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    Are Antibiotics Safe To Give To A Cat Who Is Severely Dehydrated?

    ...and with kidney disease?
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    Should I View My Cat At This Point?

    Hi everyone. Sorry for the late response. I didn't forget about the post, it's just my laptop keyboard wasn't working well, so I had to rectify that. Thank you all for your input. It made a lot of sense. So... here is what happened. I went over to his grave... and I said "Leo, you're going...
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    Should I View My Cat At This Point?

    I don't mean for this post to seem morbid, but here it goes. So, I'm thinking of opening my cat's makeshift casket to say one last goodbye to him. But I'm afraid that he might be... unrecognizable at this point. He went back in February, and my Dad wrapped him in a towel and placed him inside...
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    Can Lab Values Spike In End Stage Renal Failure, Or Only In The "acute" Version?

    First of all, pleased to meet a fellow New Yorker! :wave3: I guess that makes good sense. Interesting comment about the antibiotics on weakened kidneys, very good point there. I'll be honest, he was already a geriatric cat, and with all that was going on, I didn't expect him to go on for...
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    Can Lab Values Spike In End Stage Renal Failure, Or Only In The "acute" Version?

    Thank you all for your kind words and condolences. If it was a case of "all I'd have to do", i.e. "just give him this antibiotic and he'll be fine", then I'd feel like I let him down, but truthfully, he had been having kidney issues for quite a while. Most of the signs that one would find on a...
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    Can Lab Values Spike In End Stage Renal Failure, Or Only In The "acute" Version?

    Well... that's just it. I don't think I did do everything I could've done for him. You see, when I took him to the vet in January, before his final visit in February, they asked me if I would like to have blood work done. But because I already knew about the pre-existing chronic kidney...
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    Can Lab Values Spike In End Stage Renal Failure, Or Only In The "acute" Version?

    When my cat passed, I was told it was end-stage renal failure. But when I looked at his final blood work results, and then investigated their meanings further (the TanyaCRF site came up more than once), I'm now under the impression that this was not the whole story. Going by the information I...
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    Is 2.1 Creatinine Considered "stage 2 Ckd"?

    Because some sites show the ranges of Creatinine, and under "Stage 2", they show it to be something like between 2.1-5.0 or something.
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    Blue Wilderness recalls?

    Okay, well aside from some of the comments left by that board's users (some of which are on the vague side of things), I'm not seeing any cat foods listed on the formal list of recalls, so that's good I guess.  They list a Blue cat treat, but I never gave that to my kitty. And Wellness is a...
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    Blue Wilderness recalls?

    Does anybody know if the company "Blue" issued a recall on any of their cat food products either recently or within the last few years or so? Specifically, their "Blue Wilderness Chicken Adult Dry" line of cat foods? Thanks!
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    Pet Food Testing Labs?

    Thanks for the link! :-)
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    Pet Food Testing Labs?

    Hi.  I was wondering if there is such a thing as a laboratory that tests pet foods, in the event that someone suspects that their pet was a victim of food poisoning? If so, can anyone provide me with some links and a brief idea of what to expect (cost, length of time, etc.)? Thanks.
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    Kidney Diets - When are they necessary?

    Thanks for the link. Hmm... well based on what I just read, it seems like my vet should have prescribed Azodyl instead of Epakitin, since the former is said to address BUN count, which was high in my cat, while Epakitin deals more with phosphorous, which was still perfect when first suggested...
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    Kidney Diets - When are they necessary?

    Thanks for the replies! I'm actually quite familiar with the Tanya CRF site and paid it a visit quite a few times.  While there were some things on it that I didn't quite agree with (i.e. dry food never being good nor having anything to do with good dental care, etc.), a lot of it was pretty...
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    Kidney Diets - When are they necessary?

    ~Warning, this post is a bit of a rant, so please bear with me~ Okay, HELP!  Half of the sites I've read either veterinary-related or from people who have had cats with CKD, as well as other vets I have talked to, have said that there are different stages of Kidney Disease in cats and that...
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