This was my initial thread: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=228982
I had some bloodwork done on Max yesterday (we only checked kidney and thyroid) and the vet said both were borderline problematic, but still in normal range. She wants me to put him on a protein restricted diet to help his kidneys. This is what I was told last time I did a blood screening on him 2 years ago. At that time people here suggested a higher quality food and not the prescription food. I switched him over to Taste of the Wild and he's done fine on that since. I offer him wet food, but he rarely eats it. The last few days I've gotten him to start taking wet food more often, but he eats less than maybe half a can of it a day.
The vet suggests trying the new diet for a few months, then bringing him in to be rechecked. If he doesn't improve we would start screening him for other things.
What would be easiest for me would be to continue free feeding Taste of the Wild kibble, and offering him the wet food several times a day. This goes against what the vet suggests as she wants him on a low protein food, but my gut is telling me that the kibble he gets now is fine and I just need to get more wet food in him.
The main thing is I want him to put a little weight back on. He has lost 2 pounds since his last weigh in, but that was 2 years ago. If I feed him as outlined above, do you think he can gain weight that way or should I try adding something else into his diet? Or should I do as the vet suggested and get him a low protein food?
I had some bloodwork done on Max yesterday (we only checked kidney and thyroid) and the vet said both were borderline problematic, but still in normal range. She wants me to put him on a protein restricted diet to help his kidneys. This is what I was told last time I did a blood screening on him 2 years ago. At that time people here suggested a higher quality food and not the prescription food. I switched him over to Taste of the Wild and he's done fine on that since. I offer him wet food, but he rarely eats it. The last few days I've gotten him to start taking wet food more often, but he eats less than maybe half a can of it a day.
The vet suggests trying the new diet for a few months, then bringing him in to be rechecked. If he doesn't improve we would start screening him for other things.
What would be easiest for me would be to continue free feeding Taste of the Wild kibble, and offering him the wet food several times a day. This goes against what the vet suggests as she wants him on a low protein food, but my gut is telling me that the kibble he gets now is fine and I just need to get more wet food in him.
The main thing is I want him to put a little weight back on. He has lost 2 pounds since his last weigh in, but that was 2 years ago. If I feed him as outlined above, do you think he can gain weight that way or should I try adding something else into his diet? Or should I do as the vet suggested and get him a low protein food?