I've been exploring and re-exploring safe ways to get my CKD cat to eat more.
I reached out to the various "lickable treats" mfrs to find actual, current, dry matter phosphate. Aside from Churu different flavors of each brands are within 0.1% of each other.
Dry Matter Phosphate contents:
Tiki Stix= 0.9%
Hartz Squeeze Ups=1.3%
Inaba Churu Puree= 2.2-3.3%
Temptations Purrree=0.48% (chicken/salmon) 0.51% (tuna)
In-terms of ingredients temptations has similar/better ingredients than RX Royal Canine wet food. About the same phosphorus & sodium levels (RC-T 0.51% phos & 0.51% sod.) temptations 0.51-0.55% sodium.
My kitty will eat 1/3 of a can of RX Royal canine food per meal. She finishes the entire can if I add 75% of a tube of temptations to the uneaten portion... Only 7% of her calories would be empty calories treat. Seems like a great trade off to stop her weight loss without messing up her kidneys with phosphates
I reached out to the various "lickable treats" mfrs to find actual, current, dry matter phosphate. Aside from Churu different flavors of each brands are within 0.1% of each other.
Dry Matter Phosphate contents:
Tiki Stix= 0.9%
Hartz Squeeze Ups=1.3%
Inaba Churu Puree= 2.2-3.3%
Temptations Purrree=0.48% (chicken/salmon) 0.51% (tuna)
In-terms of ingredients temptations has similar/better ingredients than RX Royal Canine wet food. About the same phosphorus & sodium levels (RC-T 0.51% phos & 0.51% sod.) temptations 0.51-0.55% sodium.
My kitty will eat 1/3 of a can of RX Royal canine food per meal. She finishes the entire can if I add 75% of a tube of temptations to the uneaten portion... Only 7% of her calories would be empty calories treat. Seems like a great trade off to stop her weight loss without messing up her kidneys with phosphates