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Ok, this might be long.
I have 2 beautiful kitties. Both tabbies and blood brother and sister. 16 yrs old.
Both had developed pancreatitis within 2 weeks apart from each other (no idea what caused this!). Now, my male cat has mega colon so his recovery took a bit longer, and he has been losing weight for awhile. Last summer, we had both he and his sister's blood work taken and all levels were normal for creatin. This time, during both of their pancreatitis episodes, I had blood taken and both are on the boarder of kidney issues.
My boy , though, they suspected with Protein Losing Nephropathy (PLN) due to protein levels that were low. They took urine, and found his levels are point one above the high end of normal, but his urine color was not consistent of those with PLN.
I think my boy may have a bowel issue ---IBD because with his mega colon, he has been on restoralax and ciscipride since 2 yrs of age. Since his pancreatic episode, he has not needed his laxative.
Upon speaking to my vet, we will be trying both cats on the Royal Canin hypoallerenic Renal diet. I'm hoping that will help my boy gain some weight----he's 10.1 pounds , but his spine, ribs and shoulders are very noticable when you pat him. His sister does NOT have PLN(suspicion of) as she had no drop in protein levels.
Has anyone fed this to their kitties? Did they notice weight gain? I will also be looking at putting my boy on hyperthyroid medication, which is to help with PLN. We're just not sure what to address more--the megacolon or this newest condition. I did notice that pancreatitis can give off some elevated kidney levels so, I am just going to be cautious and put them on a renal diet right now.
They are both doing MUCH better and happy kitties---I got home from work tonight and found things all over the floor (a bag knocked over). Never been so happy to see a mess on my floor! Hahahah.
Thanks in advance
I have 2 beautiful kitties. Both tabbies and blood brother and sister. 16 yrs old.
Both had developed pancreatitis within 2 weeks apart from each other (no idea what caused this!). Now, my male cat has mega colon so his recovery took a bit longer, and he has been losing weight for awhile. Last summer, we had both he and his sister's blood work taken and all levels were normal for creatin. This time, during both of their pancreatitis episodes, I had blood taken and both are on the boarder of kidney issues.
My boy , though, they suspected with Protein Losing Nephropathy (PLN) due to protein levels that were low. They took urine, and found his levels are point one above the high end of normal, but his urine color was not consistent of those with PLN.
I think my boy may have a bowel issue ---IBD because with his mega colon, he has been on restoralax and ciscipride since 2 yrs of age. Since his pancreatic episode, he has not needed his laxative.
Upon speaking to my vet, we will be trying both cats on the Royal Canin hypoallerenic Renal diet. I'm hoping that will help my boy gain some weight----he's 10.1 pounds , but his spine, ribs and shoulders are very noticable when you pat him. His sister does NOT have PLN(suspicion of) as she had no drop in protein levels.
Has anyone fed this to their kitties? Did they notice weight gain? I will also be looking at putting my boy on hyperthyroid medication, which is to help with PLN. We're just not sure what to address more--the megacolon or this newest condition. I did notice that pancreatitis can give off some elevated kidney levels so, I am just going to be cautious and put them on a renal diet right now.
They are both doing MUCH better and happy kitties---I got home from work tonight and found things all over the floor (a bag knocked over). Never been so happy to see a mess on my floor! Hahahah.
Thanks in advance