Will my 13 year old cat die from kidney failure, she is seriously ill at vets in hospital?

took cat to vets, they took her in straightway she is so weak and cant move, she is not eating, just laying there as if she is dyingWill my 13 year old cat die from kidney failure, she is seriously ill at vets in hospital?
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The lab tests will tell if it is final stages or not. Please join the group as the knowledge of 1000m people treating the same disease is much more then any vet or one person will have.





She can recover. If she does she is going to need your help. That means doing research and not blindly following any avice by the vet or others or me. Please join the group linked below. best of luck


Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure





If your cat is not in final stages, this is not want you want to do. You do not want to put your cat on the


Vets low protein diet. There are simply so many better options out there than to hand the poor cat a low amount of poor quality protein - which often results in a poor appetite and muscle wasting since the body is now robbing its own muscle mass to feed itself a decent quality and amount of protein.


. There are new thoughts on this and the thinking is it is not the amount of protein but the quality of protein that matters.


The Merck veterinary manual [www.merckvetmanual.com] says that cats need ';4 g of protein of high biologic value per kg body wt/day';. That's about 7 calories from protein per pound body weight per day. If a cat isn't a good eater and consumes, say, 20 calories per pound per day, then 7/20 = 35% of calories can safely be from protein. It must be high quality protein, which means meat, fish, milk, and eggs, and not grain or soy.





I am under the assumption that you have been feeding mostly dry foods. Many use a vegetable based protein instead of animal and that is part of the problem.. Your cat needs protein as it is a carnivore and cutting down on it will lead to other health issues and may cause faster degeneration.


You want to cut down on phosphorous (no fish allowed now)





The best way to do this is with a raw diet which you can make yourself or buy. (Making yourself is better) link provided at the bottom


If you are unwilling to do that then something like the non fish flavors of Wellness or Merrick with NO grains are good alternatives. Wysong is also a good canned choice. This list gives a breakdown. Remember you want low phosphorous


http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/CanFo鈥?/a>





You should be giving sub-Q fluids as needed.








You also will want to look into phosphorous binders. Something like aluminum hydroxide


Ask your vet or look into calcitrol








You may want to talk to the vet about having injectable Pepcid AC on hand or you can buy it in pill form (ac not plain pepcid) and give 1/4 tab for stomach upset which happens a lot in crf cats due to acid in the stomach.


I hope this stuff helps, here are many links for you


Making cat food


http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm


other links. Read, read, read!!!!


http://www.felineoutreach.org/EducationD鈥?/a>


http://www.marvistavet.com/html/kidney_f鈥?/a>


http://www.felinecrf.org/


http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Felin鈥?/a>


http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Felin鈥?/a>





About that vets diet. This report is for dogs but applies to cats


http://mousabilities.com/nutrition/crf/b鈥?/a>


http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/21鈥?/a>Will my 13 year old cat die from kidney failure, she is seriously ill at vets in hospital?
I hate to say this, but more than likely, yes =(


I work in a vet hospital and all the kitty's that come in with renal (kidney) failure dont make it very long. Your vet probably has her on iv fluid therapy and a special diet. The sad reality is that you cant to a kidney transplant (cost way tooo much!). I would say just keep her comfortable right now, she may even make it out of the vet hospital for a little time at home if she gets better, but for right now, she will probably be hospitalized for at least 3-4 days to get her stable. I'm very sorry about your kitty. I hope this helps.