Probably the most important thing you can do in preparing a homemade diet for your
pet with failing kidneys is to prepare it with as much added water as possible.
You can make a diet suitable for dogs and
cats with failing kidneys at home when your pet's kidneys can no longer cleanse its body of waste and fluids.
Individuals with failing kidneys are at increased risk of developing heart problems, and they're more likely to die from cardiovascular causes than from any other cause.
Low protein kidney diets also contain added vitamin B supplementation to try to make up for the loss of B complex that
results with failing kidneys.
I don't think that a single cat or dog caregiver in the US is not aware of the thousands of cats and dogs that suffered tremendously and died — or have been
left with failing kidneys and a shortened lifespan / diminished quality of life — due to the contamination of commercial foods processed by Menu Foods in the summer of 2007.
Probably the most important thing you can do for your dog
with failing kidneys in prparing a homemade diet or modifying your current one is to prepare it with as much added water as possible.
Hippocrates wrote a treatise on «fetor hepaticus,» or the fishy aroma of liver failure, and noted the sour - scented breath of
those with failing kidneys.
However, if your cat is eating high - quality protein sourced from real animals, then protein restriction is often counterproductive and actually exacerbates common health issues for cats
with failing kidneys,» says Dr. Karen Becker.
Low blood potassium is most commonly seen in pets
with failing kidneys (CRF).
Pathologists that examine kidney tissue from pets
with failing kidneys have noticed that many have a higher than normal number of inflammatory cells invading this area.
Kathleen Prince, who co-hosts the radio show PetPhones on 740 AM (WINZ) with her husband, Scottie, cried when she told the story of Mama Mia, a dog who had been forced to produce litter after litter for eight years, an experience that left
her with failing kidneys, no teeth and a chronic bacterial infection.