Best diet for CKD/Diabetic Senior?

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Hi, friends! So my almost 17-yr-old boy has chronic kidney disease AND diabetes. His CKD was well-regulated before the diabetes diagnosis, but his kidneys are now getting worse with the high-protein diabetic diet. His phosphorus levels are actually okay. It's his creatinine and BUN that are too high. Does anyone here have experience with this dreadful mash-up of diseases? What diet worked best for your kitty? Thanks!
 
What stage CRD is your boy?
Unless he is fairly advanced with CRD , it is OK to feed high protein food.
My Sheba had early CRD and I gave her home prepared food.
Here is the link to how I fed her.
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/home-prepared-diet-of-crd-cats.150441/

Do you feed low phosphorus foods.?
Here is a link to low phosphorus foods
http://catinfo.org/docs/CatFoodProteinFatCarbPhosphorusChart.pdf

I also added a cooked egg WHITE to her food each day....mashed up and mixed with the other food. It has virtually no phosphorus but is a great source of protein.

If you stick to a low carb, high protein diet that is low in phosphorus with some added egg white that should be ok for both the FD and CRD
 
JanetNJ said:
Are you giving sub q's?
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No. He had a hx of crystals and blockage. I need to figure out his kidney status. I was going on assumption that hx of crystals and needing surgery qualified for low phos diet. I need to follow up with vet in this.
 
Bron and Sheba said:
What stage CRD is your boy?
Unless he is fairly advanced with CRD , it is OK to feed high protein food.
My Sheba had early CRD and I gave her home prepared food.
Here is the link to how I fed her.
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/home-prepared-diet-of-crd-cats.150441/

Do you feed low phosphorus foods.?
Here is a link to low phosphorus foods
http://catinfo.org/docs/CatFoodProteinFatCarbPhosphorusChart.pdf

I also added a cooked egg WHITE to her food each day....mashed up and mixed with the other food. It has virtually no phosphorus but is a great source of protein.

If you stick to a low carb, high protein diet that is low in phosphorus with some added egg white that should be ok for both the FD and CRD
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Ferg is getting fed:
Sheba perfect portion pate 42P/56F/3C/236Phos/42cal x2
and
I and love and you, Wholey cow
34P/63F/3C/140Phos/95cal
and occasionally cause it is brothy and he likes it and I already bought it
Fancy Feast Naturals
75P/25F/0C/315Phos/45cal

I wrote out all the low phone low carb ones and will look for options to have today. I also looked for low phos high carb to have a can or two for hypo if we ever get there. I will start adding egg whit to one meal to see if he digs that.

As of today, I weeded out the cans I got based on protien and separated out the higher phos. I will give those to my other cat. He needs a bit of weight loss and was a dry food kitty. So change to wet is protective and proactive. He will get the friskies pates I have and probably stay on those. They are lower phos at around 320-335Phos.

Thank you so much for advice. I plan to give him a rest after a +6 BS today. He really doesn't like the ear pokes. He is so good with his shots I don't want him to get an aversion prior to needing tighter control later. I am fed doing the start low go slow. I am a little bummed tho seeing that TR seems to lead to remission. I understand taking the stress of the insulin making cells quicker helps them heal and leads to higher chances of remission but this is what I can do. Well that and love him and pray.

This board is saving him thank you all. My vet was very "do one unit and see you in 2 weeks." I am glad I checked and up'ed him. We will cal the vet tomorrow to get another urine culture to see if that is gone to eliminate high BS based on illness. I can talk about CKD with them then to clarify his crystal situation. I really need to get his BS I der control so he can get his PU fixed. He has to have a wide open "pee hole", Ya know. This two lil holes, he currently has (although bigger than unaltered cats) isn't optimal.
Have a great mothers day.
 
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Supurrkitten said:
No. He had a hx of crystals and blockage. I need to figure out his kidney status. I was going on assumption that hx of crystals and needing surgery qualified for low phos diet. I need to follow up with vet in this.
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Sub q's will bring that bun down. Do you have a copy of the labs?
 
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