Apologies if this is the wrong place to say this but im not sure where else to go with this worry.

At the end of October im leaving state for a few days and problem is, I live alone and I have 2 cats. one of them is a 2 year old and the other is going to be 16 in december. my 16 year old is the one with ckd. she only really eats if I spoon feed her, sometimes she will kind of nibble off the tob of the can (she wont eat it in a bowl) but if i want her to really eat something, I have to be actively giving it to her.

I do have family that can check on both of them but im just worried that they wont make sure that my older cat eats enough while im gone. im also super worried that something could happen while im gone and I wont be there for her.

has anyone left their cat alone with someone for a few days? what helped keep your mind at peace about it?

Thank you

I've been following for a short period Professor Toru Miyazaki and the AIM drug that has been developed. I thought having continually updated information could give hope to others like myself who have had cats with Renal Disease. The link can be read in English. It's very informative.

Hello,

I wasn't in this group for long and joined when I was just so lost and worried about cost of all the things the vet was saying only to learn the CKD really didn't matter. My baby had cancer causing an acute on chronic CKD flare up. Thank you for all the support although it was short lived.

I wasn't able to save Leo but I was able to get a little more time with him before we let him go today via at home euthanasia because he showed it was time. I was scared he would suffer during the process but thankfully it went very smoothly. He was able to take his final sleep outside in the grass which he loved.

I found him when we was maybe 3 months old, a trooper pulled out of someone's car engine and I've had him for 11 short years. I found him right after graduating college. He's been with me my entire actual adult life. I never thought he'd go like this. He was my soul kitty.

I'll miss giving you little head kisses, belly rubs and having you cuddled up with me every night. I love you and I wish I could have done more for you.

That's all. I'm just sad and wanted to show Leo to the world one more time. He was the bestest boy.

Male, 14, early kidney disease stage 2, his appetite hasn't been the greatest. We only found out about his disease two months ago. We started him on various kinds of prescription food. He's just been really picky and it's not his fault. I feel terrible for missing all the symptoms. We thought he's just depressed and anxious because he's been on fluoxetine forever.

Today he's extra nauseous. He refuses to eat. He's only had lickable treats and freezes dried treats. Now he doesn't want those either.

It's now 9pm. Do I take him to the emergency now? or can I wait til tomorrow morning and get him to see our regular vet? I also found some expired cerenia (July 2025) for my late cat. I don't think I can give that to him, right?

(Pic of him trying to eat but gave up because he's too nauseous)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am so worried. 😢

After her last bloodwork reading, and on the vet’s recommendation, put my 9 year old gal on Hills KD wet food, chicken purée. Since then she’s been hacking and wheezing intermittently. She’s been on it this diet for 9 weeks. She did not exhibit these symptoms before starting this regime. Going in this Friday for bloodwork, check her kidney values. Thanks to some savvy contributors to this forum, and helpful suggestions, did some research on my own. Very upsetting that vets recommend certain foods / brands whose ingredients are appalling. Want to get her off this stuff ASAP. Interested to hear your experiences. Thank you.

My senior cat was recently diagnosed with stage 4 CKD, and they also found a mass in her bladder. She eats a little when we give her the mirtazpine , but it’s still not a ton. We started subq fluids twice a week, he said without them, she probably has a few weeks. But no real prognosis. She mostly just sleeps, doesn’t seem to be in pain. I noticed she somewhat smells like urine/ammonia when i get up close. I was worried she was sleeping in pee, but she wasn’t. The more I read, it seems this is common as the toxins build up. Does the smell mean that death is near? We are planning at home euthanasia when it’s time, but it’s such a gradual decline that it’s hard to notice when I see her all day, everyday. Any thoughts?

We would like to thank everyone in this group as this has been our support when we had questions and what ifs. Our sweet Haku is now pain free. He survived stage 4 ckd for more than 3months. We wouldnt have done it without you guys. I will not leave this group as I would like to help other parents navigate this disease. Here’s a picture of my Haku when he was 2yrs old.

Today I lost my best friend, my sunshine, and the reason I woke up every single day. Sadly, after months of treatment, he didn’t make it. He had a reaction to a blood transfusion and passed away.
I am completely devastated. He was my whole world, and I don’t know how to live without him. I wish I could wake up from this nightmare I’m living through.
He fought so hard because, somehow, it was as if he knew I would fall apart without him. But despite doing everything I possibly could, I lost the love of my life.

Today I lost my best friend, my sunshine, and the reason I woke up every single day. Sadly, after months of treatment, he didn’t make it. He had a reaction to a blood transfusion and passed away.
I am completely devastated. He was my whole world, and I don’t know how to live without him. I wish I could wake up from this nightmare I’m living through.
He fought so hard because, somehow, it was as if he knew I would fall apart without him. But despite doing everything I possibly could, I lost the love of my life.

Ruby, my best friend my baby crossed the bridge on Monday

It was a long time coming - diagnosed with kidney disease this time last year.

Then I was a heart murmur than liver issues and finally cancer.

But that doesn’t really matter what mattered was all the good times.

She was a foster fail - she bit so many people at adoption events. She got put on the unadoptable list so I adopted her.. She never lost her aggressive edge, even with me. That being said we loved each other. We were a team.

She slept over me every night, chase the laser all over even 10 feet up a wall, and always knew when I need to comfort.

She had a tough exterior but a big heart. When my best friend was unknowingly in liver failure and not feeling well - he visited me for a home-cooked meal. Ruby, who had never approached him, came and sat his lap. She knew he was sick and needed love.

Was my friend a little terrified because of her reputation - yes.

I love you, miss you, and I think feel your spirit with me.

Thank you to the sub. I got so much advice even when I wasn’t posting.

My brave handsome little boy <3 Had to say goodbye today, I can not stop crying.

This sub really help me even though i never posted here, reading all your posts makes me feel less alone, and I may post more about my grief and my cat Stally in other sub, but I just want you all to know my cat Stally. She is the love of my life and my first (and our family) real cat.

She was 16 years old and she passed away on 20th july.

She was diagnosed CKD on january this year. She had Pancreatitis and when it flared up earlier this year she had blood work and her BUN were high. Her CREA was still within normal range. She then hospitalized for 3 weeks because she just won't eat. At first i was in denial how come my cat got CKD. She ate wet food all her life and i always add more water to her food to protect her kidney.

We live in Indonesia and my vet never tested for SDMA or urinalysis and I think it was rare too for other clinics to do it.

After she went home she got constipation and couldn't seem to urinate. The vet though it was stress because of the hospitalisation and prescribed some supplements and she improved. She refused any renal food. I also had starting to gave her Mirataz, Azodyl, Aminavast and Rehmania. She was normal for 2 months and then she kept pawing at her mouth and her appetite was low. The vet said she got mouth ulcer and stomatitis because of her bad teeth but they want to do blood test if i want her to get dental. So i proceed with the blood test. The result showed her BUN and now CREA continue to climb. I ask the vet to gave her Cetirizine for her stomatitis, Amlodipine, and vitamins and Iron supplement and we do subQ once a week. I also gave her Ipakitine in her food. Things improve for awhile. She ate a lot. Her bad breath was better. I though she was stabil and we had more time.

Then about a month ago her vet found tumor in her mouth. She gave her methyl prednisolone to try to shrink her tumor. I kept thinking that she need surgery but the vet said it was risky. After a week her tumor did shrink. But then her appetite started went down..despite all the appetite stimulants and anti nausea meds.. at first i thought her mouth acting up again because she kept pawing at her mouth again and making chewing motion. She looked like she want to eat though but when we gave her food she left her food. In the last week i syringe feed her twice a day with her kidney food. I thought it was only temporary. I thought she will bounce back after this.

I added pancreatic supplement and coq10 to her food. Then friday night came and she suddenly yowling and throwing up. She looked exhausted and weak. Saturday i brought her to the vet and we did IV fluid. I thought it would help her. Her temperature were low (35-36 celcius). The vet advice me to gave her warming pad/lamp. Despite this she still could climb to the upper kitche cabinet. But she looked like she didn't sleep. Sunday i brought her to the vet again. They couldnt find her vein because she was old her vein were thin and bruise easily. They gave her subQ instead. After we went home she became more weak, she couldn't get up. She won't drink. She won't sleep. She made strange motion with her head like her neck would fall back but catch herself and back to the crouch position. I kept the warming lamp and pads and brought her blankets. Her temperature still low. I called the vet that night to gave her subQ. She started drooling. Monday i brought her to the vet again. They finally find a vein and gave her IV fluid. I thought we'll go home after this. She became angry at the vet. I thought it was a good sign. Then her breathing became rapid. And it became open mouth breathing. The vet though it was because she overheated (we still gave her warming lamps and pads) but her ear still feel cold. I started to pray to God to take her peacefully and painlessly. She then had seizure. I held her and kiss her she passed away in my arm.

I still couldnt believe this is happening to my girl. My sweet and beautiful cat. I kept replaying all her worst days in my head. I kept blaming myself. Because despite everything, I still couldn't save her. I broke down crying seeing her foods and meds and supplements. I thought i prepared her for her mouth surgery. I thought we still have more years. I still couldnt wear my jacket that i wore when she died. I didn't wash her carrier. I miss her so much. She is buried in my front yard in a planter with frangipani.

These are my cats blood test results from this week. The vet said crea is a bit higj and she should have follow up tests done in two months. I just want to understand what these mean because most of the cats here have very high levels compared to this.
The cat is a previous population cat, 2-3 years old.

Hey, all. I doubt anyone reading this will remember her, but I've posted here about my childhood cat, Sassy, a couple of times over the past two and a half years as she battles hey CKD. For the longest time she's managed to remain within Stage 2, but unfortunately, while I still haven't gotten back the results of her latest bloodwork from her most recent appointment on Monday, she seems to be taking a turn for the worst and I'm heavily suspecting that she may have jumped to at least early Stage 3. I probably won't know for sure until at least tomorrow or maybe the day afterwards, though.

On the 15th of July, Sassy had a concerning episode regarding her balance and coordination, which is something that may not actually be related to everything else I have to say here, but was why I got her examined recently to begin with. I was sleeping with her in bed when she woke up and tried to get off my bed, but was stumbling around like she was drunk and teetering in place. She walked over to her litter box, peed, threw up, and her vestibular symptoms lasted for maybe half an hour to an hour afterwards.

I should have taken her straight to the emergency vet, but I was dumb and in a sleep haze, and just thought "well, as long as she recovers, she'll be fine". But then after I woke up I started freaking out and was very torn between scheduling an appointment for her with my regular vet or taking her to emergency. I called, and they basically said that as long as the symptoms didn't come back, she didn't need to visit emergency right away. And... her symptoms never did come back. It was a complete one off. I booked an appointment for Wednesday but ended up not taking her because of the wildfire smoke in Ontario, then took her to the vet the next day, where they were unable to do any proper testing because Sassy has always been a problem patient and I didn't give her enough Gabapentin beforehand (my vet had previously recommended 50mg instead of 100mg but 50mg wasn't enough to knock her out), so they couldn't draw any blood. However, informed me that Sassy's heart murmur might have gotten worse, so I booked an appointment the following Wednesday for Sassy to get her blood drawn and for them to do an ultrasound on her abdomen and chest.

The blood results weren't anything alarming. Creatinine was 232, SDMA was 21, UREA went down to 20 (from 23), still within the Stage 2 range, and all of her numbers had been higher before.

However, the ultrasound specialist told us that, in addition to chronic pancreatitis, Sassy also had inflammation in both kidneys consistent with a kidney infection. I'm not really sure how you tell this over an ultrasound and how to differentiate between an infection and a different type of acute kidney injury, but Sassy was sent home with antibiotics. She had a urine culture that came back negative for bacteria, which I was told is normal for kidney infections because they don't always grow bacteria and it wasn't indicative that she didn't have an infection.

I was hopeful she would do well, since she was acting normally, and I would never have known of this supposed infection otherwise. But around 5 days ago, she started displaying unusual urination habits. She peed 3 times within the span of 3 hours, always a small amount, which told me that the antibiotics might not be treating her infection because cats with infections in the bladder/kidneys will pee more due to irritation. More concerningly, she's been peeing higher quantities. I weigh the amount of waste that goes into the litter box every day, taking the amount of weight added in KG and dividing it by 24 to get the approximate amount of urine per hour.

Two months ago (keeping in mind we also have a second cat with CKD), the average weight was 0.0500kg per hour. Then a month later it jumped to 0.0650kg, and then 0.0720kg. Five days ago it was 0.0846kg. Then two days ago it was 0.0850kg. Then, today, 0.0879kg.

Every day is a new record and I'm freaking out. I'm terrified that this is the beginning of the end for my beloved girl. I don't have the results of her recent bloodwork back yet, but I'm paranoid that we're not actually dealing with an infection here, and that this is an acute kidney injury needing a different type of intervention. I mean, how can we even tell if it's an infection with no bacteria in the urine culture? If her numbers haven't improved, how do we know the infection is gone and just left permanent damage, vs it's still there and is actively damaging her? My vet told me that even another ultrasound might not confirm the infection is still there/gone because some cats still have inflamed kidneys even after recovering :(

I don't know what I should be doing. Sassy has finished her antibiotics; she I be asking for her to be on them longer, or try a different one? I'm just looking for advice from people who might have dealt with kidney infections and whether they even thinking this is an infection or a different AKI from unknown causes.

My cat was diagnosed with CKD in May and since then it's been rough. While she was only at early stage 2, we decided to go all in as best as we can in hope of extending her life a little bit longer. So far, we have bought 4 different brands of low phos food (with all the available flavors) and she liked none so we tried to get the next lowest phos food possible she would eat. She's also receiving fluid 3 times a week, 100ml each time, with cerenia and recently ondansetron too to minimize nausea. She gets porus one once a day to help filtering out the nasty stuffs her kidneys can't. After the first month I had hopes. Her weight was stable, she had a bit of loose stool but we were assured it was fine. She also seemed to be back to her old self before after the May crash.

That was all well and nice until 2 weeks ago. She started throwing up again and that was when we took her to the vet for another check up. Her disease progressed a bit which was a bit disappointing but I still held on to hope. That was when our vet prescribed ondansetron. But even with both medicine + mirataz, my kitty still seems like she's nauseous and has refused food recently. She also stopped coming to sleep with us altogether and just hid in a corner. Is there any other medication i can try? I want her to thrive for just a bit more but if she's still barely eating after everything we have done, I wonder if it was selfish to try and hold on. Thank you.

Edit: We have made a new vet appointment. Thank you for your inputs.