Agreed, the baby food will really help. Do anything needed to get her to eat.
---- Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelley > > If she is in the bathroom anyway, run the shower hot, and create a high steam > environment. That will help with the URI. I have also used Vicks Vaporub to > rub on their chests (yes – it’s messy on their fur, but the smell opens up > their nasal passages very well, just like it does with kids). I would urge > you not to wait on the Winstrol. This will help build up her strength and > appetite, and will start working on the anemia very quickly. She is > experiencing all these problems (URI and diarrhea) because she is run down > and can not fight off infections, etc.) Ask your vet if he can give a long > lasting antibiotic shot like Convenia, so you don’t need to be giving even > more orally. Also, I would use pureed baby food – chicken and beef. You can > get this into her using a plastic syringe, or she may like it as most of my > cats have always liked the taste and take it easily on their own, even if I > have to start using syringes. It is easy to digest, full of protein, and a > good consistency to syringe if necessary. But I can’t stress enough that you > shouldn’t wait on the Winstrol. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kelley S > Sent: October-02-15 10:05 PM > To: felvtalk > Subject: [Felvtalk] Coco update > > My roommate was nice enough to sleep in the bathroom with her. She woke me > and told me we needed to take her to the vet. She has URI. She did not > have nasal involvement yesterday but today she did. She did eat 3/4 of a can > of AD. The vet is very concerned. He did say he felt she was better off > with us than in the hospital there as there is no one there at night. But he > is very concerned. > > Kelley _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
