I have posted before about my cat, Oscar, who was diagnosed with CRF in May (early Stage 2).

After a few stressful weeks with his feeding, he is now certainly making up for it and his appetite has taken off

He's due blood tests in August to check his levels, but I popped him down to the surgery today to see the nurse just to see how his general health is. All is well, he's even gained weight

Today, so far, he has had almost 3 pouches. What I am wondering is whether I should just be going with the flow and feeding him as much as he wants, or should I be watching just how much I feed him. Its so great to see him eating well but I don't want to be storing up problems for him down the line.

Would value your opinions

My cat Misi is in stage 3 crf and still has a really good appetite, if somewhat tempered by her stomatitis. Make sure you're feeding him a grain-free good quality food that's low in phosphorus but not too low in good quality meat protein and you'll be laughing. If he's put on weight, that's fantastic. It may be that when he has his bloods done again in August, they'll have improved somewhat. Lots of things can cause a sort of "spike" in blood results, and it also may be that when he had his blood test that showed he was in crf, there was something else going on with him to skew the results a bit. I say this because my cat's bloodwork was awful at the beginning of April, just after she'd had a stomatitis flare-up, followed by cortisone, followed by a cold. Her blood test the other day showed a marked improvement.

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Thanks Misi.

He flately refused any renal wet food but does sometime deign to eat renal biscuits

He's on a wet diet, so I am feeding him on a variety of foods to keep his interest up....some good....some of the "junk" ones (all mixed with binders of course). He's 18 and has had a practically vet free life up until now. I figure that at his age he's entitled to have a bit of whatever he likes

He's certainly getting back to the old Oscar

My girl's also 18 and I pretty much feel the same way. The best thing you can do for a renal cat is to keep them eating. That will keep them the most healthy for longer. Reckon you've got it licked, gal

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Wendy, mum to:
Simba von Wurzbachtal, Turkish Van, born Austria, 5/9/10

RIP
Tarka, 1989 - 2008 my gentle Phileas Fogg
Bruno, 2008 - 2010 taken too soon my darling boy
Misi, 1993 - 25/3/2012 My brave, beautiful tabby

Fingers crossed. I think it's only in the last few weeks that I've calmed down about it all, while his nibs is oblivious to it

Gosh Jayne, NOT eating is by far the most common problem with CRF cats! So I'm glad to hear Oscar is having the opposite one. I would allow him to hear as much as he wants though I would watch the phosphorous level.

Hadn't realised Misi was 18! A real trooper for her age. I'd never have guessed from the photographs. How is her eating now? Still grinding?

Thanks Ianthi. I went on Tanya's website and have purchased a lot of the foods that are in the lower phosphorous range and mix those with binders, and he seems to love them.

So far today 2 pouches, so slightly behind on yesterday

so glad to hear that Oscar is eating well. Long may he continue to do so!

Thanks Cazzer. It's great to see him eating so well. How is Karlo doing?

He is doing well thanks. Not sure if you have seen my recent update but he had a biopsy which showed he has IBD! Thankfully he doesn't have anything nasty such as FIP which is what I was worried about. He's not shown any of the more usual symptoms of IBD and is quite young to get it [my elderly persians both have IBD]. He's got a delivery of horsemeat coming from zooplus as we are going to try him on an exclusion diet.