Low Sodium Foods

Yesterday my 4 year old kitty Edison was diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The prognosis is three months.

He has started drugs and yesterday 300(!!!!) cc's of fluid was drained from around his lungs. Needless to say, he is feeling better

today.

The vet recommended a low sodium diet. Right now everyone is on BlueBuffalo Evolutionary (Chicken) and Wellness Core grain free. I'm finding the lack of information about sodium levels in foods to be very frustrating. The vet is saying the foods should be between .30-.35 % sodium.

Is there resource that you may know of that lists sodium levels in foods?? I'm not having a lot of luck. I won't feed the SD low sodium as the food is carby trash.

Thanks for any help.

Edisons Mom

Sorry to hear about the HCM diagnosis, and at such a young age too! There are some charts at this link that have the sodium content of various foods: http://www.felinecrf.org/food_data_tables.htm#tables

All the best to you and Edison.

Thanks SugarMom! Much appreciated and VERY helpful!

Yes, he is just a young man. Unfortunately, HCM is usually diagnosed between 2-5 years old. It is a very scary diagnosis. I just want him to be happy for however long he has.

I thought I would update this thread with some more info. My cat has lived with HCM for 10+ years and went on a moderate sodium diet (<80mg/100 kcal) three years ago when she advanced to CHF. Our cardiologist recommend the list from the Cummings School at Tufts. I also have found good info at Vermont Veterinary Cardiology.

I also have written to lots of pet food companies to get their nutrition info, and done lots of trial and error on various foods. Speedy and I have settled on Weruva Slide-N-Serve and Tiki Cat Velvet Mousse. Most flavors meet our sodium limits, but not all of them. Of course YMMV.

Weruva gives pretty detailed nutrient percentages, including sodium, on their website. Look at the charts for "DMB", dry matter basis" percentages.

Many of their foods are low sodium.