Renal failure in old cats
Our Edna (orange tabby) will be 19 yrs this June, but I am beginning to doubt she will make it that far. She's on thyroid meds (compounded type, ear application) for a few months, and renal diet food...
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dturm wrote:
Not really. If a cat lives long enough, it's the kidneys that will fail before most other organs. I think there is a fixed expiration on useful kidney life (probably genetic programed) and insults during life can shorten it and perhaps we can lengthen is some with good care and nutrition.
If cats were under consumer protection, they would be recalled for faulty livers and kidneys. :(
Doug, DVM
Thanks for the info, Doug. Have wondered about the 9 year old dying so soon of renal failure. Perhaps his genetics weren't up to it. He had an easy life compared to the old 16 yo tom cat who always came home with some new injury from another fight.
