As my previous 12 year old cat died of CKD (which I attributed to Science Diet dry food), I have been feeding this new cat (8 years old) wet food only.
I keep seeing people say that but I found no evidence to suggest that. Although a famous Sydney university lecturer recently suggested that commercial pet food diet is bad, the jury is still out on that
http://theconversation.com/the-convenience-food-industry-making-our-pets-fat-46387
My vet has asked me to keep her on low protein level diet ie not more than 15% protein for wet food. These past 2 years I have been feeding her just Wellness Core and Applaws (min 14-15% level which is high). My vet has suggested Royal Canine renal food (I am not keen as I was told it does not have the full nutrition)
Told by whom? Did you go do abit of reading about it after you were told?
Nutrition is a very grey area in both human and veterinary medicine. Many "opinions" exist and its important to sift through what is known empirically and from old wives tales.
so I am thinking of changing my cat's diet and hopes her blood count will get better. A friend of mine has suggested for me to feed my cat Primal Freeze Dried (Protein 52% though - good quality protein food) and with Nutripe Canned food (8-10% protein). My husband is a fan of good oral health as our oral health can affect our overall health and has suggested to the vet to do scaling for the cat. The vet has said the cat's gums not that great. Scaling will require GA though which carries some risk which I am not so keen on.
I have no idea about those products, protein % asides, does it have good high quality protein? If you think it does, then should be fine. The rule of thumb with CRF is to feed high quality protein in small amounts, the idea is that more protein goes into the body, the harder the glomeruli has to work. However the cat still needs protein to function otherwise you will kill the cat with malnutrition
Yes, good dental hygiene can be very helpful but you need to weigh the pros vs cons of the dental surgery as it does involve GA
My friend has also suggested I try to rub her gums with CET toothpaste.
Sure why not, if it helps clean their teeth. Although I am unfamiliar with CET toothpaste
Should I bring my cat for scaling? Is the diet change I mentioned good enough for my cat - any other suggestions regarding her diet?
Thanks in advance for your replies. Have a good weekend!
Diet change and dental cleaning will be my choice but discuss with your vet to see what ur comfortable with