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04-03-2014, 08:30 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Wayne, NJ USA
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| My Yorkie has Kidney Failure...need Diet advice.... This is 3rd time I'm writing as keep inexplicably deleting... Hello All.... My baby has 1 kidney completey failed... the other is not THAT bad. *Her numbers are literally off the charts. *Total of 3 days in ER as during last night stay (tonight), the Doctor wants to Lower her numbers, Lower her blood pressure (doubling dosage of Amlodipine), lower the phosphorous in her bloodstream *She has lost significant weight and protein (she is now 4 pounds rather than 5) I NEED to stick strictly to Low/High Protein diet. I've purchase Green Tripe online...will make her white rice as doctor recommended..... Can you please advise on what other Protein I can get in case she doesn't eat the canned food geared towards her diet? Many thanks.... Kris |
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04-04-2014, 04:38 PM | #3 |
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| Kris, I am so sorry that your pup has been diagnosed with kidney disease. My little guy is 15 now and was diagnosed almost two years ago with stage 1 chronic kidney disease. He did not do well on the RX kidney diet because of the high fat content (he got pancreatitis right off the bat) so our vet had a home cooked diet formulated for him. The fattier cuts of meat are usually recommended for kidney disease because they are lower in phosphorous and higher in calories, but we have had to stick to skinless, boneless, boiled chicken breast, egg white or baked white fish to keep the fat content low. Yorkies are one of the breeds that are prone to pancreatitis but if your baby doesn't have an issue with the fats, you can feed boneless chicken thighs, a fattier mixture (such as 80/20) of ground beef or the green tripe. Egg whites are also a good source of low phosphorous protein for a CRF dog. I purchase glutinous (sweet Asian) rice from Amazon or the Asian market because it is much lower in phosphorous than regular white rice but still calorie dense. My little guy also eats a lot of steamed veggies (green beans, cabbage, kale, broccoli, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash) with his meals, and he eats fruit (peeled apples, pears, watermelon) for snacks. We also add fish oil, coQ10, and a B vitamin to his meals. All the veggies and fruits I listed are low in phosphorous. If you are going to feed your pup fresh human food, you can check the website nutritiondata.com for the calorie, protein, phosphorous and fat amounts in many different foods. You can check with your vet as far as what he recommends for protein and phosphorous amounts based on the stage of kidney disease your dog has. We keep our little guy at about 1.5 grams of animal protein and 15 mg of phosphorous per pound of his weight per day. He's done well on those amounts in his diet and has maintained his weight and his kidney disease has not progressed in almost two years. Good luck with your baby. He is right where he needs to be right now. The IV fluids will help to lower his creatinine, BUN and phosphorous so he feels better. Talk to your vet about doing sub q fluids at home once he's released so that you don't lose the ground you gained with the IV fluids. Diana and Scooby |
04-04-2014, 07:26 PM | #4 |
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| I'm sorry to hear this. I don't really have any recommendations about food but I do have some other suggestions. My old guy that's in kidney failure is extremely picky and wouldn't eat the low protein diet but like another poster suggested, definitely talk to your vet about SQ fluids at home and fish oil is good for the kidneys also. There is also a drug called Azodyl that you can talk to your vet about. My boy has been on it for a few months now. You should be able to get it from your vet or you can buy it online without a prescription. I got mine from entirelypets.com because it was cheaper than what my vet could get it for me even with my discount (I work at a vet clinic). Just make sure whoever you get if from, ships on ice because it does need to stay cold. My boy gets the Azodyl once daily, fish oil every other day and SQ fluids every other day along with Zantac for nausea twice daily because kidney failure does make them nauseous. I had his bloodwork repeated a couple of weeks ago and his Creatinine had come back down into normal range and his BUN had come down from 69 to 55. It's still elevated but definitely better. I hope you find something that works for your boy. Good luck. |
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