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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2003Trying to Get a cat with suspected Kidney Failure to eat
I took my cat to the vet on Fri. and he suspects kidney failure, but we will not know much more until Tues. when blood work comes back. In the meantime she is very lethargic, sleeps most of the time, through occasionally drinks and pees. I got her to eat a tiny bit of tuna while she was drinking today. Any suggestions on how to get her to eat more. There is dry food around. And I hold up cold cuts etc. in front of her and she turns away. BTW he gave her some under the skin fluids on Fri. BillD > I took my cat to the vet on Fri. and he suspects kidney failure, but we will > not know much more until Tues. when blood work comes back. In the meantime she [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > BillD http://www.felinecrf.org/diet_and_nutrition.htm HTH Helen I feel for your frustration on this one having been through it before. Keep trying! You never know when they might get the ever so slight urge to try something & there's nothing like the victory of that moment. For my cat it was the chicken from the chow mein leftovers. Progress was slow, but we had her for another year on one kidney. Good luck!! shawsc > I took my cat to the vet on Fri. and he suspects kidney failure, but we will > not know much more until Tues. when blood work comes back. In the meantime she [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > BillD > I feel for your frustration on this one having been through it before. Keep > trying! You never know when they might get the ever so slight urge to try [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > shawsc Thanks for the hope. I had a limited success finally. I tempted her with her favorite foods and she either ignored me or growled at me. Finally, I tried dry cat food - which is around the house in bowls - one piece at a time, and she ate that right up! 10 or 12 pieces. So that is something at least. BillD I would try canned food. The extra moisture in the canned food will help the kidneys. Also, you could try adding tuna juice to the food to make it more appealing. Did your vet suggest feeding your cat any of the kidney diet foods like Hills k/d or Purina NF? Sue > I took my cat to the vet on Fri. and he suspects kidney failure, but we will > not know much more until Tues. when blood work comes back. In the meantime she [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > BillD > I would try canned food. The extra moisture in the canned food will help > the kidneys. Also, you could try adding tuna juice to the food to make it [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > BillD what do you mean by tuna juice? thought that was brine! or oil normally?  SignatureLuv'n'Stuff *~*SooZy*~* New Pictures added every few days http://community.webshots.com/user/ragdollcatsuk
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