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Hi! I worked a double shift yesterday and couldn't post. The trip to the vet was not too good and she sort of scared me, but when she called me Friday with the new blood test results, everything came back within the normal range. Thursday, Pikey started eating pretty normally and when I spoke...

Hi Everyone! Pikey ate a good deal this morning of the IAMS kitten food, Not as much as pre-health problems, but I consider it substantial. I am probably still gonna force-feed Pikey until I talk to the vet tomorrow. She seemed to imply that that particular formula of cat food was important...

Thanks for the encouragement. Pikey is doing better. Monday, when I got him home, he threw everything up. That, combined with what the vet said, really had me worried. I'm happy to say that today and tonight, Pikey seems to be doing very well. Both this morning and especially tonight when I...

Hi! Went to the vet today (Monday) and she ran more tests (blood). I was feeling fairly optimistic, although I still have to force-feed Pikey. The vet didn't sound so upbeat, however, saying that Pikey has elevated enzymes in the pancreas and liver and that is VERY serious. They were having...

Thanks for the kind words. Pikey did eat a bit out of his bowel this morning, but very little when I was at work. He is in good spirits and gaining weight back, but still not normal weight yet. They are not sure exactly what happened to Pikey, but they found somewhat elevated levels of fat at...

Thanks everyone. I offer Pikey his kitty treats before I force-feed him and he usually goes for the treats and then nibbles just a bit at the IAMS kitten food I put out for him. One positive development is that I am pretty certain that he ate some kitten food from his regular cat bowl, which...

I just wrote a long update and it completely disappeared. Too busy to retype it. Pikey still hanging in there. Starting to eat SMALL bits of IAMS kitten food on his own. I'm still force-feeding him a can of "intestinal" cat food a day. Johnny

Thanks for your very kind messages. I have been leaving food out on the floor and what Pikey will do is eat a small bit when we wake up or when I get home at night and then no more. As for the food, the vet won't let me go back to the food you mentioned which was perfect. She insists I give...

Just gave Pikey his nightly cat food force-feeding and it is becoming hell. I have to mix it so much with water so it'll go through the syringe that it literally took maybe 100 injections to finish it all. And the little guy has to endure that three times a day. The other cat food was easy to...

Pikey ended up not eating that much, but I was/am really encouraged that he will eat on his own. The cat food that the new vet wants me to use (which I am doing now) is very difficult to administer. It is very solid and has to be totally mashed up (which isn't easy) and is very difficult to...

Just got home and did an experiment. I laid out some kitty treats on the floor and Pikey ate them. I then put the kitty treats in his bowel and he would not even approach them. I then took the treats out of his bowel and placed them on the floor and he ate them right up. I then put out some...

I was actually just thinking about what both of you mentioned. I'll try the treats and food trick when I get home. I have to say that although Pikey is a smart cat, I don't think he will put together the syringe and eating thing. He seems to be repulsed by the food. I've tried many different...

Thanks for your input. Pikey really gets excited when I tease him with treats and then eats as many as I give him, then goes over to his food, checks it out and walks away. And just for the record, I have switched several times a day from wet food to dry, back and forth, etc. My sister...

Hello Friends! Just got home from work again tonight and have some good news. Just before I was about to leave for work early this afternoon, Pikey had a bowel movement on his own. I was soooo jazzed. I was joking with someone at work that "has my life become so pitiful that the highlight of...

Hi All! Its a little past midnight here and I just got home from work. Pikey was very vocal and spry when I got home, but (I see) he still hadn't eaten anything or had a bowel movement-its been since he had an enema last Friday (a week ago) since he's gone. He does urinate every day or so...

Hi! I didn't think you were being rude at all, however, I do have to say that the vet had me read the entire article about what he "thought" Pikey has, based upon the tests that the other vet took. The tests showed that Pikey had a slightly elevated fat content in the liver and the new vet...

Hi! I will look into Ultrasound when he goes back to the vet. I did think that perhaps he really hasn't eaten enough food to have a bowel movement. I think I was a bit too easy on Pikey before, only giving him food every hour or two because he found it so offensive and seemed to perk up well...

Hi All! Gotta thank everyone again for their kind words of encouragement. Just got home from work this evening and Pikey is in very good spirits, however, he still hasn't eaten anything on his own yet. I tried to entice him with his favorite kitty treat and he did approach it and sniff it...

Hi Everyone \tPikey's better. The new vet was very nice and appears to know what he's doing. He believes Pikey has an elevated amount of fat in his liver, which can cause anorexia (I should have suspected this when I'd come home and catch him playing Karen Carpenter songs on my iPod). The...

Hi Again! Its 8 AM here and I have an appointment for Pikey at 10:30 AM. I could tell that he was feeling much better this morning just by the swagger in his walk. He still hasn't eaten on his own yet, however. And he still hasn't had a bowel movement since the enema the vet gave him just...