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Hi! It's me and Zero again! Yes - thank God and the universe - she's still with me! But it seems that every day we're focusing on yet another issue, which I'm learning is the norm when you have an older cat in kidney failure.
We are still dealing with the diarrhea, although it has improved somewhat. The fact that she will only take any of her meds/herbs if I mix them with a bit of tuna, which she's allergic to. Fancy Feast no longer does the trick.. My latest confusion is about phosphorus binders, which she needs because the only cat food she can eat is hitgh in phosphorus, and may be the cause of at least a couple of her new issues. I read that aluminum hydroxide powder is the best binder, so a couple of weeks ago I ordered some. It's on backorder, and frankly I forgot about it. So yesterday I read in a few places that Aventi Kidney Support, which uses calcium carbonate and chitosan as binders, but it also professes to support cats with several other issues that come up throughout all the stages of kidney failure. Any reviews I've been able to find about it are great, but it's a failrly new product so these may be advertising as well. So yesterday I ordered that (I like to think of my purchases for Zero as optomistic rather than the blind panic it probably is!).
I would really like to cancel the backordered aluminum hydroxide and not the Aventi, partly due to the expense, but also because the Aventi addresses several issues. Obviously I don't want to give Zero anything that might hurt her, but she does have a lot of symptoms to deal with and to this point, she still seems content, is eating well, and still bossing me around!
I know many people will say I should take her to the vet for more bloodwork and advise on what to do. But I promised Zero that I'd never take her to the vet again (nothing against the vet - I like her) because of the enormous stress it gives her. And at her age I have every intention of keeping that promise. I do have a vet willing to come to our home if/when we need her services. In the meantime Zero has an accupuncturist come here every two weeks who was a "regular" vet for years but now does only Chinese medicine. She has prescribed a few herbs over the past couple of months that I know have been helpfull. I could ask her, but whenever I do, she generally tells me that since she hasn't used traditional medicine in a long time, she'd rather I ask the regular vet..
SO, after my usual lengthy description of things, I'm wondering if anyone has tried the Aventi or has heard any positive or negative reviews about it. As always, thanks for your help!
Lauren & Zero
We are still dealing with the diarrhea, although it has improved somewhat. The fact that she will only take any of her meds/herbs if I mix them with a bit of tuna, which she's allergic to. Fancy Feast no longer does the trick.. My latest confusion is about phosphorus binders, which she needs because the only cat food she can eat is hitgh in phosphorus, and may be the cause of at least a couple of her new issues. I read that aluminum hydroxide powder is the best binder, so a couple of weeks ago I ordered some. It's on backorder, and frankly I forgot about it. So yesterday I read in a few places that Aventi Kidney Support, which uses calcium carbonate and chitosan as binders, but it also professes to support cats with several other issues that come up throughout all the stages of kidney failure. Any reviews I've been able to find about it are great, but it's a failrly new product so these may be advertising as well. So yesterday I ordered that (I like to think of my purchases for Zero as optomistic rather than the blind panic it probably is!).
I would really like to cancel the backordered aluminum hydroxide and not the Aventi, partly due to the expense, but also because the Aventi addresses several issues. Obviously I don't want to give Zero anything that might hurt her, but she does have a lot of symptoms to deal with and to this point, she still seems content, is eating well, and still bossing me around!
I know many people will say I should take her to the vet for more bloodwork and advise on what to do. But I promised Zero that I'd never take her to the vet again (nothing against the vet - I like her) because of the enormous stress it gives her. And at her age I have every intention of keeping that promise. I do have a vet willing to come to our home if/when we need her services. In the meantime Zero has an accupuncturist come here every two weeks who was a "regular" vet for years but now does only Chinese medicine. She has prescribed a few herbs over the past couple of months that I know have been helpfull. I could ask her, but whenever I do, she generally tells me that since she hasn't used traditional medicine in a long time, she'd rather I ask the regular vet..
SO, after my usual lengthy description of things, I'm wondering if anyone has tried the Aventi or has heard any positive or negative reviews about it. As always, thanks for your help!
Lauren & Zero