Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13amIs it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
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Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?Mimi wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 9:24pmHer kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13amIs it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
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It's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.JennyB wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 9:39amPoor Kitty. Is that treatable?Mimi wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 9:24pmHer kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13amIs it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
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I'm so sorry. :(Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pmIt's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.JennyB wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 9:39amPoor Kitty. Is that treatable?Mimi wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 9:24pmHer kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13amIs it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
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Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pmIt's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.JennyB wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 9:39amPoor Kitty. Is that treatable?Mimi wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 9:24pmHer kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13amIs it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
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Buddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:40pmPoor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pmIt's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.JennyB wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 9:39amPoor Kitty. Is that treatable?Mimi wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 9:24pmHer kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 May 2018, 8:13am
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Buddy sends his regards. He's a big kitty.
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Thanks, guys. I appreciate the kind thoughts. This one is hitting me like a truck, reminding too much of when my dog died. She's always been my baby and to see her go through this and me feeling helpless because her kidneys are stupid is hard. Not lying when I say she was herself in the morning and a completely different cat when I came home from work. It was like someone had shut off a light. No signs or symptoms just BAM, which is scary about kidney disease.
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That's rough.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:58pmBuddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:40pmPoor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pmIt's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.
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Iggy Pup was inbred as hell (we adopted her that way) and her trachea collapsed and LucyFur was old as all hell and stopped liking food. Buddy is doing well despite being in constant existential crisis.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:29pmThat's rough.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:58pmBuddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:40pmPoor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pmIt's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.
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Iggy Pup and LucyFur. Nice.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:47pmIggy Pup was inbred as hell (we adopted her that way) and her trachea collapsed and LucyFur was old as all hell and stopped liking food. Buddy is doing well despite being in constant existential crisis.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:29pmThat's rough.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:58pmBuddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 2:40pmPoor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 12:46pm
It's progressive. Unless something else takes her life in the meantime, I know how she'll die. We're still doing testing. Once I hear back from the vet I'll ask them about medication. As of right now, she's about 90% her old self except she eats less and drinks more. The minute I see her taking a turn for the worse, I'll make The Decision. I don't want to see her suffer.
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Our vet back in Saskatoon said that dry food is in some respects incompatible with cats' digestive systems. The kibbles are high in carbs—that's what keeps them together—and cats aren't as adept at digesting carbs. But they love it because it's like eating cookies for them. And it can be helpful to their teeth because they aren't ripping through bone, so it does help break up plaque. Wet food, the more raw the better, is more in line with what they would naturally eat, but it can cause tooth disease. When we adopted Charlotte and Zoë, we made sure to get them hooked on both types (plus it helps when/if they decide they don't like a particular food—the other option is still there).
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I only have experience with my cats so I'm not sure if others are like this, but mine swallow the bits whole. Their teeth never have a chance to get clean. lolDr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:57pmOur vet back in Saskatoon said that dry food is in some respects incompatible with cats' digestive systems. The kibbles are high in carbs—that's what keeps them together—and cats aren't as adept at digesting carbs. But they love it because it's like eating cookies for them. And it can be helpful to their teeth because they aren't ripping through bone, so it does help break up plaque. Wet food, the more raw the better, is more in line with what they would naturally eat, but it can cause tooth disease. When we adopted Charlotte and Zoë, we made sure to get them hooked on both types (plus it helps when/if they decide they don't like a particular food—the other option is still there).
Are your cats picky eaters? Butters isn't but Licorice is which is making it really hard to switch to a better food.
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Treats they just inhale. But their regular meal kibble they chew, plus we also give them a few oral hygiene kibbles that are really big and have to be crunched.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 5:05pmI only have experience with my cats so I'm not sure if others are like this, but mine swallow the bits whole. Their teeth never have a chance to get clean. lolDr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:57pmOur vet back in Saskatoon said that dry food is in some respects incompatible with cats' digestive systems. The kibbles are high in carbs—that's what keeps them together—and cats aren't as adept at digesting carbs. But they love it because it's like eating cookies for them. And it can be helpful to their teeth because they aren't ripping through bone, so it does help break up plaque. Wet food, the more raw the better, is more in line with what they would naturally eat, but it can cause tooth disease. When we adopted Charlotte and Zoë, we made sure to get them hooked on both types (plus it helps when/if they decide they don't like a particular food—the other option is still there).
Our girls have always been insanely open-minded eaters. Anything in their bowl gets devoured. They also like licking my yogurt bowl when I'm done with it. But they've never been that interested in human food. Dickens and Pagan, on the other hand, would each go thru phases of rejecting their food, and then it was a fight to find something that would appeal. And they were especially resistant of efforts to upgrade to healthier, rawer food. They were raised on processed shit and didn't want anything but. We put these two on raw wet food right from the start.Are your cats picky eaters? Butters isn't but Licorice is which is making it really hard to switch to a better food.
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Sorry to hear of this Mimi. Sympathies.Mimi wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 4:28pmThanks, guys. I appreciate the kind thoughts. This one is hitting me like a truck, reminding too much of when my dog died. She's always been my baby and to see her go through this and me feeling helpless because her kidneys are stupid is hard. Not lying when I say she was herself in the morning and a completely different cat when I came home from work. It was like someone had shut off a light. No signs or symptoms just BAM, which is scary about kidney disease.
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