Carb diet for cats with kidney disease?
I recently adopted an old cat and noticed she was drinking alot of water. We got her tested and it turns out she has kidney disease. She still has great appetite but is very picky with the types of food she likes. I usually give her Royal Canin Oral care and steak mince meat for cats from the fridge section for cats (which she adores).
Because of her recent condition I was advised to put her on special renal cat food. I looked up Royal Canin Veterinary Renal Select Dry Cat Food which has the following top ingredients:
maize flour, rice, animal fats, wheat gluten*, soy protein isolate*, vegetable fibres, maize, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, chicory pulp, dehydrated poultry protein, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, marigold extract (source of lutein).
I care alot about my animals but this diet seems to be loaded with carbohydrates which are not only inflammatory but also seems strange to give to a carnivorous animal. It just doesn't seem right to me, could someone please explain? I want to make sure I'm not harming my animals.
I recently adopted an old cat and noticed she was drinking alot of water. We got her tested and it turns out she has kidney disease. She still has great appetite but is very picky with the types of food she likes. I usually give her Royal Canin Oral care and steak mince meat for cats from the fridge section for cats (which she adores).
Because of her recent condition I was advised to put her on special renal cat food. I looked up Royal Canin Veterinary Renal Select Dry Cat Food which has the following top ingredients:
maize flour, rice, animal fats, wheat gluten*, soy protein isolate*, vegetable fibres, maize, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, chicory pulp, dehydrated poultry protein, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, marigold extract (source of lutein).
I care alot about my animals but this diet seems to be loaded with carbohydrates which are not only inflammatory but also seems strange to give to a carnivorous animal. It just doesn't seem right to me, could someone please explain? I want to make sure I'm not harming my animals.