Rx Vitamins Phos-Bind - Kidney Support Supplement Powder - 200g

Over the years I've had several cats that have gotten kidney disease from old age. I know the signs without needing a vet now. One of the first signs is seeing foam sitting at the top of the litter box after they pee. A couple of my cats have lived 5 years after I caught it early enough.I used to buy aluminum hydroxy gel powder from thriving pets. They have gotten really expensive over the years. I was glad to find this Phos-Bind here at a much more reasonable price. It is also delivered much faster with my Prime account. Time is the essence to using this.What I've noticed is this brand mixes into the wet cat food much easier. It also soaked in the dry at a quicker rate. I was so impressed. I'm not sure what people are whining about using this powder.The trick to using it in wet is to heat the food a little "first" and add a tablespoon or more of water into the food. "NEVER heat the food in the microwave AFTER adding this is in the food". I use around 1/4 tsp per meal of wet food.To use it in dry, put dry cat food in a Ziploc bag and add this by the teaspoon over the food. Zip the bag closed and shake the food. It should look like you coated it generously with powdered sugar. You don't need to have a pile of this at the bottom of the bag. You want it done evenly through out the food. Within a couple hours this should all soak in the dry food. I make up at least a weeks worth of food at once.Aluminum hydroxy powder will cause constipation, so I have generic Miralax on hand. I add about 1/4 tsp of that mixed in the wet cat food daily. Every cat is different so adjust the dose as needed. I don't measure out the aluminum hydroxy powder by weight, I dose it by how much my cat eats.I'm not sure of the thinking that goes behind dosing by your pet's weight. It has to bind with the phosphorous in the food to work. The better it's mixed in or soaked in, the better.I've been using this brand for a year with my cat Bobby. He looks better, is more bright eyed, and has put weight on with me assist feeding him. As long as your cat is comfortable and not in pain this might work for you too. I find this is effective for my cat.

Seems to have really helped my old renal girl. She feels a lot better. Once a day, and I think she likes the taste in her WET food.

Our dog has kidney disease and we were advised to feed her a garbage prescription diet with almost no protein; instead she would be getting her energy and calories from added sugar. We thought that sounded crazy, as sugar is rather toxic to dogs, and our dog has cancer which makes any simple sugars extremely dangerous since cancer can very easily metabolize simple sugars and use the calories to grow and spread.We researched the proper diet and decided that dogs are designed to get their calories and energy primarily from protein, so despite her kidneys failing, it seemed that a high protein meat diet would still be the best for her, IF we could find a binder that would bond with the metabolized protein waste so that her kidneys would not have to do the work. We read good reviews about Phos-Bind and so decided to give it a try.Initially we tried mixing the Phos-Bind powder with her food; that was rough. Then we bought a capsule maker and filled gelatin capsules with Phos-Bind. We tried feeding the capsules to her with low-sodium cream cheese, but that didn't work. Finally, we bought some high end canned dog food and smooshed the capsules into a teaspoon of the dog food, and she would eat the glob of food with the capsule off the spoon. Later, she began licking the spoon and leaving the capsule, so we began making small teaspoon size 'patties' with the capsules inside. The bite-size patties, although a bit messy to make, have been working great for us.Initially we were feeding her two capsules each meal, and her bloodwork came back showing that her condition was stable and no longer deteriorating. But eventually she began throwing up her food, so we scaled back the Phos-Bind capsules to one per meal, three times a day. She is now taking the single capsules with no problem and her condition is still stable after 10 months. She also gets a few Chinese herbs for kidney health. She is now 16 years and six months, and she definitely seems like she intends to make it to 17 years and quite possibly more.

My 18-year-old cat has been suffering from CKD for three years and this (along with his Prednisolone) has been a literal lifesaver. He refused to touch the Science Diet kidney food, but he'd eat the Fancy Feast Senior Pate, and by adding a bit of Phos-Bind it keeps him happy and healthy. Without it, he gets very sick. I put it in one of those screen-topped shakers and just dust his food with it (like you might dust the top of a chocolate mousse with powdered sugar) and mix it in, and that is simple and works well. My vet is astonished that not only is my cat still alive after three years but is actually fat and hearty despite the CKD.

This has help save my 2 year old Rottweiler. His phosphorus and all other kidney numbers showed him to be in late stage kidney decline. After changing him to pro plan prescription food, making home made food to supplement his food, a prescription pill and phos bind his numbers have dropped drastically. My vet said he was close to normal numbers. He started playing and running again. He is back to his happy self(( he bit me on the hand the day before I made a vet appointment which is way beyond out of character for him ) he can now interact with family again. On my second order and I will stick with it.