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I hate being that person who posts something that has been asked before :/ I promise I've looked through recent posts, but it's really overwhelming, so I apologize!
I've posted about this elsewhere on the site, so bear with me if you've read it before! Buster seemingly inexplicably starved himself about 6 or so weeks ago. He's gone on bratty fasts before, but not one for so long. Then I believe he had a bad reaction to Frontline, a lot of his symptoms pointed to kidney issues, so I took him to the vet. They ruled out diabetes and thyroid problems, but said his kidneys were only slightly elevated in a way that was consistent with a cat who was a little dehydrated. Fast forward to now and he's eating about 10 oz of wet food a day, which I add water to. He's a big cat (not fat.. His legs were as long as Dali's elephants when he was a kitten) so I think he's close to what he should be eating.
Anyway, I want to give him the best, most ideal food to possibly prevent further kidney problems. We're going back in a couple of months for more blood work to make sure he's HOPEFULLY fine. I've looked at felinecrf.org, too. I had been feeding him and my other 3 Taste of the Wild dry and they seemed to love it until Buster decided he'd rather die than ever eat it again, haha. Their 3oz canned food is 8% protein and phosphorus is 0.31%. Is that ideal? Again, I apologize, but I wouldn't be asking if it clearly wasn't keeping me up at night, haha
I've posted about this elsewhere on the site, so bear with me if you've read it before! Buster seemingly inexplicably starved himself about 6 or so weeks ago. He's gone on bratty fasts before, but not one for so long. Then I believe he had a bad reaction to Frontline, a lot of his symptoms pointed to kidney issues, so I took him to the vet. They ruled out diabetes and thyroid problems, but said his kidneys were only slightly elevated in a way that was consistent with a cat who was a little dehydrated. Fast forward to now and he's eating about 10 oz of wet food a day, which I add water to. He's a big cat (not fat.. His legs were as long as Dali's elephants when he was a kitten) so I think he's close to what he should be eating.
Anyway, I want to give him the best, most ideal food to possibly prevent further kidney problems. We're going back in a couple of months for more blood work to make sure he's HOPEFULLY fine. I've looked at felinecrf.org, too. I had been feeding him and my other 3 Taste of the Wild dry and they seemed to love it until Buster decided he'd rather die than ever eat it again, haha. Their 3oz canned food is 8% protein and phosphorus is 0.31%. Is that ideal? Again, I apologize, but I wouldn't be asking if it clearly wasn't keeping me up at night, haha