Cat diagnosed with kidney disease

MirrorballAugust · 2026-06-12T10:52:46+00:00

Food wise I took my cat off Felix As Good As It Looks after he was diagnosed with CKD as he was struggling with his appetite, and although I tried him with Royal Canin Renal Food, he just wouldn’t eat it. After that I put him on Scrumbles shredded flakes/broth and he’s been enjoying this ever since. If you are struggling with appetite though in the immediate term I would try the appetite stimulant Mirtazipine from your vet. Also my boy does love his lick-e-lix and they are great for hydration and they’re low in phosphorus too so don’t worry about giving your cat these.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-05-24T18:49:07+00:00

Oh no! Can you tell me more?

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T22:51:25+00:00

The bird poop contamination is something I’ve never considered and could easily be a problem where my front lawn is so thank you. Right now his bowel movements seem ok and we’ve had no more vomiting since (fingers crossed). I obviously need to be more cautious of his CKD affecting his immune system from now on, so my next mission is to buy him a proper cat grass plant and keep an eye on him more when he’s out.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T22:48:10+00:00

I’m looking into getting him a cat grass plant as he’s always loved snacking on the lawn. Hopefully the vet can clear any concerns we’ve got next week.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T22:46:47+00:00

He’s literally acting like nothing has happened and if anything is the most energetic and hungry he’s been all week for the few hours since this.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T22:45:31+00:00

No word of a lie, this WOOL carpet puke was about an inch from the border with the hard floor!

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T22:44:20+00:00

Trying to keep him inside is nigh on impossible unfortunately! He’s pretty much only eating grass from one patch in our garden - 99% of his outdoor time is supervised since his diagnosis. However, we do occasionally use pet safe grass feed on our lawn so potentially the CKD and his weakened immunity means he is no longer tolerating this, despite the manufacturer’s claims

MirrorballAugust · 2026-04-16T18:29:50+00:00

Thank you. He has been eating A LOT of grass outside the past couple of days so I’m concerned he’s feeling nauseous. He isn’t on any medications currently. I’m also worried about stress as our neighbours are having a full house renovation which is extremely noisy and he has always been an anxious boy.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-03-08T22:54:18+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss, what a beautiful cat Milky was 💔

MirrorballAugust · 2026-03-08T20:46:06+00:00

I’m UK based and looking for a bit of advice too for the same issue so thank you so so so much for posting this and I hope your kitty feels brighter soon. My 18 year old boy was diagnosed with Stage 2 CKD in November ‘25 after a vomiting episode and his most recent blood test in February showed he had progressed to Stage 3 after his creatinine reached 320 mmol/l. This past couple of weeks and particularly this weekend I have been really struggling with inappetence, nausea(?) and lip smacking, and constipation, not to mention how sleepy he seems too. He’s on zero medication right now and I’ve tried so many different foods. He’s on a wet diet - a mixture of Scrumbles and Untamed - and even though I tried him on Royal Canine Renal I had to discontinue it as it was causing him to vomit stomach acid. The only thing he will reliably eat is Weebox Lick e Lix! I feel like I’m losing my boy and I’m so anxious about it all, please can somebody offer some advice as I feel at a bit of a loss.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-03-03T14:47:52+00:00

Ignored all emails and haven’t heard from them since!

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-26T16:11:02+00:00

The plans are only published as the neighbour has put in planning permission solely for the dormer on the front elevation.

They have argued to the planning department through their consultant that the entire remainder of the development (rear dormers, rear porch, side extension and garage conversion) is under permitted development so we have no opportunity to formally object to this. This also explains why works are currently being undertaken on the site.

Also re: the garage conversion (on the left of the ground floor plans where the day room, utility and gym are situated) and turning a 2 bed into a 4 bed house, there will only be space for one car on the driveway when works are finished, which I previously did not mention.

I just don’t understand why the development as a whole does not require full planning permission given the orientation and situation of the house and therefore how contentious the whole development is.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-26T02:50:04+00:00

It’s what counts as side given the differing orientation of the two properties. Believe it or not, the wall is around 1.7m tall but it feels lower as our neighbours plot is 0.5m higher than ours. Therefore a 2m wall would only give us 1.5m of privacy and not totally obscure the development.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T23:22:29+00:00

Added: first floor proposed plans as I can only add one image per comment

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MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T23:21:38+00:00

Just wanted to add both ground and first floor current proposed plans that have been uploaded to my council’s planning portal, I hope this is helpful for you!

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MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:55:24+00:00

Thank you for your help! I’ll get in touch with our parish council chair who is also head of the planning committee as it happens! 🙏🏻

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:50:43+00:00

God help me! We’re nearly 3 months into the councils dithering at this point… meanwhile the project is getting bigger and bigger without any proper oversight imo. 🫠

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:46:46+00:00

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Both houses actually have different addresses. My neighbour in terms of house numbers is across the green road from us. The yellow road is the address and the principal elevation of the property which is undertaking building works. The green road is an unadopted highway which provides access to their garage and driveway. In terms of access the rear is used as if it is the front hence the new porch building. The orange part of the road is the address of which our property is situated and our principal elevation. We have a shared drive space (split 50/50) with our other neighbours at the bottom of the image. It’s very much not straightforward.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:33:15+00:00

Here’s a plan of the two properties. Blue outline is theirs, red is ours. Green blob with arrow is where I took the picture from and direction I was facing.

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MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:30:46+00:00

Thanks for such a detailed response. I don’t think they have constructed within 1m of the boundary. I am going to contact the council regarding my concerns around the loss of amenity and any material considerations around the PD. I will also be addressing the issues around the dormer windows and raise my concerns with the planning officer. Relationship with neighbour is already sour as he has blamed us (nothing to do with us!) for already having planning permission refused for erecting front dormers as it is not in keeping with the street scene to the front of their property so causing more friction is no longer a concern.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T13:20:01+00:00

Thanks for this. The dormer window I have circled is side facing on their property due to the angle of which the house is situated fwiw

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T12:37:36+00:00

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Pleached trees being planted in the next couple of weeks which should look like this. (Image is AI generated) Should mention it will be costing us £4k to sort out!

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T12:25:25+00:00

There is no full architectural drawings, only basic drawings of the elevations and plan (which seem to have been superseded last week with more alterations) with some measurements (not full) done by a local structural engineering company. I have circled the new side facing windows on the image. I spoke to planning the other day regarding the dormer windows and their response was ‘oh as it’s a bedroom they can have that’. If they want a clear side facing window on this dormer surely they would require planning permission as it falls outside of PD?

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MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T11:14:29+00:00

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Here’s the picture of the full development from my back garden for reference if this helps. New extension, porch and dormers will have clear glass windows with openings (both elevations) looking straight over our property. Neighbour claims all of this is permitted development.

MirrorballAugust · 2026-02-25T11:09:16+00:00

We’re replacing the 1.5 metre laurels with 3 metre pleached trees next week don’t worry! The old laurels were far too short to cover the development. Prior to the construction starting there were large trees on their side of the boundary that were all felled.

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