Sorry Wendy should have read the whole email before I sent. I get
the potassium gluconate at the local pharmacy, it's over the counter
Nature Made brand and for 100, 550mg tablets it is $4.00 a bottle. Fred
weighted 8lbs 9ozs when he started getting it and he was getting 1 and
1/4 tablet twice a day. His potassium got to the normal range 4.5, it
was 3.8 when we started, while this is the low end of normal, it is too
low for a CRF cat, they should be in the mid 4 range. After he was at
4.5, I lowered his dose to 3/4 tablet twice a day and he dropped back
down to 3.8 again so for the last week or so he's been getting 1 and 1/2
tablet twice a day to try and get him up again, haven't done blood work
yet to see where we are.
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He is a page where it helps you figure what you need as far as a dose:*
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2r6qt/supplies/potassium.htm#PotassiumGluconate
*Lots of info here, high phosphorus can also cause back end weakness:*
http://www.felinecrf.org/symptoms.htm#minerals
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More info:*
http://www.felinecrf.org/treatments.htm#low_potassium
That whole website is very informational.
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