can you give Clapton pills? A quick whoosh down the throat might piss him off for a bit, but better than drops in food etc. If he likes the Tesco nosh, why not stick to that? Or a/d. Ok it's not perfect for his condition but it's better than not eating.
Am I utterly wrong in thinking that if he's on Fortekor it gives you a bit more scope to feed less 'suitable' (ie designed for kidneys like K/d) food? If he won't eat k/d minced chicken, no point in trying the other k/d which is solid muck.
If his mouth is sore, shouldn't that be treated? If that vet won't, is there another in the area? having said that, won't the steroids help any mouth inflammation?
Beef is a strange one - the l/d is beef (now pork) and with Hills very dodgy but quite extensive testing on liver damaged cats, you'd think they'd avoid an ingredient that's actively harmful. At the risk of having the phone slammed down on me, I'll try to ask the co again. However my vet won't ring up their vets department which is really what's required to find out what's best for kidney and liver patient cats ("it's her again, on the subject of food SIGH") but would like to know why Hills moved from beef l/d to pork l/d. I'd assumed it was for cost reasons, but would be good to know if it was for clinical reasons. (Pork can contain tapeworm for humans? Is that it?)
Swamp's doing well on it, but maybe it's not designed for long term use??
Plus need to find out what's in their k/d minced chicken and if that formula's changing too.
Hope Clapton's Tesco jelly's going down well today anyhow. My friend in France kept her cat pretty much on steroids for 2 years btw (she was old and the vet was tut-tutting as well). But she still had a quality of life and my friend made the decision to keep her going on steroids & the vet respected the decision in the end.