Well this was my second time trying, we warmed up the food and I decide to
use my finger, It was so awful, we spoke our usual baby talk and I also
warmed up the food a little, you would think we were trying to poison him,
he reacted so badly. His stress level must be going through the roof by
now. Hubby tried also only this time I held him, but as soon as he tried
to open his mouth a little he started to gag. Oh I wish he could understand
that we are trying to help him.
This is just breaking my heart.
Lisa.
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From: <i>Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]></i><br>Reply-To:
<i>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</i><br>To:
<i>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</i><br>Subject: <i>Re: Hi
Belinda......</i><br>Date: <i>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:44:15 -0700</i><br>>
Syringe feeding can be stressful, Buddie my cat hated it, I <br>>ended
up getting her a feeding tube and she did great with that. <br>>The main
thing with syringe feeding is get relaxed and calm, talk to <br>>your
kitty and explain you are trying to help get him feeling <br>>better,
that witout food he will feel worse and worse. The pick a <br>>place
that is comfortable and use it all the time, that way kitty <br>>will
know that is what is going to happen when you pick him up and <br>>go
there.<br>><br>>If possible a try the couch and try sitting so that
kitty is <br>>positioned with his back end backed into the corner of the
arm, you <br>>on one side kitty in the middle and the couch arm on the
other side. <br>> Then pet and calmly talk to him and let him know what
you are <br>>going to do, and then calmly put the syringe in the side of
his <br>>mouth and give a small amount of food, wait a half minute or so
and <br>>give more. If syringing is really stressful, putting the food
on <br>>your finger and offering that way is fine, it may take alittle
<br>>longer but if it works go with that. Or I know someone that put the
<br>>food on a spoon and actually spoon fed their
cat.<br>><br>>Before Buddie got sick enough for the tube she had quite
eating one <br>>other time and I would put some food in a bowl and would
hold the <br>>bowl in front of her, I told her if she didn't eat on her
own I <br>>would have to syringe feed her, she would take a few bites and
I <br>>would offer her food every 15 minutes, it took me almost 3 weeks
to <br>>get her eating normal again. Later when se got very sick with a
<br>>sepsis infection I had to get the tube, it saved her life and she
<br>>really loved getting fed that way, she would run to the couch and
<br>>wait for me when she heard me getting her tube syringes ready. She
<br>>purred through the whole feeding then promply plopped over and took
<br>>a nap, she wasn't happy when I was weaning her off the
tube.<br>><br>>The main thing is stay calm and you may try warming the
food up, <br>>some kitties can smell it better when it is warmed and will
eat it <br>>then. Prayers that things will go much better next time you
try.<br>><br>>--<br>>Belinda<br>>Happiness is being owned by
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