Anyones cat have this?

[lisaviolet]

Wow I am sorry to see that so many of you have expierenced this. The vet didnt say Acute so I think its the chronic type. She said early renal failure and said it wasnt curable so that sounds more like the chronic type. I have to take him in and when he is sedated for his xrays she is going to do a urine sample and she said that will give her a better idea on his condition. She did say he will have to go on Kidney Diet, but she said the kidney diet will not be good for my two year old cat to eat. SO feeding them two different foods is going to be a challenge.
Thank you all for the links and I am going to read them all . I hope and pray that with treatment I will still have many more years to snuggle and love on my baby. I do not want him to suffer so when it gets to that point I will have to go through with the inevitable. I will know more when I take him in , hopefully maybe the vet can give me more of an idea on things when we know what stage he is at.
Heres a pic of my peedee.

He is so adorable. All the best to you,

Lisa

 

[acadia1960]

If you try the k/D diet, only buy 1 can, most cats dislike this food. My cat was diagnosed with early renal failure in May, she is 14. She also had a bad urinary infection, & was on antibiotics for 30 days. I researched cat foods on the internet, and was dismayed to find alot of junk is put in most foods, including foods that vets sell. Look for foods that have no chicken by-products,or beef by-products, etc. My vet was furious with me, when I wouldn't put my baby on her diet, but she stopped complaining when Sapphire gained her weight back, & her fur became soft & shiny again. I feel I made the right choices & will only feed her natural foods, her favorites are canned Wellness , Paul Newmans canned, & chicken soup for the cats soul -dry. There are alot of natural foods out there. My vet said it was most important, that she not lose any weight, eat wet & dry food everyday, and lots of fresh water. She also told me, renal failure in a 14 year old cat is a normal aging process. So as long as Sapphire is eating, drinking, and feeling good, we may have her around for a while yet. We lost her sister in March due to Kidney cancer, we didn't have a clue she was sick. I wish I had known that cats should not be fed an all dry cat food, but a mix of wet & dry food their whole lives. Educate yourselves on what is best for your furbabies.

 

[rcraw45425]

I never fed Lacey the wet food, she turned up her nose at it when she was a kitten. She ate the dry food real well, so we never had an issue with her not eating. It was only towards the end that she stopped eating and that was the sign to us that she was ready. But she did live three good years with it, so hopefully your baby will have many more too.

 

[luvdzny]

My 15 year old cat, Sasha, was diagnosed with kidney disease in April, we switched her food to Science Diet k/d and she gets 100 ml of fluid through an IV twice a week. She has gained some weight and is a lot more active then she had been. She just lays on DD's lap when she gives her the IV, it does not seem to bother her, and it sure seems to have helped her.

 

[Disney Ella]

My 13-year-old cat was diagnosed with chronic renal failure in May. Subcutaneous fluids have made a big difference in his life. Within two days of starting the fluids, he was behaving normally again. He gets 100 - 150 ml every night. At first, it was hard for him and me, but now he patiently sits on my lap while he gets his fluids. If you are going to do subcutaneous fluids, you can buy the supplies much cheaper over the Internet. The vet's office charged me $27 for one 1000 ml bag of lactated ringers, IV tubing and needles. I can get the same thing through Valley Vet for about $5 - 6. You do need a prescription for the lactated ringers.

My cat started on K/D dry food, but it eventually started to bother his stomach. I now have him on Flint River Ranch Senior food. K/D is 25% protein and Flint River Ranch is 26%. The only drawback is that Flint River Ranch is higher in phosphorous than the K/D.

It's good that they caught your cat's problems early. Hopefully with treatment, you'll be able to enjoy him for some time to come.

 

[LisaS]

One of my cats had this problem as well, starting around age 13-14. I noticed he was drinking more water than usual and when our vet did a blood test, it indicated he was in the early stages of kidney disease. We switched him to Science Diet k/d (both canned and dry) and made sure he had plenty of fresh water available to encourage him to drink a lot. Healthy cats concentrate their urine but cats with impaired kidney function cannot do that so they need to drink more water. Two years or so after being diagnosed, he got very sick. He was examined by a kidney specialist and she told us that his kidneys were still functioning pretty well. It turned out he had something much more serious (unrelated to his kidney disease) going on and died about a month later. Who knows how much longer he might have lasted if his kidney disease had been his only problem.

I want to wish your kitty all the best. It sounds like it was caught early so let's hope you are able to manage his condition with dietary changes.