Wishing you the best as you continue to care for CJ. There is no doubt CJis in the best of hands. You are a terrfic furparent.You are doing everything to help and I know she will keep improving.My thoughts and prayers are with you both.

Hoping for the best with you and CJ.  I know you said she eats a bit of pumpkin for the constipation.  You could try adding a 1/2 spoonful to 1 spoonful in her wet food and see if that helps.  I also use 1/8 tsp psyllium husk powder in Peanut's wet food and this combo seems to help her out a lot.

catmom5- Maybe you could just cut down on the dry & add more canned or homemade ? If the change was slow & you don't totally remove the rx dry,it may work better.

Thanks. She doesn't eat the wet, just slurps up the liquid (I add about an equal amount of warm water). She had a good poop sometime during the night, didn't hear the howling so it must have been more comfortable for her to go. I will need to back off on the Core since it is very high phosphorus and may need to keep her on the low res and try to increase the wet. I wish that she would eat homemade, but other than licking out the pasta with tomato sauce bowl I left out she's not a real people food cat.

Oh how I wish she could tell me, in words I can understand.

Thanks again for your concerns and suggestions. I feel like such a worrier so often. You all probably get tired of reading about our food problems.

Blessings
catmom5

catmom, sometimes it is better to let them eat whatever they want to and supplement with a phosphorus binder to keep the kidneys optimized.  If the phosphorus level gets above 6 kitties tend to not eat as much as they just feel lousy.  I've used Alternagel for the past year on two of mine because they won't eat prescription food on a regular basis.  Heck, they won't eat anything on a regular basis!  What they love today they cover tomorrow.  Please don't feel like we're tired of your "food problems".  I think most of us are in the same boat. 

I looked at my journal on Kitt'n and I was using Lactulose 3 times a day on her to keep the stools soft.  She also had enemas occassionally which worked well (even though she didn't think so....)   But please remember Kitt'n was 20+ years old and at some point in time things just can't work well anymore.

Continuing our prayers for CJ and for you.

This is the infamous CJ. Thanks, Carol for making it easy to post the pictures. Now I just have to get some of the rest of them. This is kinda fun.

BTW CJ refused all food except for the Low Res so she's on that, stool softener and is a happy girl once again.
Blessings

Thanks, she actually looks pretty tiger on one side and calico on the other. (I think it's the calico feistiness that has brought her this far . . .)

I've only occasionally seen the combination of those two coat types on one cat. It's truly amazing when it happens, nature blending two beautiful patterns.