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My cat, 6 yrs old, could possibly have kidney failure (it might be a bladder infection but I won’t find out for another 2 weeks after antibiotics); he’s still energetic and doesn’t show any signs of illness. Ironically I have kidney disease as well and am using natural remedies like dandelion root tea and other herbs. Wheatgrass has also improved my health a lot. I am wondering these herbs would apply to cats as well?

First off…the kidneys are located just past the send of the rib cage on both sides…the right kidney is slightly closer to the front of the cat. Frontline Plus doesn’t go into the animals system, so it will have no effects on the kidneys…so don’t stop using it. I wouldn’t reccomend any “natural remedies” without consulting your vet…cats and people can very different recations to plants…and a lot of plats can be nephrotoxic (toxic to the kidneys) in cats! A diet wont help kidney failure until bloodwork confirms Azotemia…this means the that BUN and CREATINIE are elevated. So unless this has been confirmed by your vet, changing the diet wont help. However, if Azotemia is confirmed, then a low protein/low phospherous diet is highly recomended. The protein that is in the kidney diets is a high quality one. Several brands make kidney diets…. Purina NF, Royal Canin/IVD modified….Hill’s K/D….. Royal Canin Renal LP….. However, they are by prescription only, so you have to get them from your vet. If you are interested in making your own diet, you can contact UC Davis, and for a small fee, they will formulate a diet you can cook at home specificaly for your cats needs…. I have heard that wheatgrass can help both cats and humans … I got some wheatgrass juice for mine and he didn’t have any interest. I’m thinking about getting some of the grass not juiced to see if he’ll nibble on it but haven’t done that yet. Wheatgrass wouldn’t harm your cat and could in fact help but I haven’t heard about dandelion root – there are a lot of plants that are toxic to cats so be very very careful. This may not be a full list but it covers a lot of toxic plants: Mine are eating an organic canned food. Right now they are getting Petguard Premium Feast and Petguard Turkey and Barley (I want to get Turkey and rice because it’s lower in phosphorus but I’m going to have to buy a case of it because it’s not available locally.) When I feed the premium feast I add a little bit of canned pumpkin to reduce constipation (not too much, add this slowly because you don’t want to overdo it. Also make sure it’s plain canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie mix.) Right now he gets phosphate binders and his numbers are still coming down so I’m not as concerned about the phosphorus levels in a high quality food because I need to keep him eating so he doesn’t lose more weight. Shouldn’t be any need to stop using Frontline – it’s the only non-systemic flea product i.e it stays on the cat’s skin and doesn’t get near his kidneys. The lipid layer in the cat’s skin acts as a barrier to stop the Frontline entering the body, unlike Revolution which is designed to work systemically.

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