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Twyla actually gets increased appetite with gabapentin (it gives her the munchies). Currently she only gets it before a vet visit though I do have some on hand for nerve pain if needed, Unfortunately we are still struggling with appetite and for the first time Mirataz isn’t helping much. She is...

Gel caps are a life saver with multiple medications! My vet recently switched from regular Cerenia to the generic, which is a considerable savings, and they are the ones who recommended a Canadian pharmacy for the inhaler.

She already gets multiple meds orally twice daily, and an inhaler once daily, so I prefer the gel. The Mirataz is generally reliable and a tube lasts over 3 months on her current dosing schedule, so I don’t mind the cost, as long as I am getting a full amount. I was just surprised that the...

I am chalking up the pickiness to my 4 month old tube of Mirataz. Started a new tube last night and she has been an eating machine today, her usual response to getting mirtzed. However, this new tube is only about 2/3 full. I had to flatten about half the tube before anything came out. Usually...

Boy, I hate the picky eating days. I broke down and gave her some moderate phosphorus wet food with binder to get her jump started. It’s been a good couple of weeks though. She mostly likes her prescription dry but is very hit or miss on wet foods. She only gets a half a can at a time since...

It was diagnosed through ultrasound. We are two years since her diagnosis and she has gone back and forth between stage 2 and 3, and her phosphorus has also fluctuated during that time. It has increased recently and I have transitioned her to prescription dry and the lowest phosphorus wet food...

Twyla is 16-17, fluctuates between stage 2 and stage 3, with one functioning kidney. She is hyperthyroid, has high bp, a heart murmur, arthritis and asthma. She has had 14 Solensia injections so far and has not experienced any side effects, it does seem to help, though the difference seems less...

She is back to eating well. The Fortiflora topper did the trick! Such a relief!

It has been cloudy and rainy since yesterday and severe weather forecast for tomorrow. Yes, in southern US. Twyla always hides when it storms, so that can disrupt her routine. I was home sick today, except for a trip out to get chicken soup for me and things to entice Twyla. She has made baby...

Still struggling with getting Twyla back to eating after this last vet visit. She turned up her nose at both wet and dry food yesterday evening, overnight and this morning. She ate baby food last night and a couple of Temptations purées this morning as well as about a quarter of a can of wet...

It seems she always has appetite issues for a few days after her vet visit. This time she is shunning her wet food almost completely (she even turned up her nose at baby food earlier) but has polished off the sample pack of k/d dry over the weekend. I have a bag ordered which should be here in...

So far Twyla gives the dry prescription food a paws up, but is less impressed with the tuna stew. Hooper ate what she didn’t 🫤

I believe you mean low phosphorus foods, not low potassium. High phosphorus makes cats with kidney disease feel bad and can hasten the progress of the disease. Finding the lowest phosphorus food your cat will eat is a process of trial and error. Kidney cats often need potassium supplementation...

I am wondering if those of you using Naraquin for phosphorus control are still using it and if it is still working well. Any side effects? My vet has given me some to try as an alternative to aluminum hydroxide for my cat Twyla (of the Am I Overreacting? Thread) I have mostly been able to...

Quarterly check up time again. Kidney values were checked and both her creatinine and phosphorus were up a bit from last time. Phos was 6.9, which is the highest it has been. This puts her back at stage three. Sigh….. Her blood pressure also went up some so we are increasing her amlodipine dose...