and baby food does not have taurine which is essential to cats. Bonnie
www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 10:03 am Subject: Re: Cricket's Time To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Wendy, > Is it possible to have the vet come to your house? That alone > would > make it much less stressful. > > Also just curious, how long has Cricket been on baby food, this is > not a > substitute for cat food, it doesn't have the vitimin requirements > a cat > needs? Also how much food are you actually getting into Cricket, > a > teaspoon here and there is not enough and Cricket will die from > lack of > food if that is the case. When syringe feeding a cat that isn't > eating > you have to get atleast 180 to 200 ccs of food into them daily if > you > don't they are at risk of developing Fatty Liver Disease and this > will > kill them. > > If Cricket isn't getting very much food it will make weaker and > sicker, > the weaker and sicker he gets, the less he will want to eat, it is > a > vicous cycle and food is the ONLY way to stop it. > > I've been going throught the archives and it looks like Cricket > has been > getting small amounts of baby food for quite a while, this will > not > sustain him, he needs real food in real amounts, it is a bit of > work to > syringe that much food but it could save his life if it isn't too > late. > There is a Assisted Feeding group that can help and support you in > this, > you can find them here: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/ > > No cat can recover from anything if they are not getting enough food. > > Not trying to be mean just stating facts. > > -- > Belinda > Happiness is being owned by cats ... > > Be-Mi-Kitties ... > http://www.bemikitties.com > > Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens > http://adopt.bemikitties.com > > FeLV Candle Light Service > http://www.bemikitties.com/cls > > HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) > http://HostDesign4U.com > > ----------- > > BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) > http://bmk.bemikitties.com > > >
