We've had male cats with kidney problems in the past - but read somewhere that an all kibble diet was hard on the males' kidneys. We make at least half the cats' diets raw or partially cooked meat and offer lots of water now. My beloved girl cats, Zoe and Loca, lived to 16, as did our male, Houdini. They had a high-quality, mainly kibble diet - the difference being that they all caught mice or rats - and also ate much of the innards and bones. Because I don't allow our recently acquired kittens to go out at night, they're not catching any rodents, so I'm replacing the vital minerals and taurine that they would ordinarily get through eating live kills with freshly ground chicken parts and bones run through a meat grinder. I'm hoping that the added cost and work grinding every week or so, will be offset by
savings on vet bills.
Sorry for your loss, Leslie.
