Giselle, you have received some good advise. Pixie is probably dehydrated which could also make her weak. Sub Q fluids could help. Also sounds like she is anemic. Your vet can give her a B12 shot which might help. You can add some Super B Complex, B12 and folic acid to the food slurry you are syringe feeding her. Please continue to syringe feed her until you get a dx from the vet.
Some vets just don't even try to help a positive kitty. Hugs to Pixie Sharyl --- On Wed, 5/13/09, G D <gisell...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: G D <gisell...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Pixie didn't eat during the five days I was away > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 5:02 PM > > Hi everyone, > > Pixie is my best buddy and constant companion as I work > from home. She's a 4-year old female FeLV+. Last Thursday I > went away for 5 days, leaving her home alone with a neighbor > coming over for at least an hour each day to keep her > company, feed wet food, brush, clean litterbox, etc. I > returned from my trip yesterday and immediately knew > something was wrong -- Pixie didn't come greet me and her > dry food and water bowls were almost totally full (how I > left them before leaving on Thursday). > > The neighbor said Pixie didn't eat her wet food either. She > is now much skinnier around the midsection/haunches and > clearly weak. Straight away I syringe-fed her a wet food > & water slurry before rushing over to the vet where the > vet on duty found Pixie had lost over 1 lb (since she was > last weighed in 2007) and said her gums and eyes looked > pale. The vet suggested Pixie might have nonregenerative > anemia linked to bone marrow failure. > > She had some blood drawn, got weighed and had temperature > taken but that's it. I'm waiting to hear the blood work > results tomorrow. Vet didn't even recommend how to deal with > the weight loss and probable dehydration. Didn't suggest > x-rays either. This woman basically shrugged when I asked > about courses of treatment (like, why bother?) for a FeLV > cat who might have anemia. > > Bottom line: I'm terrified about Pixie and don't know what > to do to help her recover. She's my second cat ever, and > first cat I've been primary caregiver to. I feel guilty > about going away at all last week, but she had been OK on > previous occasions when I travelled. I've been > syringe-feeding her slurries every 2 hours all day but she > doesn't seem to be regaining strength and she's breathing > faster than normal and I catch her staring blankly. > > Any advice from you guys is much appreciated. > Thanks, > Giselle > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about > storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
