Thank you for your kind words, I will keep trying. It just that he
struggles so much that I worry about getting him all stressed out. He does
put up one heck of a struggle. His head is so strong and it moves so
quickly.
But I will keep trying. He was so ill in 03 that we did not think he would
make it but we worked so hard on getting him so healthy and chubby. but this
is so different with the food. I can easily give him his pills, but this
food stuff, what can I say, this is just tearing my heart up.
Thank You for support.
Lisa
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From: <i>"Hideyo Yamamoto"
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<i><felvtalk@felineleukemia.org></i><br>Subject: <i>RE: Won't
Eat....Please Help</i><br>Date: <i>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:20:06
-0600</i><br>>Lisa, I can emphasize your pain - my Felv positive, Ginger
stopped<br>>eating for over a week a several months
ago.<br>><br>>She is already a very small girl, and did not want her
to lose any more<br>>weight - so as Nina mentioned, I assisted her to eat
with syringe every<br>>day with baby food and liver shake
-<br>><br>>I will be praying that your kitty will bounce back very
soon - so stay<br>>calm (I know it's hard, but do your best) and talk to
him gently and<br>>tell him how much he means to you and how he is going
to get better very<br>>very soon..<br>><br>>Love and hugs to you
and your kitty..<br>><br>>Hideyo<br>><br>>-----Original
Message-----<br>>From:
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On Behalf Of Nina<br>>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:55 PM<br>>To:
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>>Subject: Re: Won't Eat....Please
Help<br>><br>>Hi Lisa,<br>>I can hear the panic in your voice and
how very much you love your<br>>Kitty. You are right, you need to get
him to eat. It is wonderful<br>>that he has been so healthy and has a
few extra pounds to help him<br>>maintain right now. He is in danger of
HL if he goes without eating<br>>anything in a 24 to 48 hour period.
That means if you get something<br>>down him, he'll probably be okay. I
know the sound of "syringe<br>>feeding" can be intimidating.
Don't think of it as "force" feeding,<br>>think of it as
"assisted" feeding. Like you would a baby. There is
a<br>>group for help with this, here's the
link:<br>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/<br>><br>>Poor
thing must be so panicky with his eyes giving him trouble like<br>>that.
Not to mention the vet trip from Hell. All he's going to want<br>>to do
is hide. Please try to calm yourself. Put on some soft music
and<br>><br>>keep the room he's in dark. If he wants to hide, go
ahead and let him,<br>>(after you get his meds and some food in him of
course). Speak softly<br>>to him and tell him how the two of you will
see this through together.<br>>Tell him you will do your very best to
make sure no one scares him, or<br>>puts him through any more trauma than
absolutely necessary. (I'd like<br>>to punch your substitute vet in the
neck btw).<br>><br>>Prayers that Kitty rebounds soon, please let us
know how you guys
are<br>>doing,<br>>Nina<br>><br>><br>>Elizabeth Paz
wrote:<br>><br>> ><br>> > Hi everyone,<br>> ><br>>
> Has anyone got any ideas on how to get some food into my kitty?<br>>
><br>> > He has had FELV since 03. He was a very sick kitty and we
were a<br>> > breath away from having to put him to sleep. We wanted
to try and<br>> > give him a chance, even though our Vet and the
Ophthalmologist that<br>> > was treating kitty's eyes were against it.
He was on Prednisone 5mg a<br>><br>> > day for about 6 months, he
began looking and acting healthier. then<br>> > his meds were changed
to half a pill each day, and then finally a half<br>><br>> > a pill
every other day.<br>> ><br>> > August of 04 he was taken off of
all meds, and became a healthy chubby<br>><br>> > cat. ( 16 lbs) He
has been wonderful till Friday of last week. Then<br>> > over this
weekend his eyes clouded over (Uveitis returned) and he is<br>> > not
eating a thing. I have tried everything, even his favorite
snack,<br>><br>> > and no way.<br>> ><br>> > We went to
the Vet yesterday (Monday), and guess what, the Dr. who has<br>><br>>
> worked with us is on holiday. What a mess. The one that we saw was
a<br>><br>> > bit of a fruit cake. She tried to draw blood and had
such a problem,<br>> > it took three tries with kitty crying, can't
even tell you what I was<br>> > going to do to her if hubby had not
stepped in. I spoke to her about<br>> > the prednisone. She said she
did not want to put him back on the<br>> > prednisone at this time and
on and on and on. I told her our Dr. made<br>><br>> > it quite
clear to us,( it was down on his chart also ) that if we
saw<br>><br>> > that he was sliding to get him back on the
Prednisone. It was like<br>> > talking to the wall. She gave me an
anti-biotic for ten days for him<br>> > and that was it.<br>>
><br>> > Today I called and got one of the other vets who pulled
Kitty's chart<br>> > and gave me a prescription for the prednisone. I
will be starting it<br>> > later. Tomorrow we will be taking him to
his Ophthalmologist and<br>> > hopefully she will be able to get his
eyes back under control. Please<br>><br>> > God.<br>>
><br>> > I am quite sure at this time he is only seeing shadows,
and is so<br>> > frightened from every noise. I can't get him to eat.
I know how<br>> > important this is on a chubby cat, and how quickly
they can get...<br>> > Hepatic Lipidosis and it may be fatal with his
immune system..<br>> ><br>> > A few moments ago I put a little
food on my finger and had to force<br>> > his little mouth open and I
put it on the back of his tongue. He did<br>> > swallow it, and is
now sleeping.<br>> ><br>> > Would anyone know of any other way
of doing it.<br>> ><br>> > Sorry about this winded letter, it
has been a long and heartbreaking 5<br>><br>> > days.<br>>
><br>> > Thank you for taking the time to read it.<br>>
><br>> > Lisa.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>>
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