Re: Update on Gypsy

[Nina]

Thank you Cherie.  Gypsy is doing the strangest thing when she eats.  She's hungry and very interested, then when she tries to eat, she acts like I've handed her something that's not quite edible.  She'll chew a little bit, then it either comes falling out, or she spits it out.  It's like I've handed her flavored cardboard.  I have to warm her food and offer it to her several times before she recognizes it as food, she does manage to get some down though.  She's not congested, so she should be able to smell it.  Has anyone ever noticed this behavior before?  It occurred to me that due to the malnutrition, she might be a touch brain damaged, (God, I hope not!), but she act fine in every other way. Nina Cherie A Gabbert wrote: Nina, Gypsy is in my thoughts always. I am pulling for you guys. Cherie Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First of all, thank you for letting me share Gypsy's story with you. She isn't FeLV+, but she is a casualty of the disease in a round about way, (because she contracted IBD when over-vaccinated to protect her from my +s). My new vet prescribed lots of supplements and a special diet for her, but she's refusing to eat. I thought the chicken and broth I made her was quite tasty; I guess she disagrees. Bruce and I were having fish tacos for dinner and she showed interest in the cod. I quickly poached her up some and she did eat it, not enough to keep a bird alive, but she did eat. This morning I screwed up my courage, wrapped her in a towel, and syringed her supplement, Flagil, Thuja, (which is suppose to be sublingual, but oh well...), and a bit of baby food down her. I got most of it on her chin, the towel and me, but some did ! go down her throat. I'm going to have to do this twice a day, give her Vita B12 shots twice a week and Methylpred shots every two weeks. Please say a prayer that after putting her through all this she starts to improve. Nina