My kitty is in the early stages of renal failure. She has to be very careful not to get too much protein. The vet gave me both dry and wet KD foods. My kitty loves the dry and tolerates the wet (though if she had her way it would be Fancy Feast 24/7). I've got to head over to do the reading, but do you know if the "no dry" is for cats with kidney disease as well?
>My kitty is in the early stages of renal failure. She has to be very careful not to get too much protein. The vet gave me both dry and wet KD foods. My kitty loves the dry and tolerates the wet (though if she had her way it would be Fancy Feast 24/7). I've got to head over to do the reading, but do you know if the "no dry" is for cats with kidney disease as well?<
Relatively high carbohydrates are a bad idea for all cats, but with the need for avoiding lots of protein, I would think you are looking for a food relatively loaded with fats. We have been taught to think fats are always bad, but for a sick cat, a relatively high fat food should be a tasty one and that might help them to keep eating.
Cats tend to stop eating when they are really sick. You are going to have to make sure kitty drinks enough, too--another reason to avoid dry food, since a dehydrated cat is a bad thing, too.
Run this all past your vet, but this is how I would reason it out. Reasearch online. The FDMB people are very nice--I doubt anyone would get crazy if you asked a question unrelated to diabetes, since the people there have a lot of experience dealing with sick cats.