Hello,
This is my first post.
I just found out this past Friday that my 15 year old Siamese, Loki, has CRF, vet says it is genetic. Her BUN was pretty high, 96.
She reacted quite badly to the vet and his assistent, very frightened and angry. They tell me that subcutaneous fluid therapy would be hlepful, but basically the last word from them is "hey good luck!"
Well I am pretty sad. Loki is better now than she was the other day, but her appetite is down and she appears to be experiencing some nausea. She has lost about 20% of her body weight in the 6 months.
So I am looking into how to help her best. She outright refuses to eat the SD KD, dry or wet.
I was wondering if anyone here has had good results with their CRF cat on a raw meat diet?
Also, I have read a lot about a raw meat diet here, and it seems a little odd to me. There are so many "bugs" to be found in raw meat. Does that mean cats can just handle that sort of thing or should I be looking for meats from organic, etc sources?
I also saw some information in accupressure and accupuncture. Has anyone tried that? Did you have good results?
Thanks in advance. I have had Loki since she was 6 weeks old. I would really like to keep her with me and make her comfortable.
This is my first post.
I just found out this past Friday that my 15 year old Siamese, Loki, has CRF, vet says it is genetic. Her BUN was pretty high, 96.
She reacted quite badly to the vet and his assistent, very frightened and angry. They tell me that subcutaneous fluid therapy would be hlepful, but basically the last word from them is "hey good luck!"
Well I am pretty sad. Loki is better now than she was the other day, but her appetite is down and she appears to be experiencing some nausea. She has lost about 20% of her body weight in the 6 months.
So I am looking into how to help her best. She outright refuses to eat the SD KD, dry or wet.
I was wondering if anyone here has had good results with their CRF cat on a raw meat diet?
Also, I have read a lot about a raw meat diet here, and it seems a little odd to me. There are so many "bugs" to be found in raw meat. Does that mean cats can just handle that sort of thing or should I be looking for meats from organic, etc sources?
I also saw some information in accupressure and accupuncture. Has anyone tried that? Did you have good results?
Thanks in advance. I have had Loki since she was 6 weeks old. I would really like to keep her with me and make her comfortable.