Farmina Vet Life Renal Feline Dry Cat Food, 11-lb bag

All three of my CRF senior cats loved this food and preferred it to the other prescription dry cat foods. I liked that the ingredients are all non-GMO as there is emerging research that shows that genetically modified foods (especially grains) may inflame the kidneys and GI tract. The ingredients appear to be clean and my cats did very well on this food. They also loved Blue Buffalo renal diet dry food (and I loved the non-GMO natural formula) but it’s designed more for cats in the early stage of CRF. All three of my cats were stage 3 when diagnosed (2 of them were treated for hyperthyroidism which masked the CRF). All three are now stable and their levels have dropped back into the normal range with daily subcutaneous fluids and a renal nutritionally supplement (Pet RX Feline Renal) that they take twice a day by capsule. Even though their bloodwork is great, the underlying kidney damage is still there so it’s important to continue to treat them as kidney patients. Recently their dry food has been switched to a hydrolyzed diet by Royal Canin as my 17 year old cat also has IBD or small cell lymphoma. The other two are feed a low phosphorus senior can food separately. Interestingly, the hydrolyzed protein diet seems to be gentle on the kidneys (less nitrogenous waste to process?). It’s difficult when you have a multi cat household and one cat needs a special diet. It’s often easier to put everyone on the same food. In the future, Vet Life would be my first choice for dry or canned cat food.