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The first time this happened to Ruby I tried everything. Antibiotics, steroids, changing to all hypoallergenic food. I was already using all ceramic and stainless steel dishes, and she is an indoor cat. Now, two months later, it's happening again, but this time, instead of being in the middle...

Update on all fronts! Ok, so...after 2 weeks of shenanigans, Ruby finally decided that Wellness Chicken and Turkey strips wet food was ok, and so was her old dry food. I was thrilled! Then almost immediately, I noticed some mystery scabbing on her right hind leg that didn't seem to go away...

Day 14 of this. Update. We are still doing 5-6 syringe feedings a day. 1oz each feeding. Today, in a minor victory she ate 2 tbsp of her regular wet food that I put out when I had to leave for a meeting. Yay! But that was that. I tried leaving some out and just leaving the house for the heck of...

Success I guess? We did 5oz today over 5 feedings. I have to work a 14hr day tomorrow, so she'll get a feedings at 6am, 9am (my boyfriend), 2pm (a friend), and then not until I get home. :( But I'm going to leave her some dry food as an option. Fingers crossed.

Never! She is just as perplexed as I am. Sigh.

I tried the hunger thing a few days ago. 12 hours without the syringe and she still didn't give a bleep about any type of food! My goal today is to get 5oz+ into her. We just did feeding #3 for the day and we're at a 2.5+oz, so we should be on track. It's nuts though. She's happy, playing...

Thought you all might want to see her beautiful face.

*adverse

Hello all -- Ruby is 7 months old and as of a vet visit with full blood and urine work and an X-ray this week she is in perfect health. She was spayed a little over a month ago and took it hard. She had an averse reaction to the internal suture material and had to be syringe fed for 2 weeks...