I have been trying that, she eats just a smidge and then turns away :( Thank you :) Poor thing is just wasting away and I feel so helpless :( > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:58:20 -0400 > From: ti...@mindspring.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Asking for advice again > > You can try gerber stage2 baby food...the meat kind (ham, beef, turkey, etc). > Not all thw nutrition a cat needs but it gets them something. > > Christiane Biagi > Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > >Thanks for the info and advice, I just called the vet to ask about > >anti-nausea meds > > From: molvey...@hotmail.com > >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:30:45 -0400 > >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Asking for advice again > > > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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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