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I have a cat who had abdominal surgery a couple of months ago to remove BB pellets from her abdomen (yes, you read right:/). She is recovering but here and there has bad days which can be expected. At this point i'm not suspecting the food so much as the surgery and recovery time. BUT, what i am...

I've diligently been watching her for the last 24 hours, or hubby has if i'm sleeping. So i've been up all night strictly monitoring her in a bedroom since she started eating again almost not taking my eyes of of her for a moment and it was a complete success! She probably went to the food...

Well i don't know what has happened, but she has eaten about 5x since today!!! yeahhhhhh

That's what i figured, but there's so much negative talk about canned food like that, but right now i'll take it lol thanks for the warming tip, she is a bit odd though and has always preferred her food room temp or right out of the fridge...go figure again:p

And what does she start doing 5 minutes ago? EATING! sigh lol i can't win :D it wasn't much but maybe a start? Out of all of the foods she had to choose from though, she went for the friskies pate:/ I was hoping she would go for the vet or higher quality food:/ If that's what she'll eat right...

ah thanks guys! that's the kind of things i really need to read:) She has been taking 5mg metoclopramide 2x/day and yes she is taking otc antacids. I haven't tried things like boiled eggs and some other things because i know her eating habits and on a best day she would never want to eat those...

Also does anyone know how long after a feed/water a cat would usually vomit if it weren't agreeing with them? 

TY!!! that's some info i was looking for lol it's not reassurance so much as personal experiences others have had or ideas, rather than what i'm already doing...although your post put me in a more positive mindset. She isn't thrilled about the syringe feeding but will take it, about a 1/4 can...

Hi, I appreciate your concern but it can be "normal" for a cat to go this long without an appetite after what she's gone through. I'm not sure if you've read my previous posts but this seems to be more of an appetite issue than anything. The reason i say this is because of the severity of her...

I don't know if having an iv and staying at the vet maybe a good idea for our cat since she has no interest in food or water and is losing weight rapidly. We seem to know the cause of it and just need an appetite kick start to get her energy levels up again and start healing. i feel i'm not...

It's been about 10 days post op exploratory and BB pellets removed from 5 yr old cats stomach. Surgery went well and nothing seemed out of the ordinary, next day she was eating and drinking and "back to normal". But now every day it's something different and i feel helpless:( i am now starting...

Just a FANTASTIC update!! She ate on her own! we force fed earlier and i've been diligent with both meds, seems to be working and just now she willingly ate, i know baby steps but this is SO what we needed! 

Ty for the reply!:) that helps a lot. I may have been confused with it being cc's, i've had med dosages and vet terms coming from everywhere lol LITERALLY right now i heard a noise and she is sucking up water from the bowl like never before!!!!! OMG i am sooo excited i could ball my eyes out...

With success we were able to give our cat her first "meal" through syringe, she probably took 3ml if i had to guess, it was a bit messy but that was about 2 hours ago and it never came up!:) we also gave her a small amount of water via syringe shortly after, so this is good news. I also gave her...

No, we're on day 2, but the night before she lost her appetite i gave her a medication she needed to have with food and may not have realized she was starting to lose her appetite and the med upset her stomach? or it could be the "norm" after abdominal/exploratory surgery. Our vet has been very...