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Towards the end of April, my Echo had a weird bout of "malaise". Just 3-4 days being less energetic, slightly less appetite (less excited or demanding about food but was still pretty much finishing meals), barely vocalizing where she's usually yelling, or adorably complaining at me at least few times a day. We went to vets the day after I saw her unhappy-loafing night before. She was seen by one I have not met, but at a clinic I've known for years from when my parents brought our family dogs there.
Physical exam went fine, she did have slight temp at 103 but vet said could be stress since she gets stressed. They agreed to do blood work. These are the results from that, which I was told was all good all normal..but I asked for copies and now the lingering concern I have is about her kidneys. She was 13 hours fasted since this was late morning appointment and when I asked they said to skip giving her breakfast... 99% chance did not drink water in that time since she won't drink from any bowls or cups I leave out. She WILL stick her head in my cups and get hair in my water, but just doesnt drink (getting fountain, yes). I feed her all wet food and add 1 or so tablespoons per meal (she eats 3x a day) though and vet said she might not drink if water if I'm adding to her meals.
Anyway, she has been more herself following this visit. My concern is her SDMA went from 7 in January to 12 at this recent test. Her Creatinine 1.9, which I hope was just factor of being possibly dehydrated... Was 1.5 in Jan. I was told elsewhere in a Kidney cats group the high Albumin did indicate dehydration which can raise numbers, but the SDMA seemed to jump so significantly.... The vets did not offer this information re: dehydration to me and just wanted me to accept that to them the results were all fine. Said she didnt need follow up for 6 or more months unless still acting unwell of course. Regardless, I brought in morning urine sample to test specific gravity, which came back at 1.032. I've read on Tanya's site that anything under 1.035 is something to look into and now I'm scared my young as heck kitty has kidney issues
Her past urinalysis have been 1.034, 1.030. 3 different vets have never brought up issue with this....I think both of those earlier tests were not first day's pee and I was adding 2 tbs water per meal, making them almost soupy so I'm really hoping it's just from that.... Isn't that still lower than should be though? Even if feeding wet food?
It's been about a month since this last blood test, should I try and get them to do another one this week, but this time when she is hydrated and has had breakfast earlier in the day? I'm worried if I should aim to feed her lower phosphorous foods. Right now she gets Rawz Turkey and Tiki After Dark. Someone else said since she is so young, she could still be growing so not go too low with Phosphorous? I might also order a refractometer to check morning USG after having a regular wet dinner, without added water to see if the low USGs are all my doing, or her kidneys not concentrating... I want to be proactive. Kind of really scared don't want to inadvertently be harming her or not addressing something that needs to be addressed...
Physical exam went fine, she did have slight temp at 103 but vet said could be stress since she gets stressed. They agreed to do blood work. These are the results from that, which I was told was all good all normal..but I asked for copies and now the lingering concern I have is about her kidneys. She was 13 hours fasted since this was late morning appointment and when I asked they said to skip giving her breakfast... 99% chance did not drink water in that time since she won't drink from any bowls or cups I leave out. She WILL stick her head in my cups and get hair in my water, but just doesnt drink (getting fountain, yes). I feed her all wet food and add 1 or so tablespoons per meal (she eats 3x a day) though and vet said she might not drink if water if I'm adding to her meals.
Anyway, she has been more herself following this visit. My concern is her SDMA went from 7 in January to 12 at this recent test. Her Creatinine 1.9, which I hope was just factor of being possibly dehydrated... Was 1.5 in Jan. I was told elsewhere in a Kidney cats group the high Albumin did indicate dehydration which can raise numbers, but the SDMA seemed to jump so significantly.... The vets did not offer this information re: dehydration to me and just wanted me to accept that to them the results were all fine. Said she didnt need follow up for 6 or more months unless still acting unwell of course. Regardless, I brought in morning urine sample to test specific gravity, which came back at 1.032. I've read on Tanya's site that anything under 1.035 is something to look into and now I'm scared my young as heck kitty has kidney issues
Her past urinalysis have been 1.034, 1.030. 3 different vets have never brought up issue with this....I think both of those earlier tests were not first day's pee and I was adding 2 tbs water per meal, making them almost soupy so I'm really hoping it's just from that.... Isn't that still lower than should be though? Even if feeding wet food?It's been about a month since this last blood test, should I try and get them to do another one this week, but this time when she is hydrated and has had breakfast earlier in the day? I'm worried if I should aim to feed her lower phosphorous foods. Right now she gets Rawz Turkey and Tiki After Dark. Someone else said since she is so young, she could still be growing so not go too low with Phosphorous? I might also order a refractometer to check morning USG after having a regular wet dinner, without added water to see if the low USGs are all my doing, or her kidneys not concentrating... I want to be proactive. Kind of really scared
don't want to inadvertently be harming her or not addressing something that needs to be addressed...
