Diane, Have you tried the raw liver shake yet? Even tho it's primarily used for anemia, it's supposed to be very healing (was developed by a holistic vet in Hawaii). My kitties always seem to like it whenever they've been under the weather. It's listed in the archives, but if you have trouble finding it, I can forward another copy to you.
Kat (Mew Jersey) On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Rosenfeldt, Diane wrote: > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:15:51 -0500 > From: "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Patches > > > I'm worried about Patches. The little bugger just won't eat enough. > He's been sickly since we got him, with runny eyes every day, but it's > been worse in the past week or so. We took him to the vet Saturday, and > he had a fever, so the vet put him on antibiotics (I don't even remember > which one, it's kind of a gray pill that we give 1/2 per day) and gave > us eyedrops and set us up to syringe-feed him and give fluids as needed. > We think the fever is down, he's somewhat more active than he was a few > days ago, and his eyes are looking better, though still runny. I > haven't seen him sneezing, though sometimes it looks like he's got the > same dried gunk in his nose as in his eyes. We've been syringe-feeding > him, which he of course hates, but we can only get about half a can down > him which isn't enough, and he's probably down a good pound by now. My > housemate is on 3rd shift, I work days, so the only time we can syringe > him is at night. We tried KFC, warmed, and he showed an interest the > first time, but not so much the two subsequent times. Tonight we try > baby food. When our Luc got pancreatitis followed by fatty liver and > stopped eating, we had to have an esophageal tube put in, it was so > stressful on us all to syringe him, but that ended up costing us $1200 > ($600 of it for the overnight stay at the vet because he doesn't > tolerate anesthesia very well) which was most of my savings and some of > Gail's. Luc is our special guy and it saved his life and it was worth > it, but we simply can't afford that again. > > Patches has been very good under very bad circumstances. Even when he's > fighting to get away from the syringe, he doesn't use his claws or try > to bite. Multiple times during the feedings he'll look like he's going > to barf, but he has kept it all down. He's a sweet boy and we want him > to get through this. Any suggestions on how to get some good calories > into him? I'm off work tomorrow and we can probably manage 3 syringe > sessions for the next couple days, but I'm not sure that will be enough. > He goes back to the vet Saturday. (Gail has just informed me that she > tried thin-sliced luncheon meat on him this morning, and he ate a whole > slice. She offered him a second slice, but he yacked on it (just a > little bit though) and walked away. Oh, and last night he ate *one* of > the treats he used to climb up our noses to get.) > > Diane R. > > This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and > may be privileged. > They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have > received this > transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > transmission from > your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we > are required to > inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in > writing, any advice we > provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or > submissions is not > intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax > penalties. >
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