~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 Kidney diets are only necessary when it gets to a certain level (i.e. stage 3) as giving it to them at too early of a stage can backfire. While others (i.e. my family) say that there are no "stages" of Kidney Disease, it's either non-existent or full-blown and that a kidney diet should be fine to arbitrarily give to an older, but otherwise healthy, non-CKD cat "just because they are older".
I'm convinced that my cat, who may have had early CKD, lost a whole pound because he ate kidney food at too early of a stage, while my vet and my family (with no medical backgrounds or without doing any research of their own) have been trying to convince me that this was either the disease progressing or a total coincidence and nothing more. All I know is when my cat was eating his regular diet, his weight was much better, but then he eats the kidney diet and he becomes bony.
Both sides are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are 100% correct, so I need a tie-breaker here. Who is right and who is wrong?
~end ranty post~
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 Kidney diets are only necessary when it gets to a certain level (i.e. stage 3) as giving it to them at too early of a stage can backfire. While others (i.e. my family) say that there are no "stages" of Kidney Disease, it's either non-existent or full-blown and that a kidney diet should be fine to arbitrarily give to an older, but otherwise healthy, non-CKD cat "just because they are older".
I'm convinced that my cat, who may have had early CKD, lost a whole pound because he ate kidney food at too early of a stage, while my vet and my family (with no medical backgrounds or without doing any research of their own) have been trying to convince me that this was either the disease progressing or a total coincidence and nothing more. All I know is when my cat was eating his regular diet, his weight was much better, but then he eats the kidney diet and he becomes bony.
Both sides are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are 100% correct, so I need a tie-breaker here. Who is right and who is wrong?
~end ranty post~
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