Can ant bites cause kidney failure in a cat?

My friend left her long-haired cat at her mother's house to go on a business trip and big ants invaded the house after it rained heavily. The cat got bit a bunch of times and has since developed kidney failure. Is this a coincidence? Or did the ants cause the kidney failure? References would be appreciated.Details: Ants are almost 1 inch long and had to be pulled from the cat's fur. No further description was given about the ants. Kidney failure developed within days of being bitten. Thanks for all of the information. I will forward it to her. Her cat is still at the vet under observation but will be starting injections soon. My cats are fine. Her cat is only 6 years old, which is very young, so I was wondering what caused it so I could prevent it in my cats.

i cannot imagine this to be the case. what are the creatinine and bun levels? Lets work on treating thisTreatment of Chronic Renal FailureIf your cat is not in final stages, this is not want you want to do. You do not want to put your cat on theVets low protein diet. There are simply so many better options out there than to hand the poor cat a low amount of poor quality protein - which often results in a poor appetite and muscle wasting since the body is now robbing its own muscle mass to feed itself a decent quality and amount of protein.. There are new thoughts on this and the thinking is it is not the amount of protein but the quality of protein that matters.The Merck veterinary manual [www.merckvetmanual.com] says that cats need "4 g of protein of high biologic value per kg body wt/day". That's about 7 calories from protein per pound body weight per day. If a cat isn't a good eater and consumes, say, 20 calories per pound per day, then 7/20 = 35% of calories can safely be from protein. It must be high quality protein, which means meat, fish, milk, and eggs, and not grain or soy. I am under the assumption that you have been feeding mostly dry foods. Many use a vegetable based protein instead of animal and that is part of the problem.. Your cat needs protein as it is a carnivore and cutting down on it will lead to other health issues and may cause faster degeneration.You want to cut down on phosphorous (no fish allowed now) The best way to do this is with a raw diet which you can make yourself or buy. (Making yourself is better) link provided at the bottomIf you are unwilling to do that then something like the non fish flavors of Wellness or Merrick with NO grains are good alternatives. Wysong is also a good canned choice. This list gives a breakdown. Remember you want low phosphorous http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/CanFoodOld.html You should be giving sub-Q fluids as needed.You also will want to look into phosphorous binders. Something like aluminum hydroxideAsk your vet or look into calcitrolYou may want to talk to the vet about having injectable Pepcid AC on hand or you can buy it in pill form (ac not plain pepcid) and give 1/4 tab for stomach upset which happens a lot in crf cats due to acid in the stomach.I hope this stuff helps, here are many links for youMaking cat foodhttp://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htmother links. Read, read, read!!!!http://www.felineoutreach.org/EducationDetail.asp?cat=KidneyDiseasehttp://www.marvistavet.com/html/kidney_failure_where_to_begin.htmlhttp://www.felinecrf.org/http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineCRF/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=3http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Phosphorus-Management/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=5About that vets diet. This report is for dogs but applies to catshttp://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/21...