My cat won't eat on her own...
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Q:My cat Mo, I usually call her Mokitty, was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with Fatty Liver Disease. She had gone from about 10 pounds to 6.6 pounds in a relatively short amount of time. I have 2 cats, so I didn't realize at first that she was not eating. I had changed her cat food to something that I thought would help her lose weight because she was fairly obese. She is not an overly big cat. Anyway, I decided she should go to the vet. Later that night she started throwing up and knew there was something bad going on.
So I took her to the vet (who was terrific), he ran the blood tests and determined that she has fatty liver disease. We decided that I would syringe feed her Hills A/D, she would get an antibiotic for 2 weeks, and would take anti-nausea medication. That has been going very well.
I took Mokitty back to the vet 2 weeks later. He ran the tests again and everything improved. He was very pleased with her progress. She gained 0.2 pounds, which I found discouraging, but the vet felt was very good.
Since then, on advice from the vet, I doubled the amount of food she was getting each feeding. She seems to be gaining more weight, and she is acting a lot more like herself. She has been playing with leaves, chasing reflections on the walls etc.
My problem is that she is still not eating on her own. I realize that it may take a fair bit of time, but she has no problem eating treats that I give her occasionally between her feedings. Today I was making a tuna sandwich and gave her the liquid from the tuna and she had that gone in no time. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice on getting her to eat her regular cat food? or am I looking for too much too soon?
So I took her to the vet (who was terrific), he ran the blood tests and determined that she has fatty liver disease. We decided that I would syringe feed her Hills A/D, she would get an antibiotic for 2 weeks, and would take anti-nausea medication. That has been going very well.
I took Mokitty back to the vet 2 weeks later. He ran the tests again and everything improved. He was very pleased with her progress. She gained 0.2 pounds, which I found discouraging, but the vet felt was very good.
Since then, on advice from the vet, I doubled the amount of food she was getting each feeding. She seems to be gaining more weight, and she is acting a lot more like herself. She has been playing with leaves, chasing reflections on the walls etc.
My problem is that she is still not eating on her own. I realize that it may take a fair bit of time, but she has no problem eating treats that I give her occasionally between her feedings. Today I was making a tuna sandwich and gave her the liquid from the tuna and she had that gone in no time. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice on getting her to eat her regular cat food? or am I looking for too much too soon?
A:Are you still feeding her the Hill's A/D? If so, does she have to have it forever?
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She is still getting the Hills A/D. I don't think she has to have it forever, just while i am force feeding her. The vet did give me some Hills MD. I asked him if maybe because I was force feeding her the A/D if that might be turning her off that flavour.
A:Ask your vet to give Mokitty an appetite stimulant. One of the members here (Smiley 14) has a cat named Billy that lost his appetite. I'll see if I can find the thread.
Here it is:
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