Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Natural Remedies For Cats With Kidney Disease

Kidney disease in cats is a common problem. It
can be due to a number of factors such as
accident, shock, old age or bacterial and viral
infections. Natural remedies for cats with kidney
disease can treat the condition and will improve
the quality of your cat's life.

Diet

Feed your cat a special kidney diet. Feed a
protein rich diet of human-quality raw meat plus
small quantities of a variety of herbs, fruit,
grain and vegetables. A raw meat diet keeps blood
urea nitrogen levels low, a protein waste product
excreted through the kidneys. Heat-treated animal
protein, as found in commercial foods, is more
difficult to digest and creates more waste which
the kidneys must deal with. Such a diet is more
stressful to the kidneys and results in higher
toxicity in the blood if the kidneys are not
working properly. Raw protein, in comparison,
digests more completely with less waste.

Change the diet gradually and be patient and
persistent, especially if your cat is not used to
eating raw meat. Feed small meals but often, to
ease the burden on the kidneys. A tiny bit of
salt can be added to the morning meal to replace
the salt loss brought about by the imbalance of
the kidney function.

If you cat suffers from kidney failure, you need
to monitor the acid content of the food
carefully. Honey is the most suitable of sugars
that can be dealt with by the kidneys, but do not
give more than half a teaspoon per day. Dilute
the honey in spring water and add 1/3 of a
teaspoonful of apple cider vinegar.

Herbal remedies

The best way to administer natural kidney
remedies is to prepare a tisane (herbal tea).
Useful herbs include parsley, shepherd's purse,
golden rod, cleavers, yellow deadnettle, yarrow,
horsetail, marigold and stinging nettle. To make
a tisane use one teaspoon of the required herbs
and pour 150ml of boiling water over the them.
Leave to infuse for one minute. For all kidney
disorders give four dropperfuls, four times a day.

Parsley has a cleansing and toning effect on the
system, so offer your cat fresh chopped parsley.
If she does not accept it, prepare a parsley
tisane. The parsley tisane is so beneficial that
it should be given in addition to all other
treatments.

If there is blood in the urine, give a tisane of
shepherd's purse and golden rod. If your cat
suffers from hardening of the kidneys, make a
tisane of golden rod, cleavers, yellow deadnettle
and yarrow. Per litre of the solution add half a
teaspoon of Swedish bitters. For gravel in the
kidney make barley water and give one dropperful
before each meal. For kidney failure due to
accident or shock give a golden rod, horsetail,
yellow deadnettle and St John's wort tisane.

Many forms of chronic kidney failure are the end
result of infections or toxins damaging the
kidneys. However, the typical form of chronic
kidney failure is the result of aging. Chronic
kidney disorder can be treated with a horsetail
and yellow deadnettle tisane. This will help
older cats with a sluggish liver. For acute
kidney disease due to bacterial, viral infection
use a horsetail, marigold, stinging nettle and
cleavers tisane. This recipe will also benefit
cats with kidney failure due to serious injury or
major surgery.

The most important thing for a cat with kidney
failure is to maintain adequate hydration. Offer
lots of fresh water. If your cat isn't a great
water drinker, pour liquid over its food. The aim
of this is to promote diuresis, i.e. flushing the
body with fluids to create more urine and help
eliminate the build up of waste products.

These natural remedies for cats with kidney
disease are proven to be effective. They are safe
and will improve kidney functioning.

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Monika Ruthe is a complementary therapist and has
created an online information resource on natural
and home remedies for cats. To discover the best
natural remedies for cats for a variety of common
ailments and learn how to use them visit
http://www.homeremediesforcats.com

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