crf links/how to deal with fd and crf

Spader was diagnosed with early CRF on New Year's Eve '04. He was also a diet controlled diabetic, until a dental at the end of December of '06 put him
back on the juice. I went out with Janet's food charts in hand and bought various low carb, low phos, medium protein foods and did a hit or miss approach until I came up with the magic mix he ate. The other cans stayed in the pantry just in case he got picky. I bought various flavors of Wellness, Merrick, Nature's Variety, Hi-Tor Neo, PetGuard, Pinnacle, Iams, Newman’s Own, etc.

I had been doing fluids on my own with a lot of success. The vets matched the internet prices, so that helped out a lot.
Also, I put several cups of purified water around the house and purchased a cat fountain (The Cat-It). I also added water to his canned food.

He ate mostly the low phos Friskies Special Diet flavors and FF Chicken and Tuna. Sometimes he got picky and ate all meat baby food.

I ended up adding a phosphorus binder during the last year and a half.
Here are some links:
Feline CRF Information Center
Tanya's Feline CRF Information Center
I think I memorized and printed out every page!
FelineCRF-FD Yahoo Group
FelineCRF Support Yahoo Group
These groups are awesome. Saved my butt!

Mail Order CRF Supplies
I printed out the Brico prices and brought them into the vets.

How to give subQ fluids
Feline CRF hints
Foods list by Phos
http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/canfood.htm
Feline CRF Documents


A wonderful section of info from Feline Outreach.
Feline Outreach

 

Thank you Holly for posting these links periodically. I have never needed them before, but now my Sweety Has CRF. It is as overwhelming as the diabetes, only a little bit more since it can't be diet controlled. I got the hang of fluids, but the cost of all this is overwhelming too. At the moment, I don't care about the cost, but it is good to know, one can get the supplies online and maybe the cost will be cheaper? (I haven't gone to the links yet)
Right now, I can not get her to eat ANYTHING - oh, besides the high carb treats! She's diet controlled and I am worried about that, but she has to eat something. I have tried EVERYTHING!! She just walks away. Oh, but if she hears the bag crinkle of those treats, and she perks up. I have tried moxing them with all kinds of foods, human and feline.
How did you do it for years? The emotional turmoil for me is, at times, overwhelming. ''Again, keep posting those links. Thank you.