We do fluids for our cats too, it also helps. Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 21, 2010, at 6:34 AM, "Laurieskatz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Natalie is right. It is very important to keep him eating, too. Cats can go > into liver failure if they don't eat their normal amount of food. This can > happen fairly quickly. > Check out the feline assisted feeding yahoo group for ideas and info. > Prayers for you and Murphy. > L > > "Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy > untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harass them, don't deprive them > of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride > yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your > greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces > of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of > us!"~Fyodor Dostoyevsky > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Natalie > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Murphy-still not eating or drinking > > Since fluids are so important to keep a cat from dehydrating and keeping > organs functioning, an option might be about 100-150 mL of subcutaneous > fluids given daily or every second day - it's easy to learn how to do > yourself and saves a lot of lives in the long run! Could your vet give > Murphy an injection of Vitamin C, B12 etc - could be a great booster. > Natalie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alice Flowers > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Felvtalk] Murphy-still not eating or drinking > > He is still refusing to eat or drink on his own. I am using a little syringe > to > give him water and plain Pedialyte and also some watered down AD food from > the > vet. While I was at work today, Glenn was able to carry him to the litter > box > and he did pee in it (Murphy-LOL), so the plumbing is still functioning. He > spends most of his time sleeping, but for a short while tonight he actually > walked into the kitchen and sat down, I was able to give him his meds and > some > food and water with the syringe. He is still very pale and way too quiet. I > gave > him a Procrit shot last night with a prayer that he will bounce back, but I > don't know. Hopefully he will want to eat tomorrow. In July, he was like > this > for 2 days, then began feeling better fairly quickly except for the sneezing > and > drippy nose. Got my fingers crossed and saying little purrayers all day > long. > Alice > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
