UPDATE: KFC

Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

Christina Websell...

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white cells
were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not looking
forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in the
bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although she has not
been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for a
refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at all, TED
says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food on
hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am sure
will be a great relief to her.

Marina...

I'm so sorry about the diagnosis, Tweed. During their last years, when

Adrian A...

I'm sorry to hear the diagnosis, purrs that the diet helps her. If BF
doesn't bring her collared doves, will you be catching them? ;-)

Christina Websell...

Nope! That's Boyfie's job.
I was rather expecting the diagnosis actually, sooner or later. It's
unrealistic to expect a cat to get to this advanced age without something
going seriously wrong.

mlabofski...

Sorry to hear that, but Otis has been on pills for 2 years now. I
crush it between 2 teaspoons and mix it in with a bit of his food, sort
of like a "starter", then when he's eaten that, he gets the rest of his
dinner, this way I know he's definately eaten the pill.

As regards special diets, I actually gave up on Otis as he wouldn't eat
and it was becoming too difficult to get the pills down him, plus he
has to have insulin, and after chatting to the vet we decided to keep
him on Felix and actually he's doing well. But that wasn't my point.
My vet suggested mixing just a little bit of special diet food with
normal food for a while, so he gets used to it, then gradually adding
more every week or so, so say 10% 1st week, 20% 2nd week etc until the
switch has been made, as I say it didn't work with Otis but you may be
more lucky!

Lots of luck

Marcia & Otis

Sam...

I'm so sorry for the diagnosis, but I'm glad there are things you can do
to keep her around. Many purrs and prayers that you'll be successful in
that effort.

{{{{{{{{{{ KFC and Tweed }}}}}}}}}

they were starting to show their age, Frank and Nikki got Waltham's
renal food every second day (and fresh meat the rest of the time). The
Waltham pouches are bits in gravy, as well. If KFC doesn't like the
Royal Canin food, maybe she'd like the Waltham? If your vet carries it.

Christina Websell...

It's the same, I think; it has Waltham on the pouch as well as Royal Canin.
Waltham is another trade name used by the giant pet food company Pedigree,
makers of Whiskas, etc. They have their factory in Melton Mowbray, about
12 miles from where I live, and a research establishment a few miles from
that near the small village of Waltham-on-the-Wolds, I guess that's where
the name came from.

Marina...

Ah, too bad there isn't more of a choice.

Winnie...

TED told me Royal Canin bought Waltham about 1 year or 2 ago. Rusty was
eating Waltham's ph S/O for urinary blockage. They might have tinkered
with the formula too as Rusty started having tummy problem about the
ame time. He was on Waltham's S/O for a long time with no problem until
he got R.C. Finally we swtiched to Hill's I/D before his tummy settled
down.

Winnie

F&N used to hoover it up. Anyways, purrs for Kitty to have many more

Christina Websell...

Maybe Kitty was still a bit too unsettled to eat at first. After she had
used her litterbox and had a rest on the spare bed for an hour I put the
dish under her nose "dinner in bed, madam..?" She scarfed it down. I
always know when she particularly likes her meal because she purrs while
she's eating it, and she purred. Boyfie came upstairs to enquire why the
special treatment and what was she eating? He got firmly bopped :-)

Marina...

Hehe, glad to hear she likes the food after all. I hope BF will still
bring her fresh meat to eat, though she wouldn't let him have her food.

good years with you, and purrs to you for the pillings. I don't envy you!

Christina Websell...

I'm rather dreading it. It will not be easy. If it proves impossible TED
says she can have injections instead which would mean taking her back to the
surgery every other day. I want to avoid that if I can, so I will try very
hard to get those tablets inside her myself.

Dan M...

Would Pill Pockets work with KFC?

Marina...

I'll admit that is one thing I don't miss about Frank and Nikki - the
pillings twice a day. How many years did I do that? Day in and day out.
I can hardly believe I managed it now.

polonca12000...

I'm glad to hear she is eating.
We are sending lots of purrs and best wishes that the special food and
the pills help Kitty feel much better and that you will have lots of
quality time together,
Polonca and Soncek

Helen Wheels...

Purrs for little KFC. May she be happy and well for a long time.

mlbriggs...

We are glad to hear she will probably be alright. Regarding the doves:
How big are they> Does she eat feathers too? What about the bones?
Do the doves carry any diseases? Excuse the questions, but I'd really
like to understand. There must be large flocks there if she gets one
every day, Best wishes. MLB

Christina Websell...

What a nice thought Dan, but by the time I could get some the need would be
over. She has only a week's tablets, twice a day starting in the morning.
I'll just have to get up early to get my armour on!

Christina Websell...

Thank you, Polonca. She seems very well today.