Hi guys.. My 21 year old female cat that I love with all my heart has had a history of kidney and thyroid issues. Her thyroids checked out ok given meds. But her kidney values now are moderate to severe which puts her in danger of death. She's lost dramatic weight to the point that her ribs are almost visible.
For a long while, the vet's advice was to feed her kidney diet like Science Hills made for cats with kidney disease. I've tried doing this for some time. But she doesn't like it as much as regular non-kidney cat food like Friskies or Fancy Feast. She does eat the kidney diet food. But doesnt touch it again after 1 - 2 days. As a result, I had little choice but to return to the commercial, non-diet cat foods she craves. Better to eat something unhealthy than nothing at all, which is what my vet suggests as well. It's a known fact that most cats don't like diet food since it lacks protein which is a kidney killer, unfortunately.
Recently, I've been trying to feed her kidney diet food laced with commercial cat food on top in order to trick her to eat the diet food. But she's not digging it. At the same time, she's not digging the commerical food either which is a bad sign altogether.
She doesn't have much to live and I'm very scared of losing her very soon as she's getting weaker each day. I figure she has days left, maybe a week or so. I'm praying for a miracle every day!
If you guys have ANY suggestions to help turn her situation around, PLEASE let me know. No suggestion is too small. Thank you!!!
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For a long while, the vet's advice was to feed her kidney diet like Science Hills made for cats with kidney disease. I've tried doing this for some time. But she doesn't like it as much as regular non-kidney cat food like Friskies or Fancy Feast. She does eat the kidney diet food. But doesnt touch it again after 1 - 2 days. As a result, I had little choice but to return to the commercial, non-diet cat foods she craves. Better to eat something unhealthy than nothing at all, which is what my vet suggests as well. It's a known fact that most cats don't like diet food since it lacks protein which is a kidney killer, unfortunately.
Recently, I've been trying to feed her kidney diet food laced with commercial cat food on top in order to trick her to eat the diet food. But she's not digging it. At the same time, she's not digging the commerical food either which is a bad sign altogether.
She doesn't have much to live and I'm very scared of losing her very soon as she's getting weaker each day. I figure she has days left, maybe a week or so. I'm praying for a miracle every day!
If you guys have ANY suggestions to help turn her situation around, PLEASE let me know. No suggestion is too small. Thank you!!!
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