Avoid feeding extra snacks Feed meals on a little and often basis, rather than giving one or two large meals in a day Offer fresh food at each feeding Allow your pet access to clean, fresh water at all times Chronic kidney failure is sometimes accompanied by an unwillingness to eat. It may be helpful to warm food to just below body temperature and to attempt hand feeding for the first few days of a new diet Feeding your pet Looking after pets with chronic kidney failure involves careful attention to diet. Your veterinary surgeon understands that chronic kidney failure often causes a lack of interest in food. Because of this, a special diet must not only benefit health, but must taste good, too. In addition to dietary control, your may also be advise treating your pet with various other therapies.
Antibiotics are helpful from time to time, to control secondary urinary tract infections.
Anabolic steroid injections are often useful, especially in cats, as weight loss and poor appetite progress. Vitamin supplementation can be useful. Blood profile and urine analysis may be helpful from time to time to assess the progress of the condition.