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- From: Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb)
- Subject: Re: Getting sick cat to eat
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:17:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <18817@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- > Deb Schwartz writes:
- >
- > Msg-ID: <3589@voodoo.UUCP>
- > Posted: 21 Dec 92 17:12:24 GMT
- >
- > Org. : Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA
- >
- > Oreo is in the throes of what my vet called 'the worst cold he's ever seen
- > in a cat'. Although he's drinking okay, getting him to eat is a real
- > struggle. He's on a prescription food that's the consistency of baby food
- > (I know he likes it because he wolfed it down for a day before his nose
- > clogged up.) He's totally lost his sense of smell, so, although he's
- > obviously
- > hungry, he won't eat unless: I smear food on his mouth, he licks it off,
- > then will lick food off my finger a few times. He then struggles to get
- > away, splattering food everywhere. I smear more food on his mouth, he
- > licks
- > it off then licks some more food off my finger. We repeat the whole cycle
- > until he's eaten enough. This whole thing takes about 45 minutes. The
- > problem is, I'm going away for a week next week. I have a housesitter, but
- > I don't want to ask her to go through this twice a day, so if he isn't
- > eating on his own I'll have to board him at the vet for a week. Expensive.
- > So, does anyone have any helpful hints for encouraging him to eat on his
- > own?
- >
- > Thanks,
- > ------
- > Debbie Schwartz // das@voodoo.ca.boeing.com //
- > ....uw-beaver!bcsaic!voodoo!das
-
-
-
- During my time at the vet clinic, we fed ill cats by syringe... mixing the
- food with this particular liquid food additive until it was fairly liquid,
- then put it in syringes. You just squeeze the syringe into the cats's mouth,
- and hopefully they swallow more than drips out. Your vet would probably be
- glad to show you the technique.
-
- Other than that, I know of no real way to make a cat that doesn't want to eat
- eat!
-
- *j*
-
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