Is Fortiflora okay for CKD and diabetes?

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dana moore

dana moore

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When I was asking my vet about what foods to get Riley he said that diabetic soft food was okay to give him because it was low in sodium. (The WD high in carbs.)
I've been giving him nothing but Sheba and fancy feast pate which has kept his sugar at around 80 but once I gave him a little bit of the WD it went up to 123 and I don't want it to do that because it may keep going up if I continue to do that.

Now I've been giving him what was recommended on this website from April, and thank you very much for that.
I was reading the for the Fortiflora has salt in it and I was curious should I be concerned about that,I did taste it with my finger and I didn't taste very salty but it still has salt in it, is that something I should be concerned with? Is sodium a concern?
 
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The sodium content of FortiFlora is less than 80 mg per k/cal so it safe. However, with a cat that has CKD Fancy Feast is a little higher in phosphorus than is ideal. Squeaker had diabetes, heart disease, and renal failure and I fed him Little Friskies Classic Pate (not Mixed Grill or Turkey and Giblets [Turkey was loaded with phosphorus and sodium]) and Weruva Peking Ducken and On The Cat Wok. Here is a food list that provides many options. It lists carbs, fat, sodium, protein, and phosphorus by % not mg. For CKD cats we like to feed foods less than 1% phosphorus to slow the progression of the disease. http://felinecrf.org/canned_food_usa.htm#canned_usa
 
Thank you for that info, I really think Fortiflora helps him. I'm in process of trying other goods that are low in phos. He's a cat so obviously giving me a hard time.:):cool::rolleyes:
 
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