Kidney disease, cat food and baking soda

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Good grief I'm disgusted right now. I'm new to this site, so this may be the wrong place.

Six months ago I bought Blue Wilderness grain free duck dry food. All six of my cats love it.

But now my seventeen year old Scarlet has been diagnosed with kidney disease. This is my third cat

that I will lose due to crf

I'm sick of these greedy food company's and their non stop lies to get more money.

Big pharma, big food, and many others need to see the business end of a rope.

I had some shocking luck with the use of baking soda. I added a pinch to Sara's food and saw an overnight stunning

improvement in Sara that went on for years.

She passed last year at 19. The idea came from an article by Dr Sircus I found years ago. I can't find the link right now.

I'm looking for it. But here's another link I found back then from daily mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...da-stop-kidney-patients-needing-dialysis.html

Any one familiar with using baking soda?.

Sorry, I'm irritated right now with these food companies.
 
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Baking soda isn't good for cats, in fact it's toxic to cats in large quantities. I would not feed this to your cat. 

We don't know exactly what causes kidney disease in cats. In some instances it's genetic, and in others its likely related to eating a kibble only diet, which is very dehydrating. 

If you aren't familiar with this site, it's the "bible" for CKD. There are lots of things you can do for a CKD cat to help them live longer, including feeding a high protein low phos wet food, giving fluids, probiotics, and using a binder, if needed. 

http://www.felinecrf.org/
 
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Tedd999 said:
 
Good grief I'm disgusted right now. I'm new to this site, so this may be the wrong place.

Six months ago I bought Blue Wilderness grain free duck dry food. All six of my cats love it.

But now my seventeen year old Scarlet has been diagnosed with kidney disease. This is my third cat

that I will lose due to crf

I'm sick of these greedy food company's and their non stop lies to get more money.

Big pharma, big food, and many others need to see the business end of a rope.

I had some shocking luck with the use of baking soda. I added a pinch to Sara's food and saw an overnight stunning

improvement in Sara that went on for years.

She passed last year at 19. The idea came from an article by Dr Sircus I found years ago. I can't find the link right now.

I'm looking for it. But here's another link I found back then from daily mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...da-stop-kidney-patients-needing-dialysis.html

Any one familiar with using baking soda?.

Sorry, I'm irritated right now with these food companies.
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Cats are prone to kidney disease, and if they live long enough many if not most will get it if nothing else does. :(
 
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You can try giving your cat a phosphorus binder.  You can get them in powdered form.  I used to measure how much Sandra needed, mix it with water and give it to her by syringe in her mouth.  It will help slow the progression of the disease if you can keep the phosphorus low.  

Hope your baby does well.  
 
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That article you linked to is about a trial done on HUMANS, not cats. There are important differences in anatomy and metabolism to consider. You can't just assume because something shows promise for treatment in people that's it's going to be OK for cats or dogs.
 
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I forgot to mention that I did call Sara's vet for permission to add just a pinch of soda to her food.

He said thats fine, It won't harm her. I would never do anything without the vets permission.

But that was six years ago.

Now theres Scarlet, Never been sick a day in her life I should here from her new vet today and will discuss it.

And Mirtazapan.

As many times as I've been through this, I've already found a wealth of useful information right here.

I do appreciate everyones input.

Later
 
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Ha, I had a Sara. Lost her to acute on chronic renal failure last April.

I remember asking my vet about baking soda, with Lucky. Yes, if a cat has metabolic acidosis, it can help. But it's very easy to give too much and cause further problems. Would really be best to only do so with constant checking of blood work.

And yes, cats are very prone to kidney disease. Maple has very early stage, but is thankfully doing very well. Sara had a bunch of problems, including severe hyper-t, in addition to the kidney disease. Had a kidney infection that caused the acute aspect. Lucky had a tumor most likely. Just the freaking luck of the draw sometimes, too.
 
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