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He could very well be a great vet. It's just because of what the new young vet explained to me when we were going thru the same thing, about looking at the whole and not just focusing on averages and specific "nutrient" levels.But also, why wouldn't the vet bring up the calcium? He did mention the urea nitrogen was slightly higher then normal limits but he still even then said that is not enough to be causing her to feel sick. Unless he is BS me...
So, here is what I mean....
According to the blood panel normal "ranges" are as follows.
Creatinine = 0.6 - 2.4
Bun = 4 - 33
Urea = 14 - 36
Calcium = 8.2 - 10.8
Those are quite a wide spectrum for what is considered normal.
If my cats normal for (we'll use the BUN as the example) is 16, jumping up to 18 (like in your cats case) would not be very concerning. But if your cats normal was 6, then a jump to 18 would be concerning. Unfortunately, as is in most cases, we tend to not get a base line blood test done to have on file for comparisons, but depending on what YOUR cat's base line "normal" is her CKD COULD be worse than it shows.
There is obviously some toxicity build up in her system, because some of her values are higher than the normal range. So IF HER normal calcium should be closer to the 8.2 than she is VERY high, same with Urea, if HER normal should be closer to 14, again she is VERY high.