Kidney and urinary health
Kidney and urinary health covers feline chronic kidney disease by IRIS stage and struvite or oxalate crystals. This section sets out the role of phosphorus, protein and moisture.
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- Which food should you choose for a cat with chronic kidney disease?
- What should a cat eat at each CKD stage, from 1 to 4?
- Does a cat with stage-1 CKD already need a renal diet?
- What should a cat eat at stage-2 chronic kidney disease?
- What renal food suits a cat at CKD stage 3?
- How do you feed a cat in end-stage kidney failure (CKD stage 4)?
- In a renal cat, should you cut phosphorus or protein first?
- Why is limiting phosphorus the priority in feline kidney disease?
- Should a CKD cat's protein be restricted, or kept at an adequate level?
- What are phosphate binders, and when are they used in a renal cat?
- What protein-to-phosphorus ratio should you target for a cat with CKD?
- Why aim for a high protein-to-phosphorus ratio in a CKD cat's food?
- How do you compare two renal cat foods by their protein-to-phosphorus ratio?
- Does a renal cat need a renal diet for life?
- What happens if a renal cat refuses the renal food?
- Can you mix ordinary kibble with renal food in a CKD cat?
- Why is wet food advised for a renal cat?
- How do you raise hydration in a renal cat that does not drink enough?
- Which food suits a cat prone to urinary crystals?
- Does the food differ for struvite versus oxalate crystals?
- Which food dissolves struvite crystals in a cat?
- Which food helps prevent calcium oxalate crystals in a cat?
- Why can't oxalate crystals be dissolved by diet?
- Is a urinary food preventive or curative?
- Can you feed a urinary food for life to a cat prone to recurrence?
- Does food moisture help prevent a cat's urinary problems?
- Wet or dry food to protect a cat's urinary tract?
- How do water and hydration affect a cat's urine concentration?
- Is the urine pH targeted by urinary kibble the same for struvite and oxalate?
- Which food suits a cat with idiopathic cystitis?
- Does a male cat need urinary food more than a female?
- Is there a kidney risk in feeding a urinary food for too long?
- Should you cut phosphorus or protein in a renal dog?
- Which food suits a dog prone to struvite urinary stones?
- Which food suits a dog with urate or cystine stones?
- A cat with both CKD and urinary crystals: which food do you choose?
- When should you move to a prescription veterinary therapeutic food?
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