Anyone used Aventi KS or KP?

[emmas_mom]

Mitzi is pretty much in end stage kidney failure now, and my vet has suggested I add Aventi KS and Aventi KP to her list of meds. Given how hard it is to get her to eat at all, I have to mix most of her meds into a slurry of pet kelp and coconut oil, and then syringe it into the back of her mouth. It looks like the amount of Aventi she'd need (about 1/2 tsp of each) would mean two or three syringes (she can only take a small syringe - she's only just over 7 pounds now), and while I can get one into her fairly well, I'd really be lucky to get more in. That, plus the cost, for a dog in end stage, makes me question the value of ordering it. On the other hand, I want to keep her as comfortable as possible and this does help with both the urea problem and the phosphorus issues.
Has anyone here used it for their kidney-failure dogs, and if so, did you see a difference? Did you have any trouble getting the dog to take it? It comes in a powder form which is supposed to be sprinkled on food - at the moment the only food she is eating most days is tripe.

[SherriA]

I haven't used it or even heard of it. I hope someone else can help.

Kidney failure is no fun. I went through it with Oliver, but we just kept adjusting his diet. Thank goodness beagles will pretty much always eat.

[LisaT_II]

I haven't used it or heard from anyone that has.

I'm sorry you are at this stage with her

[UpwardDog]

I haven't heard of that one. Sam took amino B-plex as his vitamin support. It was 1ml on his food twice daily and seemed palatable.

[emmas_mom]

Mitzi also takes amino b-plex. The Aventi is supposed to do something more - I've started her on the Aventi KS but not the Aventi KP. The challenge is getting it all into her (she's on benazepril, Tylosin, Amino B-Plex, Aventi KS, sometimes Mirtazapine or Cerenia, and a kelp supplement - none of which can be added to her food as she will reject any food with any of those things, and most foods she rejects anyway!). Even the Amino B-plex was enough to throw her completely off a canned food she had been eating fairly well for three months - now she won't touch it.

[UpwardDog]

INGREDIENTS: Maltodextrins, calcium carbonate, potassium citrate, chitosan, artificial meat flavor.
Im not inclined to give meds that dogs refuse at the end of their life particularly if they are getting really expensive and knowing kidney failure already causes that nausea, malaise, hungover feeling. If there was risk of turning them off the limited foods they'd accept, I don't think I'd risk it.
Maybe there's an easier way to get calcium and potassium citrate into her?