Renal Failure in Cats
Older cats usually have a number of health issues. Most of them either become obese or disturbingly thin. But weight is hardly the biggest issues when it comes to geriatric felines. One of the most serious and common problems affecting older cats is kidney disease in the form of chronic renal failure, or CRF.
Chronic renal failure is when a cat’s kidneys begin to stop functioning. Symptoms of kidney failure do not usually appear until around 75 percent of the kidney tissue is already non-functional. To find out more about kidney disease or chronic renal failure in felines, contact your Austin vet clinic today.
Signs and Symptoms of Renal Failure
There are a number of things too look out for when checking for renal failure in older cats including:
- Sunken eyes
- Changes in behavior, including extreme lethargy and excessive sleeping
- Excessive drinking
- Excessive urinating
- Failure to eat or drink–this happens only in the latter stages of kidney failure. By this point, it may be too late to do anything about the chronic renal failure
There are no cures for chronic renal failure. There are certain things that you can do to decrease the degeneration of the kidneys, however. These things include changing cats’ diets and adding certain important nutrients that they are missing because of the renal failure.
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To find out more about kidney disease or chronic renal failure in older felines and possible treatment paths, contact your Austin vet clinic today.