Poor Onyx....Not good update

[Freedom]

He is in the early stages of kidney failure.

Prayers this is early enough to slow it right down and he can still have a good happy comfortable life. Eat what Mom gives you, Onyx!

Tamara, I know your set up is quite different from mine. I converted from "free feeding" to scheduled meal times a bit over a year ago. My vet said "twice per day is plenty." Yeah, well, my CATS did not read THAT book! We do well with 3 meals per day: getting up in the AM, 4 PM and going to bed time. The AM feeding, they wake me up. The 4 PM if it is more than 15 mintues late they are "starving kitties!" The bed time on, they don't care if it is 8 PM or 10:30 PM, but once I start my going to bed routine, they are up and meaowing. It took about 2 weeks of me keeping strictly on schedule for them to come around.

[jenluckenbach]

POOR Onyx!!! It is so much harder to handle a bad diagnosis when the pet is so young. But supporting him in the best possile way is all you can do sometimes, and just cherish the love.

Praying for a miracle.

[slick]

T:

When my RB Speckles was diagnosed with early stages of renal failure, she was immediately put on a low-protein diet. See if you can get Medi Cal Reduced Protein dry up there. It also comes in a can and if Onyx loves wet food, that might be the way to go.

When Max was 10 I automatically put him on reduced-protein dry and I would like to think that it's preventative maintenance. He will be 16 in July and so far (fingers crossed) very healthy.

Good luck with the feeding. I can only imagine what dinner time is like around your place.

Prayers for you and Onyx. Yes, he is too young for this but I know that he will get the best care ever.

[catmandu]

The Pet Angel Are With Onyx To Help Him Rally , And So That He Can Spend More Time With His Meowmie Who Loves Him. It Was A Shock To Me Too When Almond Rocca Baton And Pouncer Left Early For The Bridge, And We Are Praying So Hard That Onyx Has The Years With His Family That They Deserve!!!

[Queen of Poop]

I hope Onyx will love the reduced protein canned food and flourish on it. Please give him a hug from me, kisses too.

[Catty1]

Glacier - please check Barbara's thread in CH, especially #25.

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...7&page=1&pp=15

{{{{hugs}}}}

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear about his diagnosis and he sure is young to be going through all of this. I hope he'll love his new low protein food and will continue to thrive for many more years to come. He'll continue to remain in my thoughts and prayers.

[orangemm]

Lots of prayers and good thoughts for Onyx and you. No one wants to hear news like that. Let's hope the new food does the trick............