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Dietary Trial for Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease

Leroy is a skeleton with little skin☹️ There's not much skin to tent up. I try to point down because going parallel means going straight...

I’m definitely not an expert, but what helped me with Kai was making a larger skin tent and inserting the needle more parallel to the...

There is one called Naraquin made by Nutramax. Kai was originally on Phos-Bind — ours always had more of a sandy texture rather than a...

There is one called Naraquin made by Nutramax. Kai was originally on Phos-Bind — ours always had more of a sandy texture rather than a...

Thanks Chris! Yep, I’ve heard that. The diabetes makes it more complicated too. I think I’m going to keep an eye on the phosphorus and...

Hi all, My name is Tim, and my cat's name is Pookey. He is a 14 year old male, high end of Stage 2 kidney disease. Pookey is also a...

There are a lot of mixed opinions on whether to restrict protein in earlier stage CKD cats. Since one of the big problems can be muscle...

Earlier this year we dealt with nausea (turns out it was a mild case of pancreatitis), but it was good practice for what I think a lot...

It went better today although I still had to poke him 5 times because the needle kept going through the tent :facepalm: And he was...

I’m definitely not an expert, but what helped me with Kai was making a larger skin tent and inserting the needle more parallel to the...

There is one called Naraquin made by Nutramax. Kai was originally on Phos-Bind — ours always had more of a sandy texture rather than a...

It went better today although I still had to poke him 5 times because the needle kept going through the tent :facepalm: And he was...

I read some discussions online and it seems like a lot of folks are talking about needle positioning and adjusting the position slightly...

19 gauge needle. The bag is hung up on the back of the bathroom door and Leroy is on the floor.