Re: Ginger ate a little (or at least licked at food)!

[Lernermichelle]

Belinda, when I give her 100 cc's it is an entire can of A/D.  I do not add very much water in-- just enough so I can suck it up into 6 and 12 cc syringes. So I have been giving her a whole can of A/D on most days, with vitamin tabs, lysine, and other immune support capsules mixed in.  I just am giving her less today to see if she will eat some on her own.  I already gave her 35 cc's this morning. Instead of giving her 2 feedings this afternoon I am not going to give her any, and if she does not eat I will give her another 35 cc's tonight, which will give her about 2/3 can of A/D and should not put her in any danger.  Thanks, Michelle   In a message dated 5/16/05 1:39:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michelle,    You may want to syringe her a bit more, an adult cat needs between 5.5 and 6.0 ounces of food to maintain their body weight, although tiny cats like my Shelbee don't eat anywhere near that much (Shelbee weights about 7 pounds). You may want to stick with the 100ccs of food, because if you mix the food with water to thin it out (I'm speaking about AD here), a can works out to be around 200 or so ccs.  So even if you are giving her around 100 it is only about half of what she needs.   Since she isn't feeling well from the URI you don't want her to get weaker from not getting enough calories and make it that much harder to bounce back once the URI starts clearing up. I think waiting on the ultrasound is also a good idea, give her time to recoup from all that has been going on in the last couple of weeks. --