Another brain cell woke up and reminded me that there's also an antihistamine
called Ciproheptadine. I'm thinking that this is the one they use as an
appetite stimulant.
I just Googled it and sure enough, this is the one. If you want more
information on getting your cat to eat go to the following Website: Tanya's
Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease. The URL is:
www.crf.org/persuading_cat_to_eat.htm There are some other hints on getting an
anorexic cat to chow down also.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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From: Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Asking for advice again
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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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