease can make them queasy which
can also complicate things. With one of my cats, we ended up feeding
him grass fed steak and free-range chicken some of the time to
get him to eat and we are vegetarians. LOL But he lived to be
almost 22. And up until the last weeks, he enjoyed his life immensely.

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TreasonousBastard

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Thu Feb-18-10 12:16 AM
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10. Have you had the vet look at him? Some cats, caught early enough...

can live for quite a while with treatment.

Reversal and full recovery is almost unheard of, unfortunately, and some, like mine, were diagnosed too late to do much at all.

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Roon

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Thu Feb-18-10 12:28 AM
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11. My little Dolly died of it

She was only five..we tried to keep her alive with sub-fluids but her kidneys were too far gone. We ended up putting her down.

My ex was such a jerk, he wouldn't let me mourn.

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old mark

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Thu Feb-18-10 04:30 AM
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13. Had 2 cats die of kidney problems...both seemed fine, then suddonly

became very visibly ill. By the time symptoms showed, it was too late to do much for them.

See the vet immediately if your cat seems at all sick-cats really hide their sickness, don't want to appear weak or ill, and most won't show much till very late in the disease.

mark

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geardaddy

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Thu Feb-18-10 09:31 AM
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14. Nope

Just human renal failure. lol

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joeybee12

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Thu Feb-18-10 09:45 AM
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15. Talk to your vet...CRF is manageable...I have one who was diagnosed

a little over two years now...she's doing fine...I was giving her fluids intravenously but stopped because she's such a nervous cat she hated it...leave lots of water around so he/she will drink lots...that's all you pretty much you can do.

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hamsterjill

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Thu Feb-18-10 10:30 AM
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16. Lotensin

Please ask your vet about the drug benzapril (lotensin). As if this drug might be appropriate for your particular situation.

We have a cat with renal issues that has benefitted tremendously from this drug.

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