Yeah, at the end even my dog didn't want to eat. And oh boy don't I know how picky cats are compared to dogs!!! Maybe she'd like sardines. My cats like canned chicken too. Of course chicken flavored baby food is always a hit. You've got to keep her eating something. If she's still happy with Fancy Feast that's great. Also, sometimes with cancer even if they're eating good they'll loose weight. Forgot what it's called but the cancer keeps the body from absorbing the nutrients or it destroys the nutrients or something like that so basically a person with cancer can become malnourished even though they're eating good. They have a couple things for nausea and she's definitely not going to eat if she's nauseous. One drug is Cerenia and that's what my vet gave me but another good one is something called Ondansetron (generic name). I heard about that through the feline kidney disease group. Most of the members like the Ondansetron much better than Cerenia. My vet didn't have it and he thought Cerenia was better but I told him I wanted a prescription for the other because the folks on the list recommended it. You can order the Ondansetron from Thriving Pets website. You just fax them your prescription. Local pharmacies might have it too. I think that's where I ended up getting it. My cat had renal lymphoma, not regular old kidney failure which would have been better, and she went downhill so fast I never got a chance to see if the Ondansetron was better than Cerenia. Any little bit of extra time you can give her is great, even though you might not think it's enough. Plus if she's feeling bad she probably only wants a certain amount of interaction so I'm sure the extra time you give her is enough to keep her happy.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain From: taylore...@msn.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:46:37 -0500 Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Asking for advice again She does get nauseous a lot and we have her on some strong pain meds. She is losing so much weight but I give her Fancy Feast and love on her. Unlike dogs, cats are such picky eaters to begin with :( I wish she would eat burgers and fries. The vet who diagnosed her has been our vet for a long time and I absolutely trust her. I knew something was wrong with SuzieQ because she just wasn't acting like herself and she was a bit thinner and then Dr. M found a big mass in her abdomen, did surgery and took a biopsy, it came back cancer :( I try to give her lots of attention but unfortunately Frank goes out of town so much and I work full-time so when I get home I have to clean up and take care of everyone else and then I try to spend extra time alone with her :( From: molvey...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:40:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Asking for advice again Give SusieQ lots of pain meds and ice cream. Oh wait, that's my prescription. I guess all you can do is keep her happy and feeling good as long as possible. You just address each problem as it comes up. Anything specific going on right now? I know when the liver starts going it makes them nauseated. There's some meds that can help with that if she's feeling good otherwise. Do you really trust this vet? You could always get a second opinion if there's any doubt in your mind that he might have misdiagnosed her. Hard to tell you what to do without knowing if there is something specific bothering her right now. Heard accupuncture helps with pain and different things but it depends on whether she's having pain right now. If there really is nothing left to do just give her anything she wants even if you normally wouldn't give it to them. When my dog had cancer we went to Burger King and Dairy Queen a lot. I cooked anything I could think of that he might really like. We had salmon fillets, talapia, etc. Anything he wanted or anything I thought he might want he got. But most especially I held him and loved on him. Same with the cats. They got lots of extra attention. I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
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