Olivia's sweet sixteen

My youngest cat Olivia turns 16 today.

 

 

Olivia's mother Kali is my oldest cat (18). They both have chronic kidney disease, as does Olivia's father. So great genes?

In addition to kidney problems, Olivia has chronic diarrhea. Over the past few months, she has started to poop on the floors.

 

 

Olivia's appetite is really good these days. Most of the time, she wakes us up in the morning by demanding breakfast. The reason for this is that she would like to eat mostly wet food. However, when I introduced Orijen kitten, Olivia started to eat dry food too. Olivia and Kali like it really much, and the bowls are empty in record time.

I add to Orijen kitten another dry food which is intended for chronic kidney disease, and the idea would be to gradually switch to kidney food completely. I bought Brit Renal with high hopes, but it has big kibble and I want small ones because Kali doesn't have many teeth left. Brit Renal cats do eat, at least among that Orijen kitten. The ingredient lists of those kidney dry foods are terrible to read, just vegetables and no meat.

Olivia has a grain-free diet, she gets Porus one for kidney failure and Kaopekt for diarrhea. We'll see how long we keep trying that grain-free, since it clearly doesn't help with diarrhea. Olivia dreams only of cereal-based cheap foods, such as Felix and Whiskas. Whenever I turn my back she's eating those from Tabitha's bowl. Nom nom. Grains good, meat bad.

As a memory, a picture from April 2008, when I got Olivia, and she could still fit in my lap...