hi Caroline,
I am sorry Monkee is a bit under the weather again.
Try the baby food, but only the turkey or chicken w/ gravy mix.
Try PetGuard brand cat food if you have it there, it's usually @ Whole Foods or
other health food stores.
The fish, chicken & liver formula is quite tasty to cats.
And the beef mix has LOTS of juice.
Try a product called "Mix It" by Science Diet. It is the dog food section @
PetSmart w/ the moist foods.
It is for either cats or dogs, but they keep it w/ the dog stuff.
Try Pro Plans moist food, the sardines in the "aspic" is quite gross, but cats
LOVE it.
It is chunks of sardines in some kinda slimey sauce.....
Try Sardines, try tuna.....
Try Pet Gold Gourmet Tuna for cats, LOTS of gravey.....
This is only available @ the pet food specialty stores.
I guess the vet has also tried the A/D moist food for cats?
Only available @ the vet.
Last of all, have you tried syringe feeding him?
Some cats get to the point where they will only eat if hand fed, even if they
are feeling better.
I usually mix up baby food w/ a squirt of Nutri Cal in it.
It is good to feed the best quality of foods to him, but @ this point, you have
to find out what he will eat, even if it is "junk" in your eyes, and let him
have it.
Even if it is Whiskars.........
And lastly, I cannot believe the vets were not weighting him w/ EVERY visit.
That's really uncool.
Please keep us posted.
I will keep him in my thoughts.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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----- Original Message -----
From: Caroline Kaufmann
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: Appetite issues and Monkee update
Hi everyone. I just wanted to update you on Monkee's situation and ask for
some help/advice with his eating. He has been doing really well since last
week. I pretty much just decided to drop his other two vets for now and focus
on getting him care from his homeopathic vet Dr. Maier. Monkee was eating his
raw food really well. We went to see Dr. Maier on Friday and she said he
looked really good- his heart was strong (weak murmur), he was alert and he
weighed 12 pounds. Which was nice to know because every time he went to Dr.
Daley's, I don't think they ever weighed him so I didn't know how much weight
he'd lost with the chemo and anemia. He started at 13 pounds and some ounces,
so he hasn't lost too much yet. Dr. Maier added another homeopathic remedy to
further help detox him. He was so good for the ride out and back from Dr.
Maier's and at her clinic. It was hilarious-- I could tell he was much more
happier and I knew I made the right decision about his care. It was a total
180 from his behavior at Dr. Daley's!!!
However, his appetite started dropping off this weekend. I can't get him to
eat his raw food. I bought him all this Wellness wet food at the pet store to
get him eating organic and he won't eat it at all, so I went back to the
gravy-soaked Fancy Feast. He will only drink some of the gravy. I also tried
putting his chicken livers and raw beef in a blender and liquefying it because
he seems to like gravy so much and I thought the stringy chick livers were too
much effort for him to chew. He really only drank a little of that. I can get
him to eat table scraps of my own food- broiled restaurant fish- but that is
not the kind of stuff he's supposed to be eating to help his anemia.
He also started eating litter-- which has been really hard for me because I
know if he wasn't anemic, he would never do anything like that. He's very OCD
about his litter box and I think if he could think straight, the mere thought
of nibbling on litter would appall his sensibilities. I emailed Dr. Maier
about that and she told me to start him on Silica- which I got from the health
food store and started on Sunday.
I am aware the transfusion may be wearing off. Also, he is no longer on the
appetite stimulant Cyproheptadine because last week he was eating fine without
it.
I have emailed Dr. Maier to let her know and see what she can do for him.
But I also wanted to know if any of you have any other "tricks" up your sleeves
that I can try on him?
Thanks,
Caroline
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