Hey,
I ordered the binder from the link you sent me. But the newest update they
have is 2005. Belinda feeds fancy feast. I just wonder what the phosphorous
is on that. I'm going to check when I buy groceries.
I have tried all the kidney canned prescription foods. Science diet has come
out with a new formula that is the ONLY one my cats like. In fact they LOVE it.
The problem is that they are selling out of it and my vet cannot get it on a
regular basis. I think Hill's is trying to get rid of the old 'hard as a rock'
stuff first. So I've got to use something in the meantime. Luckily Bob
prefers wet food, so I'm just going to buy him whatever low phosphorous I can
find and use the binder until we get in new kd canned. Shaft (who has no
teeth) prefers dry food. Go figure. And I have kd dry, so if he comes up crf
too when we get the hyper-t under control he will have been on the kd already.
t
Sharyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tonya, I always say the best food for a CRF kitty is the lowest
phos canned food they will eat. Generally the target is less than 1% (dry
matter). Here is a link to a list of foods and the dry matter phos levels.
http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/canfood.htm
You vet should have several prescription renal foods. Mine refused to eat
any of them. What is your kitty's phos level? If it is over 6.0 you can add
Dried Aluminum Hydroxide Gel to the canned or dry food. It is a very effective
phos binder but it has to be in all the food you cat eats. By adding the
binder to the food you reduce the amount of phos the cat absorbs from the food.
Binders do not do anything about the phos currently in your cats system. Just
gives you cats kidneys a break while they process what is already there. Here
is a link to more info on binders.
About Phosphorus Binders
http://tinyurl.com/37nye
Dr. Nagode's dose recommendations are toward the bottom. Unfortunately most
vets do not understand the impact high phos has on a CRF kitty. Most will try
to sell you Epakitin which is pretty worthless for high phos nos. You can buy
the aluminum hydroxide on line. No Rx required.
Tanya's web site is the most comprehensive I have found for CRF.
www.felineCRF.org
The largest Yahoo CRF group is here.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support/
Eating is often an issue for a CRF kitty. Just like FeLV+ kitties it is
critical for CRF kitties to eat enough to maintain their ideal body wt. There
is a Yahoo Assist Feeding group as well.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/
Let me know if you need any other info. Unfortunately my life had revolved
around CRF kitties for the last 2 1/2 yrs.
Sharyl
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Felvtalk] low phospherous foods
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 10:11 AM
can anyone tell me what numbers are considered to be 'low' for a crf cat.
or better yet give me brand names??
thanks in advance. tonya
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