Loud and Active Senior Cats
Your senior cat has a ferocious appetite but is losing weight. It seems like she is super active all day and all night and...
Kidney Disease: Don’t Give Up
Q: We have an overweight male Siamese (22 pounds) who recently went to the veterinarian to have his teeth cleaned. On retrieving him, we...
Catch Kidney Disease Early
While chronic kidney disease (CKD) cannot be cured, it can often be managed for many years. As with most diseases, early diagnosis and proper...
Health-Monitoring Litter
We are always looking for the best and easiest ways to monitor cat health. And, since urinary problems are high on the list of...
Are You Seeing Urine Spots?
Urinary incontinence is an involuntary leakage of urine. Most often, an incontinent cat is not aware that this leakage is happening. If you think...
Filtered Water, Pesticides, and Kidney Disease
Q. We are a multi cat household that has housed as many as 23 cats over the years, and we currently have 12 strictly...
Battling Kidney Disease
If your cat has been diagnosed with kidney disease, your veterinarian probably recommended a prescription diet. These foods can be expensive, and you need...
Diet and Kidney Disease
Q. My calico foster cat came to me with a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). She willingly ate wet prescription foods for a...
Distilled Water for Kidney
Q. I have two older cats, each with chronic kidney disease. I feed them prescription kidney diets, both wet and dry, and they have...
Help for Kidney Disease
A study from Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., offers hope for end-stage kidney disease in cats.
Chronic tubulointerstitial fibrosis is a common...
The Chronic Kidney Disease
If you’ve been lucky enough to have a cat or three make it into later life, you’ve probably battled chronic kidney disease (CKD). It’s...
Sudden Loss of Vision
Q. I have a 16-year-old indoor-outdoor male cat who I had recently noticed was urinating a lot and drinking a lot of water. I...