The urinalysis will look for proteins in the urine that have leaked through damaged kidneys and measure the specific gravity of the urine. Since kidney failure prevents the kidneys from filtering waste from urine, a cat with kidney failure will have urine that is very similar in severity to distilled water. The biochemical profile will look for waste products in the blood that the kidneys should have filtered out; A high number of these products indicates kidney failure. Treatment of Kidney Failure in Cats Treatment of Acute Kidney Failure Cats suffering from acute kidney failure due to trauma or poisoning will often recover once the main problem causing the kidney failure is resolved. . This may include surgery, medications, fluid therapy, or blood transplants. If the kidneys do not respond after the main problem is treated, other treatments will need to be done to treat the kidney failure. DialysisHemodialysis is a procedure in which a machine acts like the kidneys, filtering the blood of wastes and toxins. which accumulate in the bloodstream. Hemodialysis may be used to treat cats with chronic kidney disease or to remove poison in a cat with acute kidney disease. Unfortunately, dialysis is only available in certain veterinary hospitals in the United States and can be extremely