My old Ash has kidney failure...advice plse..

[carole]

Some of you may have already read my sad news regarding my elderly cat Ash, Ash had his dental recently and i was told the news he has kidney failure, about 75 per cent of the function is gone.

We have opted on the vets advice to give him a pill half a day which is specially for cats like Ash who also has a heart murmur.

Any advice would be appreciated, I am very sad about it all, but have to come to terms with it and am hopeful we will still have some good years ahead with him.

The vet advised us the pills would be better than diet, so his diet will remain much the same, however i would like advice on this too, some people are keen on dry food others are not, personally i am more keen to feed him wet food, as he is very partial to it anyhow, and that is just my thoughts on it, however not so good for his teeth, which we have just had all scaled and polished and two of them removed, at least now he is not having to deal with bad teeth anymore.

Please feel free to post your thoughts and advice, i will be waiting to hear from you all thanking you in advance.

[emily_the_spoiled]

Carole, I am so very sorry to read about Ash. I am currently dealing with something similar right now (one of my foster's has kidney failure). I am feeding him only wet food (with a few crunchy cat treats). That helps increase the amount of water he is taking in, which is a good thing in kidney failure.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm so sorry to read about your cat Ash.

I know that kidney failure is common in older cats. My first cat ever, Yogi, was diagnosed with kidney failure at about the age of 15, but she still had a very good quality of life until she died at 17.

I think canned food would probably be best because cats get a lot of their moisture from food.

You and your cat Ash will be in my thoughts.

[Taz_Zoee]

Carole, I'm sorry to hear about Ash. This is one of my (and I'm sure many others) greatest fears. Taz's numbers are slowly moving toward the bad. But it's slow enough I don't have to do anything about it......yet.
I feed Taz wet food twice a day and have dry food available to him at all times. He has past dental issues, he had a fang removed a couple years ago.
I'm sorry I do not have any advice for you, but I'm sure there are many PTers who can help you and Ash through this tough time.

[Queen of Poop]

My dear old dogger is on a canned low protein food. I know that they have it for kitties too. It provides extra moisture and lower protein so her kidneys don't have to work so hard.

Please give Ash a kiss for me.

[catmandu]

I THINK THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL VET FOODS FOR THIS, I THINK EUKANUBA HAS ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR OLDER CATS WITH KIDNEY ISSUES.
OTHER THAN THAT ALL YOU CAN DO IS MAKE ASH WARM AND COMFORTABLE.
PRAYERS ARE COMING FROM ALL OF US FOR YOUR DEAR COMPANION.