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My cat has very high kidney enzymes - now what?
In doing the blood work to get my cat's teeth out, the vet discovered that his kidney enzymes are double what they should be. I'm waiting on a call back to get a price for flushing them out, but this is apparently going to be a chronic problem. Is this something that people with cats sometimes live with for the rest of their cat lives? Or is there another way to cope? I really don't have the money to be constantly putting in to him. (He's about 9yrs old).
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
Kidney disease is not uncommon in middle age to older cats. If your cat is diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) it is not necessarily the end of the world. Many cats can live several years with good care and most of that you can do yourself.
Diet is very important for cat's with renal failure and your Vet may recommend that you switch to a special diet formulated for cats with renal failure. I'll link to a brief description of the stages of renal failure and how cat's with CRF are managed with nutrition. I'll also link to a video produced by the Vet School at Cornell University on understanding renal disease and how you can manage it successfully.
Watch the video and use this information to help formulate a plan with your Vet for managing your cat's condition. You can do it.
Source(s): http://www.purinavets.eu/home/feline/nutritionalma... http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/kidney-disea... - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- Elaine MLv 710 years ago
Nine with kidney issues? That's really young. Usually you see it in cats 15 or older.
Ours is on a canned diet, and we encourage extra water drinking with him too. The kidneys need more fluids to keep flushed. We sometimes add water to his canned food, or take raw ground turkey and mix it with warm water to make a slurry, which he likes.
Talk to your vet. The old way of thinking was to keep the cat on a low protein diet (it works for humans and dogs but they saw no improvement in cats). The new research on cats says HIGH protein, low fat diets for them help far better.
My cat has reduced kidney function but he's going strong yet at age 21 (he turned 21 in March). Technically he's been classified as CRF for over 6 years now. He's on canned, some raw, with extra fluids, and is maintaining health and weight.
- SusanLv 45 years ago
I couldn't just sit around and do nothing like my doctors suggested.
They didn't want me to do anything or to take herbs or herbal remedies, but I had to try something - they just wanted me to do dialysis!
This program allowed me to take control of my health. I went from Stage 4 to Stage 3 kidney disease.
It was easy to do and my BUN, creatinine and anemia are all in better ranges.
Reversing Your Kidney Disease?
Source(s): https://bitly.im/aOidE - 10 years ago
The vet probably knows best, but changing his food would also help. We have had our cat on food from the vet since he was a little kitten so he won't develop kidney problems as easy.
