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What are some good sites/brands for feline renal diet cat food? My cat needs a wide variety & eats only dry?

Nov 20, 2008 by earthling | Posted in Cats

My cat has chronic renal (kidney) failure and often gets sick of his food. It's really important that he eats. Any good sites that have a wide variety of renal diet cat food? I would buy a bunch of different kinds and keep switching it around. He won't eat canned, only dry.

If you don't know any sites can you tell me what brand you've personally given to your cat? Thanks.

You need to get him off the dry food. It's like pouring gasoline on a fire to feed him that. My cat also has CRF. When we first found out, the vet gave him Hill's K/D. He hated the food and I hated the fact it was so low in protein. I decided to feed him better protein instead of less so I tried Wellness. It worked wonders. I now do a rotation of Wellness, EVO, and Blue Buffalo. He has made remarkable improvements with it.

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