Midas has kidney failure!!!

my poor Midas (my cat) has kidney failure :cry:

I took him to the vet yesterday because he has been throwing up after he eats. they ran all of these tests and basicly his kidneys are shutting down, they say he needs intranveneous fluids but he is not a candidate, because they compared him to a bobcat, he goes berserk at the vets, (I have seem him practically tear them apart, they had to sedate him just to draw blood.htey said the only way to do it would be to sedate him and you cant keep doing that. they gavie him antibiotics but its just a wait and see, he lost 1 1/2# in 2 months poor guy

I am still in shock

honeybear

 

oh honeybear i'm so sorry my thoughts and prayers will be with you and midas

 

Honey I am so sorry about Midas and you two will be in my thoughts. please keep us updated.

 

Oh Honeybears IM so sorry about Midas. I will say a prayer for Midas and for you. Best wishes keep us posted.

 

OH poor Midas. How old is he again? ISn't he still relatively young and diabetic?

 

honeybears: I'm so sorry to hear about Midas. Did you get the prognosis back from your Vet on the extent of his kidney damage?

Here's a site you can go to that tells a little more about how to care for him at home. Same thing with cats as well as dogs with kidney failure is a very low protein diet and sub-que water intake. There are prepared low protein foods availble, your Vet should be able to tell you where you can find it. It might be a RX food.

http://www.askdrpetra.com/Cats/Kidney%2 ... 20Cats.htm

 

Sharon, thanks for that web site. I feel like the vet has given up on him because he cant handle midas without bieng sedated. I had a cat I was able to give sub fluids to, so to see if I can try with Midas. the article mentioned they may only need a few days to jump start the kidneysthe vet didint even want t to change his food. which is all protien, I dont understand.

he has no problem eating, but keeping it down. he is 9, I think young for this

thanks for all of your thoughts, I will keep you posted

honeybear

 

I wonder if feeding raw would help??

This is where we need Jamiya!!!

 

Sam, raw wouldnt help because they need to be on a low protien diet, I wish


honeybear

 

The low protein diet thing has some fallacy to it, but I can't recall what it is. I will try to find out for you.

Kidney failure is very common in cats. Nine years old sounds young, but cats (and dogs) are getting sick and dying much younger now than they used to, due to the food we feed them and the poisons we inject and smear on their bodies. My cats are 14 and should be still middle-aged. They act like it, but one has a heart condition and the other seems to be getting some allergies and their coats are both dull. I can't get them to eat raw.

An indoor cat should easily live to almost 20 years old, but now most vets are calling them old when they hit around 9. Dogs are called seniors at 7 now. It's shameful.

See http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/rawdog/longevity.html for the "Dogs are living longer today because of the better nutrition in kibbled foods" myth.