? Food recommendation for early kidney disease?

[Panic]

Not for me thankfully, I'm talking with someone offsite with a cat with early kidney disease and she commented she was feeding half K/D half FF due to cost. I already told her that FF is too high in phos and k/d is too low in protein but was wondering what commercial foods are recommended for early kidney disease. Here's what she said, would be awesome if someone could explain the info to me lol

Oh, good to know - we're still super early in talking about the kidney stuff so maybe why the vet hasn't raised the phosphorus issue yet.

She got I-133 for her hyperthyroidism which seems to have worked (possibly a little too well, I'm waiting on a final consult about her T numbers to see if the vet thinks they are ok or if we now need to treat for hypothyroidism (grr). As expected, once that was treated, it uncovered the kidney issues. As of her 6 month bloodwork she still has elevated BUN and Creatinine, her phosphorus is good, and her SDMA is just at the upper limit for normal. Her urinalysis is all good. So, I'm cautiously optimistic. The vet is even only recommending the "early" k/d for now (only annoying thing is that stuff is even harder to find, thankfully PetCo has it for delivery).

Also found Tanya's site for CKD but it's a little daunting - is there a food chart somewhere I've overlooked?

 

[Critter Mom]

Hi Elizabeth,

I'd suggest referring your contact to the Diet and Nutrition section at Tanya's Site. It covers feeding strategies for different IRIS stages and also has food lists with commercially available foods ordered by phosphorus content.


Mogs
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[Panic]

Thanks Mogs! I'm having a hard time reading the pages on her site but I think it's just messed up on mobile a bit. Guess I need to be on my laptop.

 

[JanetNJ]

my cat has stage two ckd and I feed Weruva foods. They have a lot of good choices under 1 % phosphorous. I like the chicken flavors of the BFF line. she also likes Steak Frites and Paw Lickin' Chicken and On the Cat Wok. They have all their nutrition facts on their website.

 

[Panic]

Thanks Janet! What's the comparison between 1% and 200-250 mg phos? I haven't seen it in percentage form.

 

[JanetNJ]

Thanks Janet! What's the comparison between 1% and 200-250 mg phos? I haven't seen it in percentage form.

so you want under 1% and I try to keep it under 200 mg/100 kcal

here's where weruva nutrition facts are. https://weruva.com/nutrition-landing/

 

[Panic]

Ah excellent! Thank you much!

 

[Critter Mom]

would be awesome if someone could explain the info to me lol

Not sure whether or not you do want more info about the interplay between hyperthyroidism and kidney disease. Just in case you do, here's a recent thread with info on the topic:

https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...-steroids-ends-remission.233815/#post-2614587


Mogs
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[Panic]

Not sure whether or not you do want more info about the interplay between hyperthyroidism and kidney disease. Just in case you do, here's a recent thread with info on the topic:
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Always! Thank you!

 

[jt and trouble (GA)]

Weruva has LOTS of choices.. Siiigh I just wish Zoe would eat them.

 

[Panic]

Zoe must be the pickiest cat I've ever heard of! Forget buying brands, they should make cat food brand variety sample packs to sell.

 

[jt and trouble (GA)]

Zoe must be the pickiest cat I've ever heard of! Forget buying brands, they should make cat food brand variety sample packs to sell.

Tell me about it she likes her 5 FF flavors and thats it. Well most the time