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Originally Posted by LAJ
Good stuff so far thanks everyone.
I do bring my cat in to the vet every 6 months and currently have her on dry food that focuses on nutrition and especially for kidney / renal failure. My cat is 18 and has shown just the earliest signs of this (drinks a lot) but is still totally with it, mentally and physically. I had another cat that died last year that was really in final stages of it and had lost over 1/2 of her weight. The decision to put that one down was agonizing but the right thing to do. Everything else with my 18 year old checks out well... all organ function, eyes, etc.
I do try to keep her away from table food and wet food because she just doesn't keep that down like dry food or how she used to (many years ago she literally ate a package of turkey... it was ridiculous) but no way I'd do that now.
Maybe I will find some fattening wet food and try mixing it in...
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Sometimes you have to watch those "specialty focused" pet foods.. like ones from Hills Science Diet. Sister in law has her dog on one of those for Diabetic reasons and the food is total garbage. As someone mentioned Blue Buffalo, there are many foods out there than contain more of what cats and dogs are supposed to eat, and omit the fillers, byproduct meals, and other things that aren't really good for pets, such as corn and wheat.
We use something similar to Blue Buffalo, a food called Orijen, for our dog. Not sure if it's available in the US, but they do make a cat food
http://www.orijen.ca/blog/products/d.../six-fish-cat/. For reference, and to see what's out there, check out
DogFoodAnalysis. Check out the highest rated foods and see if they have some for cats