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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am
Mimi wrote:
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Anyone ever have a cat with kidney disease? Licorice is having kidney issues right now, not sure if it's chronic is something acute or if it's something else entirely.
Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.

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Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 7:54am
Anyone ever have a cat with kidney disease? Licorice is having kidney issues right now, not sure if it's chronic is something acute or if it's something else entirely.
Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 7:54am
Anyone ever have a cat with kidney disease? Licorice is having kidney issues right now, not sure if it's chronic is something acute or if it's something else entirely.
Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 12:46pm
JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 7:54am
Anyone ever have a cat with kidney disease? Licorice is having kidney issues right now, not sure if it's chronic is something acute or if it's something else entirely.
Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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.
I'm so sorry. :(
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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 12:46pm
JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 7:54am
Anyone ever have a cat with kidney disease? Licorice is having kidney issues right now, not sure if it's chronic is something acute or if it's something else entirely.
Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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.
Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:40pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 12:46pm
JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2018, 8:13am


Is it kidney or bladder? Our boy Dickens, possessor of many, many maladies, had bladder issues, not uncommon in male cats.
Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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.
Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.
Buddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.
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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.

If I could give only one piece of advice to cat owners: get 'em off the dry food.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:58pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:40pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 12:46pm
JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am
Mimi wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:24pm


Her kidney values are through the roof. No sign of infection so I guess it's chronic.
Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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.
Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.
Buddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.
That's rough.

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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:29pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:58pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:40pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 12:46pm
JennyB wrote:
31 May 2018, 9:39am


Poor Kitty. Is that treatable?
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.
Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.
Buddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.
That's rough.
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.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:47pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:29pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:58pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 2:40pm
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.
Poor little girl. I'm so sorry both of you are going thru this. Love her lots and lots and lots.
Buddy better live a while, we had to say goodbye twice in 16 months not long ago. It sucks but it's worth it.
That's rough.
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.
Iggy Pup and LucyFur. Nice. :approve: :lol:

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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:28pm
If I could give only one piece of advice to cat owners: get 'em off the dry food.
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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Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:57pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:28pm
If I could give only one piece of advice to cat owners: get 'em off the dry food.
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).
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. lol

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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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 5:05pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:57pm
Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:28pm
If I could give only one piece of advice to cat owners: get 'em off the dry food.
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).
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. lol
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.
Are your cats picky eaters? Butters isn't but Licorice is which is making it really hard to switch to a better food.
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.
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Mimi wrote:
31 May 2018, 4:28pm
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.

If I could give only one piece of advice to cat owners: get 'em off the dry food.
Sorry to hear of this Mimi. Sympathies.
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