Diet for senior with CRF

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Hi all,

I've been doing lots of research on what food I should get for my 19 year old boy. He's currently eating about 2 cans of wet Fancy Feast every day. He had lab work done a few days ago for a UTI and here are the results - excuse me if not all of these values are relevant to kidneys:

ALB: 4.3 (normal range 2.5 - 3.9)

AMYL: 1181 (normal range 100 - 1200)

BUN: 45 (normal range 14 - 36) -- his BUN has been relatively stable at this value for years

CHOL: 276 (normal range 75 - 220)

CREA: 2.0 (normal range 0.6 - 2.4)

LIPA: 328 (normal range 0 - 205)

PHOS: 4.5 (normal range 2.4 - 8.4)

He normally weighs around 20-21 pounds but has recently dropped to 19.4 (the first time he's ever lost weight). I'm definitely trying to get him to lose weight now, since he also has arthritis, but I obviously don't want that to happen too fast or be a detriment to the CRF.

Do you have any suggestions on what to feed? We've tried Hills k/d before and he wasn't the biggest fan. I'm doing lots of research but I also feel like I'm going in circles a bit with protein and phosphorous. I was planning on trying Iams Multi-Stage Renal and Royal Canin Renal...has anyone had luck with those?

ETA: I apologize since there are so many of these threads going around! I just love your opinions and would feel better if you all saw his specific numbers. I'm thrown for a loop since his phosphorous is within the normal levels...
 
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Well the good news is that his numbers aren't too bad!  The only one out of whack is his BUN, and it's not too bad. 

Most cats don't really like the kidney diets because they're kind of bland in the flavor department.  Here is a chart that lists all kinds of food, in order by the amount of phosphorus in them.  You are looking for low phos in the food...that's what makes it kidney friendly.  This chart is in order by lowest phosphorus first, so it's kind of hard to find a particular food


http://www.felinecrf.org/canned_food_usa.htm#canned_usa

Also, I recommend you start really perusing that entire website.  It is FILLED with helpful information.  Particularly, in your case,  the Diet and Nutrition portion, since right now, that may be the only thing you need to  adjust, since his numbers are pretty good
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Hopefully you'll find something that he really likes.  You can always start off by mixing some of his Fancy Feast into the new food to try to wean him off of it. 
 
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