Your Cat Is Not a CKD Stage: A Vet Reacts to a Kidney Disease Quiz

In this video, Dr. Kris walks through a real veterinary CKD quiz to show how chronic kidney disease is often taught to veterinarians, and how that same staging-first approach often gets passed on to cat owners. But staging is not the same thing as a treatment plan. Because your cat is not a stage. CKD staging can be useful, but if we focus only on stage, we can miss the bigger picture. This is where the BITE Strategy comes in: B = Body WeightI + T + E = Intestinal health for Toxin Elimination In this episode, we look at a 12-year-old cat with signs of CKD, including increased drinking and urination, weight loss, reduced body condition, muscle loss, vomiting, hypertension, and kidney changes on ultrasound. Dr. Kris explains what the test results mean, why certain medications may be recommended, and why the order of priorities matters so much for real cats living in real homes. This video is part of the broader teaching behind Nine Lives, One Mission: Vet-Approved Home Treatments for Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Dr. Kris Master Guide approach to helping CKD cats do better without throwing “everything in the kitchen sink” at them all at once. Learn more from Dr. Kris and explore the NLOM book and CKD resources through The 100x Mobile Vet. #CatKidneyDisease#CKDCats#FelineCKD#CatHealth#SeniorCatCare#DrKris#NineLivesOneMission#MobileVet#CatVet#KidneyDiseaseInCats#IRISStaging#CatWeightLoss#FelineHealth#CKDSupport#VeterinaryMedicine