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Lucy's been on Hills k/d food since the end of July. Back then her creatinine was 3.8, and her BUN was 53. She was eating the food well, though not a ton of it, and the vomiting had stopped other than a couple of instances. I took her in again last week for another blood draw, to recheck...

OK, you may remember my issue with VERY frequent hairballs. --Lucy, age 13, is now on k/d for kidney issues. She is eating some dry and some canned. Since I've elevated her bowls, she is vomiting MUCH less, and is eating more. Win/win! --Silas, age 9, is on c/d for a previous urinary...

I had a snowshoe once, single most awesome cat I ever had!

I’d say he’s definitely got some Siamese blood! He’s beautiful!

Thanks for replying. I wish I could let Lucy free feed, I think she'd like that. She only weighs 7.5 pounds, down from 9 a couple of years ago. She's been on the K/D food for a couple of weeks now. She really seems to like it, fortunately. Since the other cat is also on prescription food...

Another update. While Lucy will eat the k/d food, she has thrown up five of her last eight meals where that’s what she ate. I talked to one of the techs at the vet yesterday and she said try switching her back to her normal food and see if she throws up. So I gave her that and it stayed down...

Urine creatinine: 126.4 Irene protein: 48.6

Yes they did a urinalysis. It showed the urine was not being concentrated. And the vet didn’t say anything about a phosphorus binder. He just said to repeat the blood work after she’s been on the food for a couple of months. I am not comfortable doing sub-q fluids. We did that with a...

Lucy was diagnosed with kidney disease a week or so ago. She's 13. She is now on k/d food. The dry stuff, which she likes but is struggling to keep down consistently. Today I bought a few cans of the wet k/d to see if she'll eat it. Also stopped at the vet's and got the printout of the...

Good news, Lucy likes the k/d food. She did, however, vomit it up yesterday morning after eating. And this morning I gave her a couple of hairball treats and she threw them up. I know kidney disease can cause nausea, which brings me to my next question: is it better to free feed a cat with...

He did not give me actual numbers. Said her phosphorous was a bit high, and kidney values were 'slightly elevated'. My main issue with all this is that the vet says she may be nauseated, which is causing the vomiting--but it is generally only hairballs that come up, not food. You'd think...

Heard back from the vet. Her kidney values are elevated. He wants to put her on a prescription food (Hills k/d) and recheck her values in 4-6 weeks. He also said to continue with the laxatone for hairballs; said that kidney disease can make them nauseated and maybe that's why she is having so...

Lucy isn’t the one who had crystals, that’s the other cat.

I took Lucy to the vet today. They did bloodwork and urinalysis, results will be in on Monday. The vet said it could be thyroid or kidney related; I am just hoping for an answer.

Thanks for everyone's replies. I went to get her some more of her food today, which is pumpkin & duck. She's been out of this for a few weeks, and of course pumpkin can help with digestive issues, so maybe that is playing into it. Also picked up a sample of N&D digestive food, and a couple...

It's both. Typically she'll vomit up her meal a couple of times, then the next day (or two, or three) there'll be hairballs. I'm surprised to hear that the hairball food actually works! Seems like a marketing ploy but might be worth a try if she'll eat it (and if I can find it in a...

Thanks for the link. I offered both cats a little egg yolk today (I have chickens, so I have plenty of eggs!). Just a little. Silas ate it but Lucy was not interested. :ohwell: The article mentioned high quality food, which Lucy definitely gets. Hers is grain free, comes from a 'boutique'...

I am new here, and here is a bit of backstory about the cats: Silas: almost 9 years old. Grey & white short haired shelter cat. Neutered male. A few years ago he had a urinary blockage, so he is now on prescription food (dry, Hills C/D chicken). Lucy: almost 13 years old. Spayed female, front...