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Hello all, This is my first post here.
I have a cat with renal insufficiency. That was diagnosed 8 months ago. Since then he has been taken half a pill of Fortekor everyday, and renal food, basically Royal Canin and K/D hills.
Right now he seems to be more or less OK. He has lost some weight but he is now eating again. However, there have been times in the past months when he has not eaten much at all.
I would like to discuss here about the quantity of proteins contained in the renal prescription foods.
Royal Canin dry food has 23% protein, and 0.3% phosphorus.
K/D Hills dry food has 27% protein, and 0.46% phosphorus.
So, I guess the Royal Canin dry food would be better since it contains a lower quantity of protein and phosphorus and high levels of those are not good for for cats with renal insufficiency.
Renal wet foods, canned or in pouches also contain a similar quantity of protein, always below 30%.
However, I have noticed that there are some non-prescription foods for cats that contain much less protein percentage. If we take a look at the "Gourmet" 85g cans for example, they have only 8.5% protein (the pouches have 13%). It doesn't say how much phosphorus they contain but based on the quantity of protein alone, wouldn't it be OK to give this to my cat with renal insufficiency? My cat actually loves "Gourmet" and in times of crisis in the past when he didn't want to eat anything at all, I gave him some "Gourmet" canned food.
What do you guys think?
Thanks for your time!!!
I have a cat with renal insufficiency. That was diagnosed 8 months ago. Since then he has been taken half a pill of Fortekor everyday, and renal food, basically Royal Canin and K/D hills.
Right now he seems to be more or less OK. He has lost some weight but he is now eating again. However, there have been times in the past months when he has not eaten much at all.
I would like to discuss here about the quantity of proteins contained in the renal prescription foods.
Royal Canin dry food has 23% protein, and 0.3% phosphorus.
K/D Hills dry food has 27% protein, and 0.46% phosphorus.
So, I guess the Royal Canin dry food would be better since it contains a lower quantity of protein and phosphorus and high levels of those are not good for for cats with renal insufficiency.
Renal wet foods, canned or in pouches also contain a similar quantity of protein, always below 30%.
However, I have noticed that there are some non-prescription foods for cats that contain much less protein percentage. If we take a look at the "Gourmet" 85g cans for example, they have only 8.5% protein (the pouches have 13%). It doesn't say how much phosphorus they contain but based on the quantity of protein alone, wouldn't it be OK to give this to my cat with renal insufficiency? My cat actually loves "Gourmet" and in times of crisis in the past when he didn't want to eat anything at all, I gave him some "Gourmet" canned food.
What do you guys think?
Thanks for your time!!!