Hi Dr. Kris!
I have four cats and a dog, thankfully none of them with CKD..... But since it is such a prevalent and devastating disease, I try do do the very best in trying to prevent it in the future..... If there is such a thing as "preventing it", anyways....
For one thing, I feed raw - I feed a balanced homemade raw diet and my pets really thrive on it - it actually saved my cat Bugsy when he was pretty much hopeless in a gigantic IBD flare where absolutely nothing would work.
Anyways - Here are my questions in re. to diet and CKD:
Thank you so much in advance Dr. Kris!!!
Carolina
I have four cats and a dog, thankfully none of them with CKD..... But since it is such a prevalent and devastating disease, I try do do the very best in trying to prevent it in the future..... If there is such a thing as "preventing it", anyways....
For one thing, I feed raw - I feed a balanced homemade raw diet and my pets really thrive on it - it actually saved my cat Bugsy when he was pretty much hopeless in a gigantic IBD flare where absolutely nothing would work.
Anyways - Here are my questions in re. to diet and CKD:
- I often see "low protein diets" being prescribed for cats diagnosed with CKD.... That often involves commercial foods with grains and vegetables added which to me sounds counterproductive when you want a cat to be at its best health, provided that cats are obligated carnivores.
This also means a raw diet is quickly dismissed, since it is high protein...... When IMHO the issue to be addressed should be the phosphorous levels, not the protein levels. It is perfectly possible to achieve low recommended phosphorous levels by simply adjusting your raw diet accordingly - supplementing the calcium with eggshells instead of feeding bones, and substituting some of the meat for egg whites as a source of phosphorous free protein are a couple of examples of how that can easily be done. - Prescription DRY RX Renal Diets....... and Fluids - Well.... That sounds like an oxymoron to me.... All I know about kibbles is that it is dehydrating..... And all I can think of when I think of CKD, is the higher the fluid intake, the better...... So.... What's the point of feeding a Kibble and prescribing Fluids?
- Last but not least - I was curious if you have noticed in your practice a correlation of long term diet and CKD prevalence?
Do cats who were fed kibbles all their lives present with the disease more often that those fed an all wet diet? Or it is all a genetic gamble?
Thank you so much in advance Dr. Kris!!!
Carolina
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