You are right, it has to be real soupy and the stinkier it is, the better. Mine really love mackeral. Can't figure out why they do not like salmon. ---- MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> wrote: > KFC (minus the skin), the cheapest tuna (forget the good stuff, they > don't like it), soupy stuff (even the healthy ferals seem to like the > juice/liquid better than the meat alone). Hunter would eat raw > hamburger with very hot water poured on it in small amounts just > before he left this world. This gave a fatty liquid + meat similar to > a just killed critter I guess. He drank it and enjoyed it when he > enjoyed nothing else. Hunter was not FELV+ to the BOMK. The ferals > like their mackerel mashed up with hot water too. The trick is to > make it sort of stew like. > > How about some sort of laxative---hair ball gel???? Someone on the > board will be better with this than I am. The ferals usually have the > opposite issue. > > Bless you and hang in there. It really is worth it. > On May 8, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Natalie wrote: > > > Instead of an enema, which cats (nor we) really appreciate, why not > > try some > > fiber? > > Have you tried sardines, mackerel, Boston Market chicken (if there's > > one > > near you), smoked ham, thin slices of roast beef - all those things > > are > > great for fussy eating cats (one of those things might just be it). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of czadna > > sacarawicz > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 4:42 PM > > To: feline leukemia list; Landis McEntee > > Subject: [Felvtalk] FW: request for counsel on BreAnne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > took BreAnne to vet yesterday. chem screen all within normal > > limits. on > > CBC: lymphocytes were high. vet said she definitely has leukemia. > > WBC were > > 13.2;HCT was 32%; HgB of 9.9; RBC's 6.5 - - all within normal range. > > platelets are low; neutrophils are low, and Ly (what is that) are > > high. he > > said her hydration was good. amoxicillin for 10 days and hope she > > pulls out > > of it. he said she had a lot of poop inside. sent me home with an > > enema. > > his diagnosis was alopecia and lymphadenopathy - - in her neck and > > behind > > her knees. and I know often the growths cannot be felt. > > > > you encouraged me to hang with her. continuing the supplements. > > > > she seems like a lost little soul; eats a few bites and then leaves or > > doesn't eat at all. will eat in privacy but very, very particular. > > took > > the other cats to the country and have taken her out there a couple > > days. > > she ran up a tree Friday morning. > > > > please hang with us. counsel? > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:45:54 -0500 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] request for counsel on BreAnne > >> CC: [email protected] > >> > >> Has your vet done a complete blood panel on her? You might be able > >> to find > > a clue to her problem. Also complete urine test would help. These > > will help > > identify a problem. Since cats are so good at hiding illness, we > > sometimes > > need to go to extemes. It costs, but may be less in the long > > runsince you > > find out fast what is wrong and needs to be done. > >> As to food, I have found that Gerber's baby food (check first to be > >> sure > > there is on onion or garlic in it) is easier to feed and my girls have > > responded to that. Also, add hot water to canned food. My girls and > > boy seem > > to prefer the liquid to eating the meat. At least they get some > > nutrition. > > Also, has your vet said anything about doing sub q fluids? I had to > > do that > > with Lil Bit after I first got her. Se was stressed out, had a > > ragged coat, > > no luster and had lost weight. After a little over 1 - 1/2 weeks, she > > responded and has been fine since. Giving her fluids wasn't very > > hard. The > > vet gave me a bag of fluids and needles and told me how to do it. The > > heardest part was sticking her with the needle but I remimded myself > > I was > > doing it for her benefit. > >> If she is stressed out, maybe keep her seperate from the others for a > > while and give her lots of extra attention and loving to reassure > > her that > > she is loved. Then reintroduce her to the others and see how it goes > > then. > > These ae all tihngs I have done with my pride. Good luck! > >> ---- czadna sacarawicz <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> BreAnne is just short of 2 yoa; spayed. She was the playmate of > >>> ToriRose > > who succumbed to Fe leukemia 2.2010. BreAnne tested + at that time. > > Isaac > > left 2.2011. I gathered everyone else up and moved them into my > > apartment > > from the country when Isaac left. BreAnne was/is an assertive > > female. Isaac > > used to terrorize Scrumptious in a major way. BreAnne and > > Scrumptious show > > little mercy for each other. There are now 6 cats. > >>> > >>> Cats are shedding. BreAnne's tail and rear legs look as if she has > >>> a bad > > case of the fleas. When I flea comb her she continues to lose a lot > > of fur. > > there are no fleas. there is now no luster in her fur. Bowel > > movements look > > okay. > >>> > >>> this past Saturday I continued the follow-up ELISA testing. The 2 > > originally negative cats are still negative and I vaccinated them. I > > asked > > the vet to look at BreAnne. He commented on her ratty, looking dry > > coat, > > said she had a temperature (but that it may have been due to the > > long ride > > up). I have no explanation about why I didn't ask how high or about > > starting > > her on an antibiotic. We started everyone on Petzlife oral gel > > (thank you > > Natalie) a couple weeks ago. He said her mouth looked good. BreAnne > > has been > > losing weight, not eating well. I follow her around with the food > > and draw > > her attention to it. She won't eat anything containing the usual > > supplements > > we use. I have been hydrating some orally and giving some NutriCal. > > She has > > been hanging out under the bathroom sink cabinet in the darkness. > >>> > >>> Easter Sunday I was able to be home all day and let Scrumptious out > > (since she is negative). > >>> > >>> I guess writing this is about getting ready maybe to let her go. > >>> The cat > > she is today in no way resembles her picture of 16 months ago. > > Stress for > > her? Her Grieving the loss of Isaac? She was really, really thin > > about 9 > > months ago but came back from it naturally. > >>> > >>> will leave it there. > >>> > >>> any comments will be appreciated > >>> > >>> czadna > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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
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