26/07/2025
Percy Piglet went in for a blood test this week to check his kidney markers in relation to his kidney disease. He last went in for bloods in March and off the back of his results I started him on a binder as his phosphorous levels were too high even with him being on a low phosphorous renal diet.
I got his results back and similarly to Buddys back in June, his markers have gone up sadly.
His urea has gone up to 18.1 from 13.1, his creatinine has gone up to 215 from 157 and his phosphorous despite the diet and binder has gone up to 1.87 from 1.67.
Creatinine rises in kidney disease because the kidneys are unable to effectively filter the waste products from the blood and therefore it builds up in the bloodstream and this is the same with when urea rises during the disease. The higher the levels go, the more the kidneys are damaged and the disease progresses. Phosphorous levels rise as the damaged kidneys also can’t efficiently remove the excess phosphorous from the blood. Hence why you cut down on the phosphorous intake in their diet as much as possible to help take the pressure off the kidneys.
Not the results I was hoping for, whilst kidney disease is progressive there are things you can implement (which I have) which help slow the progression and sometimes decrease the numbers (in the case of phosphorous typically anyway). So I was hoping for a reduction in the phos levels and the urea and creatinine to hopefully stabilise or not raise as much as they have.
Every cat is different though. Some cats stay stable for a long time and others with kidney disease progress quickly. I keep all of buddy and Percy’s kidney numbers on a spreadsheet so I can see all the data over the course of their different blood tests and how it compares.
The good news was that his PCV was much better as it was low before so I started an iron supplement which was reccomended by Luce off the back of his last bloods in March.
Another positive is that he has gained another 100g in weight this week. He’s now 4.15kg which means he has actually surpassed his highest ever weight since in my care (highest was 4kg last year). He’s gained around 100g in weight or more each week at the moment. My goal is to get him to 5kg by the end of the year providing his big appetite continues.
Off the back of his kidney results im going to trial a few tweaks to him and buddys supplements.
Him and buddy both also take porus one also which helps to essentially grab onto and get rid of these toxins that build up in the blood as much as possible. There’s another product that does the same thing via a different route in the body that comes highly reccomended from other kidney disease cat parents called adored beast felixs flora
So I’m going to trial using both in an attempt to try and soak up as much of these toxins as possible.
All I can do is trial different things in an attempt to slow the progression a bit which is important as when the disease progresses it leads to issues such as nausea and innappetence and often the need for sub cut fluids and things. I’m trying to keep both boys feeling as good as they can for as long as possible before these things at some point will likely be needed.
