But if you simply cannot persuade your cat to eat these foods, then do not lose too much sleep over it. Focus instead on offering your cat a food that is relatively low in phosphorus and which contains high quality protein, and remember, keeping weight on is usually more important than eating prescription foods. This is certainly not the best food for a CRF cat, but if your cat is recovering from a crisis or being extremely pernickety, you may have to resort to offering tasty human foods to tempt your cat back into eating. Tuna is one possibility, or lightly cooked fish. Many people in the USA use baby foods to tempt their CRF cats to eat in the short-term.
Some cats suffer from stomach acid if they have to eat from a bowl on the floor.
For tips on how to raise the bowl, see Treatments . Many UK vets prescribe anabolic steroids for CRF cats. These not only help to limit the muscle wasting which is common in CRF cats, but can also act as an appetite stimulant. If you are using steroids as an appetite stimulant only, I suggest trying the other ways of encouraging your cat to eat first, and keeping steroids in reserve for later on in the disease. You will probably have times when your cat refuses to eat.