Thanks, Kerry, your suggestions are now on my list of stuff to try (he did eat a piece of sliced turkey a few days ago, but refused a second one.) Diane R.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:26 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: As always, Patches Totally sympathise, Diane, I went through that with Levi and Caramel at different times. Buying all sorts of things to try to get them to eat. Making chicken broth, and warming it to lukewarm temp for them. That worked for a bit. They lapped it up for a day or two. Deli meats worked for a couple of days; as did liver shake, and sour cream. (I discovered a little later that Levi had developed mouth ulcers, which I figure explained why the sour cream felt better.) It did get to the point where they just didn't want anything I gave them, and I was so scared of them starving to death that that was when I took them to emergency. I'm sure others will jump in with ideas for Patches tho. Good luck, wish I could help more. hugs to you all, Kerry From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Rosenfeldt Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:02 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: As always, Patches My housemate Gail and I are at our wits' end. He just will not eat. We have tried every combination of approaches we possibly can with every combination of food that we can. We gave him the liver shake on Saturday and he wolfed it down, and the next meal he refused it but ate some regular canned food and some crunchies, and then after that, nothing. We syringed him with the liver stuff a couple times, and then A/D, offering them in a bowl first, or offering tuna food or tuna juice, and still he barely sniffs at things. He has taken a couple of treats, but no longer jumps eagerly into our laps for them. Gail works first shift and I work 8-4:30 in another town, so the only time we are at home together is about 4 hours at night. Feeding him is definitely a two-person job, so except for weekends and days like this (I'm home sick) we've got to cram a day's worth of food into that little time. When our Luc wouldn't eat, we had him intubated so that one person could feed him a few times a day, but that nearly broke our bank and we can't afford to do that for this little guy. What kills me is he doesn't like us too much any more, because of necessity, every time we go into his room it's to do something bad to him. And I keep thinking about what somebody said here about cats not understanding "future", it's all "now", and all his "nows" really suck. I really wish I knew why he came to us -- to be saved, or to have a comfortable and loving place to pass. I could live with it, if it's the latter, but if it is, he must feel like he's in Hell. Plus, today I have a sore throat and the beginnings of a cold, and I'm worried about making him worse. It's sort of moot because Gail can't feed him alone, but it's just another thing to obsess about. Sorry this is so gloomy, but this is really wearing us all down. In case anybody has some words of wisdom: His eyes are still somewhat runny, though not as bad as before. Vet had us discontinue the eyedrops, and she supplemented the last few Orbax with Clavamox twice a day (at least he's easy to pill alone). (We were at the vet's on Saturday, right after he seemed to be starting to eat again.) He seems to keep down the great majority of what we feed him. At least once per feeding his little tongue comes out and it looks like he's going to hurl, but then he burps and is okay. We have crunchies available all the time, no inroads into them for days, same with water, although there's considerable water in the A/D when we syringe it. His poop is runny, understandably. 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