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Yeah for Mikey's pee!
He's been acting better (we swear it's psychological, a trip to the vet ultimately = feeling better).
This morning already he did a number 1 AND a number 2 AND ate some K/D food. I'm in agreement about what you're saying about his diet. Tonight I'm going to whip up a homecooked recipe with some chicken. Would you recommend just breast meat or a mixture? I'm going to avoid duck for a bit because I want ease him back into the homecooking and he's been having a lot of chicken in his wellness/weruva/etc brands that he was eating off and on (ones I bring back from the US). I'd actually love to do raw, but living in Thailand and the chemicals and hormones they inject into the animals...well, that's too scary for me. I am able to find some chicken pieces that are certified hormone/chemical free, which is what I'm planning to use for the cooked food.
Also, I'm planning a Christmas visit to the States-which again compounds the issues he's having (do I leave him or take him-ugh, usually I leave them with the maid watching them, but I don't trust her to make sure he's fine with what's going on now-and I hate the idea of leaving him at the vet)! But I always make a pet store run and am wondering if there is a mix of supplements for home cooking that I can purchase. Right now I crush the calcium citrate myself, divide a taurine capsule between a couple of containers of food, measure out flaxseed oil and probiotic. If there's something I could order online too (especially if it saves money) I've got time to have it there for me (there is Seattle, WA).
Thanks so very much for the advice and help. Since I started writing to you all, I've been so much better emotionally. Fingers crossed that next week's blood test/urine test is getting us closer to the numbers we want and not closer to confirming the kidney disease.
Right now, Sugarcatmom's having "trouble believing kidney disease is a major concern at this point" officially makes her my most favorite person on the planet right now!
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