Has Anyone Had To Go Through A Cat With Chronic Renal Failure?

11/25/10 | Me

[NoGrayZone]

For the last couple of months, I thought my elder kitty was just going senile. She turned 19 this summer and has the usual "old cat" look....frail back and hind legs, loss of muscle and weight and just looks "old". She also started tinkling and pooping outside her liter box and seemed obsessed with her water bowl (hovering over it for hours).

She has hip dysplasia and "old cat back", which cortisone shots took care of 2-3 years ago, then they stopped working. I found Syn-Flex for pets online and she made a miraculous recovery.

The vets did all kinds of tests, etc last time I bought her in and nothing came back. I started seeing weird symptoms for the past month, but just assumed she was getting senile.

I looked up her symptoms and found CRF, which is common at her age. There is no cure, it only gets worse. I do not want to bring her to the vets. Last time she was there (my original vet is now elder and seemed to have lost some of his mind, perhaps senility is creeping in. I heard that in the vets office). I don't like the other vets there, nor trust them from my last experience.

There is also no cure for it.....just things to do to ease any symptoms to make them more comfortable.

I found, online, Tinkle Tonic, which seems to ease a lot of symptoms for this disease.

I was just wondering if any FReepers had to or are dealing with this and perhaps can give me some helpful advice.

[Bellflower]

Get some Solray "Kidney" and give your kitty about a 4th capsule twice a day in an empty capsule with butter on it. Solray also has a kidney cleanse product that I have never used on kitties but it might be worth a try too. Whatever you do don't go overboard and try just a little at a time. I have had cats who have gotten very old and nursed them with renal failure for some time. Another hint is that you can also try putting in a 1/3 to a half of the same capsule filled with some Ambrotose® complex. My kitties in the past have done very well on this combo.

I know humans can do wonderfully by taking baking soda as strange as that sounds. It seems to stimulate and clean the kidneys out not unlike a coffee pot gets clean with baking soda but I would not try it on a kitty because their ph level is so fussy. I am going to research this though and see what I can come up with because I know that it can be really wonderful for people with very bad kidneys.

[Bellflower]

Sorry for your loss as I just read that your beloved kitty died. May The LORD comfort you as you grieve. Maybe the info I gave you will someday come in handy with your other two. Again, God bless you and keep you.