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  1. sspalmer

    Force feeding an incredibly reluctant cat

    The x-rays did not show a tumor, they showed what they are saying is a "gaseous mass" which is something that is there but isn't solid, near her kidneys, in my personal opinion it looked like a pocket of dense infection that showed up. *****UPDATE***** we had confined her in an XXXL dog crate...
  2. sspalmer

    Force feeding an incredibly reluctant cat

    yes, she did very good feeding! I'm hoping the more it happens the more relaxed about it she'll be and we'll get better at it together. 
  3. sspalmer

    Force feeding an incredibly reluctant cat

    They did not give her anything for nausea or the vomiting, they said to just try to get her to eat and that the antibiotics probably are causing the nausea, which is irritating to me, there has to be a better answer than keep forcing the thing thats causing the issue.
  4. sspalmer

    Force feeding an incredibly reluctant cat

    Thank you very much! Sophie is a lot more spiteful of the syringe and I can only manage to get her to swallow 10-12ccs at a time before she starts refusing to swallow and spitting it back out. We're gonna try switching canned food to something she previously enjoyed and add cat milk, our vet...
  5. sspalmer

    Force feeding an incredibly reluctant cat

    On Friday 10/23/15 I took my 2 year old cat Sophie to the vet for an emergency visit, she had not eaten or drank anything for four days and the day before I had spent all day syringe feeding her water and kitten replacer milk, trying to at least see if we could get her to start eating or...
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