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My cat currently does not like the renal cat food and has not been eating enough lately to the point she has become tired and not like herself. I have talked to my vet about this and went out early this morning to buy different types of wet foods that have a low enough phosphorus on a dry matter basis....they were really hard to find. She has had most of her teeth taken out and their were not many patte options.
These were what I got for her to try- ( I have spent countless hours doing research for her and even did more while standing in the cat food isle because I realized some of the phosphorus numbers were outdated and I hate to take them off my list )
1. Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner ( Phos: 0.52%) - I have not fed this to her yet -
2. Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets NF Kidney Function Advanced Care Feline Formula - She has not tried this one yet, she has had Hill's and Royal Canine in the past -
3. Healthy Indulgence® Morsels Chicken & Chicken Liver ( phos: 0.55) - This is the one I fed her, however, I notice it has eggs as the 6th ingredient - - She really ate this up and she started purring very loudly after which I have unfortunately not heard for the past couple of days -
4. Moist & Tender soulistic chicken dinner ( phos:0.69%) - Have not tried this yet, this has the highest phosphorus on the list -
5. Tiki Cat Chicken broth - No phosphorus levels that I could find but it seems safe? -
I am asking this because on Tanya's website, http://felinecrf.org/persuading_cat_to_eat.htm, it mentions eggs as a persuasion to get them to eat however it mentions "eating eggs reduced iron absorption by around 27%. This applies more to the yolk than to the white but be careful if your cat is anaemic. " I do not know if that only applies to eggs by itself or eggs in wet food as well.
When she was tested her hematocrit was sitting at a low-normal of 27% ( The normal range is 29 to 48%, cat's hematocrit inflates when they are dehydrated and deflates when hydrated ) ( correct me if I am wrong, it might be the opposite )
Her red blood cell count is at 5.8 which is also low-normal (normal range is 5.92 - 9.93 )
Her Hemoglobin sits at 8.5 which is also low (normal range is 9.3 - 15.9 )
My cat currently does not like the renal cat food and has not been eating enough lately to the point she has become tired and not like herself. I have talked to my vet about this and went out early this morning to buy different types of wet foods that have a low enough phosphorus on a dry matter basis....they were really hard to find. She has had most of her teeth taken out and their were not many patte options.
These were what I got for her to try- ( I have spent countless hours doing research for her and even did more while standing in the cat food isle because I realized some of the phosphorus numbers were outdated and I hate to take them off my list )
1. Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner ( Phos: 0.52%) - I have not fed this to her yet -
2. Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets NF Kidney Function Advanced Care Feline Formula - She has not tried this one yet, she has had Hill's and Royal Canine in the past -
3. Healthy Indulgence® Morsels Chicken & Chicken Liver ( phos: 0.55) - This is the one I fed her, however, I notice it has eggs as the 6th ingredient - - She really ate this up and she started purring very loudly after which I have unfortunately not heard for the past couple of days -
4. Moist & Tender soulistic chicken dinner ( phos:0.69%) - Have not tried this yet, this has the highest phosphorus on the list -
5. Tiki Cat Chicken broth - No phosphorus levels that I could find but it seems safe? -
I am asking this because on Tanya's website, http://felinecrf.org/persuading_cat_to_eat.htm, it mentions eggs as a persuasion to get them to eat however it mentions "eating eggs reduced iron absorption by around 27%. This applies more to the yolk than to the white but be careful if your cat is anaemic. " I do not know if that only applies to eggs by itself or eggs in wet food as well.
When she was tested her hematocrit was sitting at a low-normal of 27% ( The normal range is 29 to 48%, cat's hematocrit inflates when they are dehydrated and deflates when hydrated ) ( correct me if I am wrong, it might be the opposite )
Her red blood cell count is at 5.8 which is also low-normal (normal range is 5.92 - 9.93 )
Her Hemoglobin sits at 8.5 which is also low (normal range is 9.3 - 15.9 )