hopefully your vet will give you the info you need re: fatty-liver; i've never had to deal with having a tube put in but i know it's made the difference between life and death for lots of cats. i've been lucky enough to get stinky, disgusting cheap cat food to work to tempt them--the whitefish, or proplan canned or "fish guts in aspic" sorts of things that made me say prayers of gratitude-that-i-didn't-have-to-eat-cat-food things when i'd open the cans....
this will sound weird, too (big surprise coming from me), but i've heard others have encountered it, too--with my first fatty-liver cat, the only way i could get her to eat was to keep petting her, while she was eating, on one of two particular spots on her little black-and-white-and-yellow body (which was NOT an attractive combination)..... there was one spot on her shoulder, and another on her hip...... as long as i kept sroking her, she'd eat, as soon as i'd stop, so would she. go figure.....
i knew she's crossed the line when she went after the pounce treats on her own.....
MC
On 8/23/06, Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Belinda,I had heard about all that, too..and I am concerned about it...He didn't eat much on Tues, but did for me on Monday...I tried this morning to get him to eat and he wouldn't..only 1/2 tsp...I am bringing him home this afternoon late...he will be off the IV as he has been on IV fluids since Fri...I will do what I have to to get food in him at home...I was going to ask to bring him home today anyway no matter what...I think he might start eating if he is home and doesn't have all that IV stuff hooked to him...He was alert and in his litter box when I got there this morning, came to the cage door and talked to me...yesterday he was so drugged with the regalan that he was out of it..but it has worn off by this morning...I hope it isn't too late for him...I tried a/d this morning, he licked the lid and ate a little bit is all...Keep fingers crossed that being home in his environment will help him...Do you think that might?Thanks for the info and help...Keep him in your prayers,Kerry, Bandy and Inky
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