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- From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Special food for cat with kidney disease?
- Message-ID: <H.ea.WBDdhddcyHc@harvee.billerica.ma.us>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 08:51:46 GMT
- Article-I.D.: harvee.H.ea.WBDdhddcyHc
- References: Re: Special food for cat with kidney disease?
- Reply-To: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
- Organization: gators 'r us
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- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992
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- In <92317.124930TMH1@psuvm.psu.edu>, Tina Hay writes:
- >
- >My question is whether there are other cat foods on the market that are (1)
- >good for cats with declining kidneys and (2) more palatable than Feline KD.
- i recnetly went through this with my coonhound, who couldn't tolerate hills
- k/d due to allergies. i went through a lot of experimenting with constant
- discussions with my vet. my answer was a local brand that makes dog food only,
- which won't help you.
-
- but this will. old animals with weak kidneys need a food low in highly
- digestible protein, with fat and certain minerals also reduced. the problem is
- that the kidneys can no longer deal with protein as well as they used to, so
- the low protein reduces the strain on the kidneys, which helps them(and the cats
- they are part of) to last longer with less discomfort.
-
- most senior foods. and some lite foods, meet these criteria, not quite as
- well as k/d, but better than anything else. i only know of two senior cat
- foods(i don't know hwy hills doesn't have one): purina mature and friskies
- senior. there may be others. start checking labels, comparing the senior food,
- k/d, and regular adult foods for especially protein, but also fat, phosphorus,
- calcium, sodium, and magnesium.
-
- a cat on a lowprotein diet may lose weight and look awful. this is still
- likely to be better than pumping up its wieght with foods its kidneys can't
- handle.
-
- check with your vet on this and check with hills too, they have recipes
- available for homemade presciption diets.
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- -- little gator aka s. mudgett email: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
- -- friend of a gator is a friend of mine
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