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My 14 y/o cat won’t eat her special diet…help!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

My 14 year old kitty has been diagnosed with early stage renal failure.

The vet has prescribed several foods, none of which she will eat. She did eat a couple for a few days, but after that said “no way”. I got tiredof starving my cat.

She has always preferred fish based foods. I have checked the ingredients on several and compared them to the ones suggested by the vet. It seems that the most important thing is to stay away from dry foods, which all have a high concentration of Crude Protein. I have found several Friskies Buffet Indoor Cat foods that she really likes. They are similar to the prescription foods in the percentage of crude protein, but are all lower on fat content.

Are the Friskies OK for her? Isn’t the moisture content and percentage of crude protein the most important ingredients?

Cat with beginning stages of renal failure. Need advice on diet.

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Hi my cat has been diagnosed with early stages Renal (kidney) failure. I wanted to know do I have to feed my cat those expensive prescription cat foods or is there a more affordable
food he can eat?

Thank you very much

Christine