Hi Jan and thankyou for your comments. Tuna is ok as an occasional treat or to try to persuade your cat to eat but not as a regular food.
With regards to chicken, it's the quality of protein thats important. Cats are obligate carnivours and need a high protein diet, many people recomend that the brown meat is better for cats than the breast meat. Now I also know that vets recomend a low protein/low phospherous diet for cats with failing kidneys, there is however some contoversy over this and I personally feel that it may be the phospherous content in cat foods that cause the most damage. I base my feelings on everything I have read and beleive me I have read loads on CRF in cats
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So in answer to your question, chicken is absolutely fine for cats of any age.
The felinecrf.org site is indeed very large and very informative. If you get lost with anything or need anything clarified just yell
. It's entirely your choice but I feel it's better to get as clued up as possible in order to help your cat/s with this progressive illness.
I wish you all well and as i say if you need any help or advice, just ask. There are several of us here who have been through the emotional roller coaster of CRF, we all dealt with it in a different way but all did as much as we felt we possibly could to help them and love them till the end. Most of all we supported each other.
