Kidney Diet, 18 y.o. Siamese

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Please invert everything left of the @ to reply - 20 Feb 2004 15:51 GMT

Wonder about substituting smoked or other sandwich meat for the gr beef in
the kidney problem diet from
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cats-faq/misc/
as it's easier to store and mix, and, besides, we eat a lot more turkey &
chicken than beef 'round here.

Would that be suitable for prolonging the health of our 18 y.o. Siamese who
just barely picks at the minced K/D and will barely touch the solid K/D
from cans?

Thank you all kindly.
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Laura R. - 21 Feb 2004 01:33 GMT

circa Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:51:22 -0800, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
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(3yeltrabnhoj@yahoo.com) said,

> Wonder about substituting smoked or other sandwich meat for the gr beef in
> the kidney problem diet from
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>
> Thank you all kindly.

I'd be concerned about the amount of sodium in sandwich meat, myself.
What about getting ground turkey instead?

Laura

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Brandy??Alexandre - 27 Feb 2004 04:15 GMT

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<3yeltrabnhoj@yahoo.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

> Wonder about substituting smoked or other sandwich meat for the gr
> beef in the kidney problem diet from
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Thank you all kindly.

My nearly 16 y.o. Siamese mix will have nothing to do with k/d, either,
but has been doing very well on Science Diet Senior (Savory Cuts,
because she *must* have chunks and gravy) for the last couple of years
since she was diagnosed. There are other manufacturers of prescription
diets. See if you can find a vet who deals in the Waltham diet. The
vet inside of my local PetSmart carries it. Eukanuba has one, too. I
wouldn't suggest adding meat to the food. You defeat the purpose of
the lower protein requirements of a kidney kitty.

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Phil P. - 28 Feb 2004 07:30 GMT

> wouldn't suggest adding meat to the food. You defeat the purpose of
> the lower protein requirements of a kidney kitty.

That's an outdated theory that was based on studies in Fischer rats -- which
are actually genetically predisposed to develop CRF as they age. Its now
known that the factors that can speed the progression of CRF in the rat
don't have the same effect in the cat. There's no evidence that protein
speeds the progression of CRF in cats. Renal cats should actually be fed as
much high-quality protein as possible while keeping the BUN at 60 mg/dl or
less.

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