When it came time to wean my bottle babies, they all really liked the taste of Pro Plan canned kitten food, (don't let the fact that it's made by Purina scare you). You mention kitten formula, I have a wonderful "home made" recipe made with goat's milk if anyone is interested.
Thank you for being who you are and working so hard to save Gary. Nina
Jill Poe wrote:
Well, Chris, I was going to tell you that I will try chicken but it looks like we won't need to!
My boyfriend called after her progress visit to the
vet today. (It's his cat, I have two and this was his
first cat adoption - it didn't really go as expected
but he'll sure be prepared for future cats. trial by
fire!). The bad news is she has lost more weight (big
surprise) but the vet thought Gary looked pretty good,
didn't need fluids, and was about to prescribe some of
the pills that act as an appetite stimulant.
To backtrack, Gary drank almost a whole can of kitten formula last night but still no food.
But first the vet decided to try kitten Science Diet to see if she would eat. Gary acted as disinterested as usual but they worked with her and she eventually ate a little piece off the table, they ended up dumping the can on the table and she ate almost all of it! The vet thinks she was just afraid she was going to suffocate every time she ate and once she realized she wasn't, she was willing to eat!
So my b/f got a couple more cans of SD for kittens (I know, not great but at this point we were willing to let her eat candy all day if she wanted - her "regular" food is Natural Balance.)
So I hope this is the light at the end of the tunnel for this URI and hopefully we won't have to go through this again for a LONG time!
Thanks for all your advice. It looks like everyone has tips and tricks that have worked in the past and now I have some of my own. :) I'll be sure to keep up so I can be prepared for the next infection.
Jill
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