Michelle, have you also
tried V-B complex injection, which has helped increased appetite for some of my
babies.
Re cooking turkey: Try boiling it. I'm vegetarian and I hate
cooking for the cats but they aren't so...........Try to keep it a little
rare. I don't feed mine turkey for reasons previously mentioned but if it
is working for you have at it. This should also give you a broth that may
help. The last time Kitty went on a hunger strike I got some highly salted
ham and boiled a little for her (they sell little bits for biscuits or seasoning
here). I think the odor but, more likely, the salt broke the fast.
Saltines or other salty things help me when I have an upset stomach so I tried
that reasoning on her. Once she had a little bit she felt like eating
again and didn't want the really salty ham. She does like deli ham
sometimes. Again, it seems to settle her stomach. Her liver is
enlarged and pushing on the stomach which isn't helping things at all.
These are just thoughts. I hope they help. I also suggest you
try Rescue Remedy. It has a calming effect which might help.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's
creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their fellow
man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:35
PM
Subject: Re: Lucy-- refusing raw food
now
Thanks for the long post, Nina. Lucy now will not eat the EVO or
the canned food. She ate some baby food, probably half a jar. Just to see if
it is pickiness or nausea, I offered her two pieces of a dry food she used to
eat, and she did eat them right away. I am afraid to give her more of that
though. I am thinking that perhaps this last batch of turkey I got had
something wrong with it. It looked more brown than red, and is usually
red. The last time she would not eat it, when she ate a little and then
threw up, it was brown like this too. The health food store I went to
(mine was out of it) said it had been in the freezer since October, but
when I expressed concern they said it was fine because it was
continuously frozen. I think it may be fine in terms of safety, but perhaps
does not smell or taste right to a cat. Anyway, I am hoping that is all
it is. I am waiting for a new batch to come in, and also ordered some
frozen turkey raw food for cats that does not have grains. She has not
had any loose stools, or any stool since last evening, on the positive
side. I tried cooking chicken for her and she looked excited but after
trying one piece did not want it anymore. She never did like cooked
chicken though. The thing that bothers me most, I think, is that she has
not eaten all that much today, but she is not acting really hungry either. She
has not asked for food like she usually does. I think all she had today
was maybe a total of one jar of baby food, a spoonful of wet food, and two
small handfuls of EVO, most of it this morning. It seems like she should be
hungry. Unless her stomach feels funny from eating new foods. I gave her
a quarter of a periactin to see if that helps and gets her to eat a little
more. I weighed her, though, and she does not seem to have lost any more
weight-- still weighing in at over 9 lbs.
You don't think I should give her the dry food she ate the two pieces of,
do you? It's a prescription hypoallergenic dry food the vet had me try her on
when she first had the loose stool, and it has NO meat. The protein
source is soy. And of course it has grain and also a lot of crap in it.
I can't seem to find anywhere at all where I can buy turkey breast. Only
a large whole turkey from the supermarket (which I do not want to do for
various reasons, but especially when I have no idea if she will eat it) or
frozen ground turkey. But assuming I find some, how do I roast it? I
have never cooked meat except in a pan for the cats or dogs. Do I just
stick it in the oven and put it on broil? Or do I need to do something to it
first? Sorry if this seems like a stupid question! It is possible that
the deli counter at the supermarket has roasted turkey. Do you think that
would be ok to try with her? What about deli slices?
She possibly seems a little less active, but she played when I offered
her a rubberband (her favorite toy and I never let her play with them because
I fear she will swallow them), and she is super-affectionate as usual.
It is also colder today after being warm for 2 days, and she hates the
cold.
Well, I am trying to take this calmly. At this point, in the last two
weeks every one of my positives has gone through a period of hardly
eating. Patches, due to her teeth it turned out, and Ginger because I
had run out of her current food obsession (Pro Plan chicken and rice)-- when I
bought more of that she started eating normally again! So now it is
Lucy. I am hoping this passes as well. I swear it is just the constant
fear of lymphoma that makes me anxious whenever they act finicky. It was
the first sign for each of my three who died of lymphoma. But I know it
can be a sign of lots of other things, including obstinacy!
Thanks again,
Michelle
In a message dated 1/23/2006 1:35:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do think
that if Lucy were going to have a reaction to the EVO/canned food, it would
have been almost immediate. I have found that keeping the diet simple
and consistent is the most important factor in controlling Gypsy's
IBD. If Lucy's eating the canned, and it's a good quality canned, I'd
keep her on that and avoid the EVO. Of course, if she seems to be
doing okay on both the EVO and the canned, then I don't see any reason to
restrict her intake by denying it. I would follow her lead. If
she wants to eat one thing over another, (as long as it's not toxic to her
system), I'd let her have what she wants. So far, and my opinion keeps
changing, the most important thing is to get Gypsy eating the same diet long
enough for her system to adjust to it.
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