last month i had to rush my 5 month old kitten to the vet because he became seriously ill. the vet asked me what i was feeding jasper and i told him wet and dry special kitty. my once playful cat was vomiting constantly, drinking excessive water, urinating excessively, and would not play and was crying in pain. we did all types of test on him. he was shaved everywhere. vet told me to stop feeding him special kitty immediately and start him on science diet dry food only. the next day his tests came back vet called immediately from office and told me jasper was in acute renal failure. his blood test showed that his kidneys were 10 times over the normal limit. he said there is not anything we can do and to watch him carefully and if he got worse to call immediately he did not think jasper would make it.. for the next 48 hours we were force feeding jasper by grounding up a special recipe of food in a blender and feeding him with a baby spoon. we even went as far as buying him a water purifier just for animals. well i am happy to say jasper is doing great tonight he is playing and eating and back to his old self. next week he goes back to the vet for another checkup. i am very scared on what he will tell us. the vet told us that kidney failure is irreversable and we would have to see how much damage was done if he made it to the next appointment. he told me the treatments jasper will need in the future could be very costly are the catfood companies going to help us with vet bills for our pets i hope so if anyone else has had this problem please email me. i would really like someone to talk to that is going through this with me.