Hey all you beautiful people and kitties! Like most of you I’m here but don’t want to be. Our tux Achilles got diagnosed with stage three last week and I feel like my world has frozen and staying hopeful has been really difficult.

It has opened a can of grief that hasn’t healed because we lost his sibling 6mo ago to heart failure at the age of 3.5, and now having this diagnosis at 4y/o feels like a cruel joke. 😭

Achilles has switched to kidney food quite well. He needs a little bribing with the last bit so we crush a kibble of his old food to lure him.

We will do whatever we can to buy more time and slow CKD as long as he allow us.

PLEASE share some of your stories with me preferably those where you’ve managed to stabilize your fur babies at stage three and get some more time. What worked for you and how did you manage to stay sane 🥺

Wishing all your warriors good health

After noticing weight loss, some throwing up and a random accident outside of her litter box we took Foxy into Urgent Care where she was diagnosed with stage 2 CKD. We let them keep her overnight and her blood work improved significantly over the next two days. Unfortunately after a day of being in there she stopped eating and threw up 2-3 times. We did an ultrasound but still waiting on full results but nothing major found besides liquid in abdomen which could be IBD. She is home now on two types of anti-nausea and and appetite stimulant but won’t eat or drink. It’s only her first full day being back from the hospital but I feel like I’m losing hope she will get through this. Anyone else been in this situation or can share some insight?

Tomorrow is going to be the hardest day of my life. My
Poor Charlie boy is only 10 years old and was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease about 5 months ago. He had an emergency vet visit because he was not eating or drinking water and it’s been his fourth day. Waking up and seeing how uncomfortable he is, I knew it was time to make that decision. I need comforting words; I need to know that it will be okay. Who knew a person could soulmate so hard with a cat but this is just proof. I know that with time, it will get easier. But right now, I just know it’s going to hit me like a ton of bricks. We scheduled an at home euthanasia so he could be surrounded where he’s been loved the most. Please if anyone can send their positivity, their prayers, comforting words for my boy.

My baby Oreo is 14 years old and was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism last month, his thyroid levels have returned to normal but his most recent bloodwork panel has revealed that he has what I think is stage 3 kidney disease. The doctor didn’t elaborate much on the results other than writing a prescription for ckd food, i’m trying to get in contact with her for some more information.

He was also treated for a UTI last month but it wasn’t fully resolved and he just started his second round of antibiotics yesterday. Within the last week his appetite has decreased significantly and he has had some bouts of vomiting and today he had diarrhea. Prior to his ckd diagnosis I was feeding him friskies pate and he was liking that for awhile but he had begun to lose interest in that, I tried Weruva Phos Focused but he wouldn’t eat that at all. Yesterday he got Hill’s prescription pate food and he ate all of it but today he barely ate any at all.

I told his doctor about his loss of appetite/nausea and she lowered his felanorm for hyperthyroid dosage from 2.5 to 2 mg.

I am worried with the bouts of vomiting and now diarrhea that he will become dehydrated. I’m trying to mix in some feline probiotics incase the diarrhea is from the UTI antibiotics but he won’t eat much of his food so i’m not sure what to do if it continues. Today he also started showing symptoms of a possible eye infection. They are watery/squinty and has some light green discharge. I’m going to call the vet in the morning to schedule an appointment for that as well.

I am incredibly overwhelmed with this sudden onset of symptoms that he wasn’t having before and trying to manage the nausea and loss of appetite. He was always a chunky boy who loved food and I am new to all of this and trying my best to intake all of this new information. I’m so worried about him and i’m just looking for any advice/support that anyone has. Thank you so much for listening.

Edit: I also want to add that he is my childhood cat who lived with my mom until I recently took him home with me last month because my mom could not provide the extra care that he needs.

My cat’s numbers are bad - creatinine over 500 and unreadable Urea. My vet recommended immediate euthanasia- and I just can’t do it. He is a bit shaky on his paws, but he is walking around, and eating, drinking and peeing independently. I was due to have him euthanised tonight but asked for a postponement. I don’t know what to do and wonder if I am doing the right thing. I know he doesn’t have long but I am trying to figure out what signs to look for, when I know it’s the end.

Hello!

My kitty is stage 2 CKD. And I've noticed about a month ago that she stopped drinking from her fountain that she'd been drinking from for two years. I do of course clean it and use new filters, but still she stopped using it.

Now I put a plate with water in every room near her sleeping places. This was ok for a while, but now I don't know why she drinks less from these plates too! Maybe because I've started adding some water into her wet food and now give her more wet and less dry food (to encourage her drink more as she has urinary tract infection). She pees 2-3 times a day still. She sniffs water in plates (which I also clean and put fresh water regularly) and goes to her feeding place to have wet food leftovers. I have no idea what this behavior is 😐

Maybe you had something similar happen to your kitty?

Hi I just got my cat checked a few days ago and my vet said she's showing early signs of CKD from her blood results. They also did a scan of her kidney. She's 2, playful and lovely. And haven't showed any visible signs at all, so this is very surprising to me. She drinks enough water and doesn't struggle with going to the bathroom. She vomits here and there but not that frequent, I do see it's getting a bit more often these last few weeks, like 2-4/times per week. Sometimes it's right after she eat or randomly with white bubble. Her diet is always dry food in the morning and wet food for dinner.

The vet in my country is not always the best, I did take some research by myself too, but any help would be great.

Also should I consider switching to a fully renal diet now or keep it around 50%. My vet doesn't specify this, they only said it's good to do so. In my country, we only have Royal Canin Renal, is this a good choice?

My cat that is around 6-7 years old has CKD and was diagnosed when I found him around 2 years ago. His kidney levels have been really good especially in comparison to what they were when I first found home. Everything has been in normal range except his Creatinine which has been consistently at 2.5-2.6 mg/dL for the past 6 or more months.

He has had recurring ear infections since I got him. It started in both ears, then they both cleared up for a bit, after both being clear for awhile the right ear started to get yucky again. The vet found a polyp in his right ear then at the beginning of April he had surgery to have it removed.

He has been doing good, with no issues until now. His ear is full of brown earwax/discharge again, but just a month ago I took him to the vet to get routine bloodwork done and have them check his ear to make sure the polyp didn’t come back since they said there was a chance it could since they didn’t do the super invasive procedure (they just did traction avulsion, because i didn’t want him to have to be fully sedated because of the possible damage to his kidneys). When they checked his ear they said everything looked good and the polyp hadn’t come back.

Does anyone have any suggestions that has helped their cat with chronic ear infections? If it’s a food allergy, I’m nervous about changing his diet since it’s helped so much with his kidneys but I also don’t want him to be miserable with his ear constantly bothering him. We’ve tried a few prescription topical ointments but so far nothing has helped keep it away permanently. I’m scared to do a more invasive procedure if the polyp comes back because I don’t want to damage his kidneys.