Renal diet for JRT

[Roadster25]

Tilly, our 18 month old JRT, had a bit of a scare over the past few weeks. After a reasonably routine operation on her knee she was found to be experiencing renal failure. Nobody really knows why, but a reaction to either the anesthetic or painkillers, escalating a pre-existing condition, has been suggested.

She was really poorly for a while, and needed to be hooked up to a drip for the best part of a week. Wonderfully she appears to be ok at the moment, back to her playful, naughty self, albeit with a bit of a limp and some less than dignified shaving.

She seems to have taken to the Purina and Royal Canin renal diets, so far supplied by our vets. The only slight downside is the price. Can anybody suggest an online seller of these specialist diets?

Roadster25

[SmokinV8]

We deal with the company below for all the vet diets that our customers require, they will be able to point you in the direction of a local petshop near to you that will be able to get this food in for you, no precription is needed and deliveries are twice a week.(they will not supply direct)
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[Who me ?]

I got fed up getting stung for flea treatment.Found these who're not bad for price .They advertise Prina & Royal.It might/might not be the stuff you want,so apologise in advance if it's not .
http://www.medicanimal.com/

[bexVN]

There are quite a few websites that will sell these products but go for good ones (It is not impossible for foods/ drugs to be faked, happens on the human market) technically whilst not a px per say it shoud not just be sold as an ott product (but it is!) some very good websites ask for a prescription before selling a prescription diet, plenty don't.

Hope your little dog recovers ok, very unlucky reaction in such a young thing .

Some may suggest homemade diets, but this is definitely not an easy option (having read up on homemade diets for renal problems!).

[SmokinV8]

burnspet.co.uk Many of the products can be also used as economical alternatives to Veterinary & Prescription Diets.

[bexVN]

SmokinV8 said:

burnspet.co.uk Many of the products can be also used as economical alternatives to Veterinary & Prescription Diets.

I've looked at the Burns food range, it's a good range but not all that different in price. I'm not sure I'd recommend it until speaking to the dogs vet first though. The diets would need comparing, this dogs kidneys are vulnerable so the diet really does need to be carefully chosen (I'm not saying it wouldn't be suitable though, definitely worth looking into)

[K77 CTR]

I use viovet to get my cat's diet food, seem to be reasonably priced

[Who me ?]

bexVN said:

There are quite a few websites that will sell these products but go for good ones (It is not impossible for foods/ drugs to be faked, happens on the human market) technically whilst not a px per say it shoud not just be sold as an ott product (but it is!) some very good websites ask for a prescription before selling a prescription diet, plenty don't.

Hope your little dog recovers ok, very unlucky reaction in such a young thing .

Some may suggest homemade diets, but this is definitely not an easy option (having read up on homemade diets for renal problems!).

The flea treatment I got was Frontline, also available now from Asda Pharmcy .

[Roadster25]

Thanks for all the advice. I think I'd like to stick with the exact products suggested by the vet for the moment, but any discount I can find will of course be helpful.

She's back in tomorrow for a blood test, so we could perhaps use the opportunity to discuss a bulk discount...

[bexVN]

Roadster25 said:

Thanks for all the advice. I think I'd like to stick with the exact products suggested by the vet for the moment, but any discount I can find will of course be helpful.

She's back in tomorrow for a blood test, so we could perhaps use the opportunity to discuss a bulk discount...

Royal canin do run loyalty schemes through vets maybe worth asking your vet. At ours it's buy 6 bags get one free. (I guess this works for trays of food but most of ours are on the bags of food)

[Roadster25]

We had some good news yesterday: Tilly's blood levels are all normal after 10 days without support.

We've been advised to keep her on the renal diet for about 3 months, but then if her results stay this good we shall try her on normal food again.

Fingers crossed, we may not actually need the renal diet for ever!

Really happy, thanks again to everybody for their advice.

[bexVN]

That is brillilant news and such a relief especially as she is so young, fingers crossed for a long term recovery

[Who me ?]

Great news, I hope all is now well and problems over .