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dana moore

dana moore

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Is there anywhere else I can find Weruva instead of ordering a case online? I'm afraid if I order a whole case Riley won't like it I'm also interested in some other foods but they don't have them at Petsmart or Petco and I hate to order a whole case.
Riley's going in for his iodine treatment today and I'm still trying to figure out what food to give him not to raise his sugar. I've been mixing the Nature's Variety chicken formula with Fancy Feast half and half.
He's got the kidney disease so I'm trying to figure out what he will eat that's low in phosphorus he will not eat the Nature's Variety by itself so I have to add the fancy face which I know is not low in phosphorus. So hard.
He does not like any foods that are flaky like tuna textures so I'm afraid that the weruva will be the same.
 
Watch out, Nature's Variety is one of the highest in phosphorus! I spoke with the customer's service recently, Lisa Piersons's list is not up to date...
INSTINCT RAW DIET FOR CAT - PHOSPHORUS

Chicken

As Fed 0.67%

Dry Matter 2.03%

Duck

As Fed 0.66%

Dry Matter 2%

Rabbit

As Fed 0.57%

Dry Matter 1.68%

Chicken & Tuna

As Fed 0.6%

Dry Matter1.9%

Thanks!!

Sincerely,

Ronni

Consumer Relations
1-888-519-7387

www.naturesvariety.com
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People with CKD kitties must not rely on the list that is circulating a lot on this forum nor on Lisa Pierson's list anymore. Low phos/low carb food are very rare! Actually, I dont see anything else than Weruva and some Tikicat :(
 
You can get weruva at some pet stores (I carry it at mine) just look online for location in your area...I agree a case is too much when they decide they don't like it (like the day it arrives):eek:
 
Wellness grain free might fit the bill. I think it's not too bad P wise. Primal freeze dried raw turkey is also under 1%. I'm not sure about their frozen raw but they have P numbers on their website. As for Weruva cats in the kitchen cans, around here the bigger cans are not nuch more than the little ones. The smaller pet stores carry them. The pet pros in my neighborhood would order for me if they didn't have the flavor or size in stock.
 
kimouette said:
Watch out, Nature's Variety is one of the highest in phosphorus! I spoke with the customer's service recently, Lisa Piersons's list is not up to date...


People with CKD kitties must not rely on the list that is circulating a lot on this forum nor on Lisa Pierson's list anymore. Low phos/low carb food are very rare! Actually, I dont see anything else than Weruva and some Tikicat :(
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Is this the canned NV, or just the raw?
 
Sharon14 said:
Is this the canned NV, or just the raw?
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that's what I was wondering because I've been giving him the canned chicken it's not the raw but when I looked on Tonya's website for canned foods for kidney disease that variety is not even on the list.
That list by the way is amazing but there's not many foods out there that you can give to a diabetic cat with kidney disease. I live in Myrtle Beach South Carolina and its hard for me to find the majority of them so that's why I've been getting the Nature's Variety because it's easy to find at the pet store.
 
Sorry for the misunderstood, all the data I mentioned is about NV RAW food, not canned! I never thought of the cans since even on Tanya's list the cans are all above 1% DM in phosphorus, so not necessarily appropriate for kidney disease..

As fed Vs Dry matter : http://www.felinecrf.org/food_data_tables.htm
Calculating Dry Matter Analysis Yourself

You shouldn't often need to calculate dry matter yourself because I've already done it for many foods. If you do want to do it yourself, you need to know the amount of moisture in the food and the amount of whatever you are measuring (often this will be phosphorus), and then you need to crunch the numbers a little.

Let's assume you have a food with a moisture content of 76% and a phosphorus content of 0.2% on an As Fed basis. This is the formula:
  • The dry matter in a food is always 100 - (% moisture in the food). So in this example, with 76% moisture, 100-76% leaves 24% dry matter.

  • You then have to divide the phosphorus content by the dry matter. In this case, you would divide 0.2 phosphorus by 24% dry matter, which gives 0.833% phosphorus content of this food on a Dry Matter Analysis basis.
Remember, using the data from cans of food in the USA for this exercise is often unreliable because the data on the cans tend to be maximums or minimums rather than actual data.

The US Food & Drug Administration also explains about dry matter analysis (scroll down to Guaranteed Analysis).
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