> She's an 8 year old DSH that, I believe, is highly inbred.  I got her
> from my hay guy, and she has several issues: missing teeth, poor
> vision, oddly shaped legs and head, and her kidneys are about half
> normal size.
>
> Her creatinine is 3.1, down from 3.7, which is down from 3.9.  Her
> phosphorus levels are low; her calcium levels are slightly elevated.
> The creatinine labs are at roughly two week intervals.  Initial labs
> were drawn prior to a tooth extraction (one dead tooth in a mouthful
> of nice healthy ones.)  Urine was pulled at the time of the tooth
> extraction and she was found to have a raging kidney infection, and
> we put her on 2 weeks of Clavimox.  Urine collected after the
> antibiotics showed nothing abnormal.
>
> Two weeks ago, we switched Ginger from Innova dry food to Royal Canin
> Mature 27, and started with 100cc's sub-q twice a week.  She's now
> eating RC Renal LP.
>
> I plan on pulling another set of labs in about a month, to see what
> direction we're heading.  She's acting more like a normal kitty since
> we resolved the kidney infection and added the fluids.  I'm not sure
> how the food is affecting her, but figure it must be helping her
> kidneys.
>
> She's in good weight--certainly not overweight, but not thin, either.