Lisa, I can emphasize your pain - my Felv positive, Ginger stopped eating for over a week a several months ago.
She is already a very small girl, and did not want her to lose any more weight - so as Nina mentioned, I assisted her to eat with syringe every day with baby food and liver shake - I will be praying that your kitty will bounce back very soon - so stay calm (I know it's hard, but do your best) and talk to him gently and tell him how much he means to you and how he is going to get better very very soon.. Love and hugs to you and your kitty.. Hideyo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:55 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Won't Eat....Please Help Hi Lisa, I can hear the panic in your voice and how very much you love your Kitty. You are right, you need to get him to eat. It is wonderful that he has been so healthy and has a few extra pounds to help him maintain right now. He is in danger of HL if he goes without eating anything in a 24 to 48 hour period. That means if you get something down him, he'll probably be okay. I know the sound of "syringe feeding" can be intimidating. Don't think of it as "force" feeding, think of it as "assisted" feeding. Like you would a baby. There is a group for help with this, here's the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/ Poor thing must be so panicky with his eyes giving him trouble like that. Not to mention the vet trip from Hell. All he's going to want to do is hide. Please try to calm yourself. Put on some soft music and keep the room he's in dark. If he wants to hide, go ahead and let him, (after you get his meds and some food in him of course). Speak softly to him and tell him how the two of you will see this through together. Tell him you will do your very best to make sure no one scares him, or puts him through any more trauma than absolutely necessary. (I'd like to punch your substitute vet in the neck btw). Prayers that Kitty rebounds soon, please let us know how you guys are doing, Nina Elizabeth Paz wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Has anyone got any ideas on how to get some food into my kitty? > > He has had FELV since 03. He was a very sick kitty and we were a > breath away from having to put him to sleep. We wanted to try and > give him a chance, even though our Vet and the Ophthalmologist that > was treating kitty's eyes were against it. He was on Prednisone 5mg a > day for about 6 months, he began looking and acting healthier. then > his meds were changed to half a pill each day, and then finally a half > a pill every other day. > > August of 04 he was taken off of all meds, and became a healthy chubby > cat. ( 16 lbs) He has been wonderful till Friday of last week. Then > over this weekend his eyes clouded over (Uveitis returned) and he is > not eating a thing. I have tried everything, even his favorite snack, > and no way. > > We went to the Vet yesterday (Monday), and guess what, the Dr. who has > worked with us is on holiday. What a mess. The one that we saw was a > bit of a fruit cake. She tried to draw blood and had such a problem, > it took three tries with kitty crying, can't even tell you what I was > going to do to her if hubby had not stepped in. I spoke to her about > the prednisone. She said she did not want to put him back on the > prednisone at this time and on and on and on. I told her our Dr. made > it quite clear to us,( it was down on his chart also ) that if we saw > that he was sliding to get him back on the Prednisone. It was like > talking to the wall. She gave me an anti-biotic for ten days for him > and that was it. > > Today I called and got one of the other vets who pulled Kitty's chart > and gave me a prescription for the prednisone. I will be starting it > later. Tomorrow we will be taking him to his Ophthalmologist and > hopefully she will be able to get his eyes back under control. Please > God. > > I am quite sure at this time he is only seeing shadows, and is so > frightened from every noise. I can't get him to eat. I know how > important this is on a chubby cat, and how quickly they can get... > Hepatic Lipidosis and it may be fatal with his immune system.. > > A few moments ago I put a little food on my finger and had to force > his little mouth open and I put it on the back of his tongue. He did > swallow it, and is now sleeping. > > Would anyone know of any other way of doing it. > > Sorry about this winded letter, it has been a long and heartbreaking 5 > days. > > Thank you for taking the time to read it. > > Lisa. > > > > >
