Fatty Liver Syndrome Question

Originally Posted by tangerine

Please keep us updated on how your baby is doing!
My kitty has been in the hospital for 3 weeks/ starting with surgery to open his urethra / leading to infection/ lead to fatty liver disease. He is currently being fed 50 - 60 cc's a day through a tube in his esophagus. Docs tell me the same thing, he's young (2 years) and they think he'll pull through.

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He's only getting 50- 60 cc's a day??? They told me 240 a day for Neigi.

I am to start off with feeding Isis 10 cc's 4 times a day. Then tomorrow I increase to 20 cc's, then the next day 30 cc's and I keep increasing until I reach 60 cc's. They put the tube in my kitty's neck and wrapped her neck up with ace bandadge type stuff. She seems to be doing just fine!

I am sorry your cats feeding tube came out this morning!

And I am sorry that your cat had a blockage. My other cat had one once before, too. Several hundred dollars later, he was fine. The vet said he wouldn't make it, but he did.

I was wrong when i wrote the ccs... I meant at a time, I think they are feeding him 3 or 4 times a day... now he is up to 70 ccs... AND YESTERDAY HE ATE ON HIS OWN!!! Hopefully he will be home saturday.

How is your baby doing?

Yeah for eating!!! Neigi managed to remove his elizabethan collar and it totally vanished! I CANNOT find it anywhere. Went and got another and he removed that along with pulling the feeding tube out of his nose...again. Now he is without a tube but eating on his own...just little bits at a time but he is eating! The congestion is thanks to his herpes virus flaring up due to the stress of everything else. I think he'll be ok...as long as he keeps eating. He is totally getting pampered and we are doing everything to keep him warm and comfy and fed. Hope your kitty comes home Saturday. 3 weeks to too long to be away from home.

I am becoming overly stressed. Feeding Isis through the tube is hard. It clogs very easily. She doesn't seem to want to sit still. Every time I feed her the food/water goes everywhere. On her, me, the carpet, etc... Each feeding is taking me about 30 minutes. I get about 5 to 10 cc's in and the tube clogs. I am starting to wonder if I should have put her to sleep. She is suffering so badly. When I came home from work my bathroom floor was COVERED in pee. (But hey... at least she's peeing now). I need a hug. I don't know if I can do this much longer and it hasn't even been long yet

Can anyone help offer advice to me on keeping my kitty's tube unclogged? I try propping her legs up like everyone suggests, and I always flush the tub with water to prevent clogging, yet it still is getting clogged. I am wondering if maybe my formula is too thick and maybe I should add more water. However there aren't any chunks in it. I don't see how it could be too thick. I don't know

What are you feeding her through the tube? I was using a canned "liquid nutrition" the vet gave me. VERY thin consistancy...like water. If you are trying to feed watered down regular canned food...maybe puree it in a blender first?? I was taking 20-30 minutes to feed Neigi too. Vet told me that Coke works well to remove clogs. Has it been clogging since day one? I am sorry you are having so much trouble. Yeah for peeing!!! That is very important and good. Hang in there.....

I will post a picture when I get home from work.

Ok after I posted here last night, I was laying in bed with Isis. I had just fed her about 30 minutes prior. She threw up alllllllll over my bed, down the side, onto the bed skirt and then onto the carpet. THEN to make matters worse, she hopped down off the bed and peed on my floor! I HAVE CARPET!!! I haven't gotten any sleep since the tube went in. She is peeing and throwing up everywhere. This morning I added more water to the food. It went down a little more easily but it could have just been a coinsidence. We'll see. When I got out of the bathtub this morning, (after taking my dirty sheets off the bed) Isis peed on my bare mattress IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES. I love her, and I want her to get better, but she is locked in the bathroom until she gets better.

I am so sorry and believe me... I totally understand. The few days that tan was home, I felt i was losing my mind. not to mention his two sisters that didn't treat him so nicely either.
I understand about the peeing, as tanny hasn't went in a litter box for 3 weeks... and when he was home, he would go on me, actually all over the dang place, on the bed, in the tub (which i actually didn't mind).
Did you try changing litters. I am going to try shredded newspaper... there is another litter called attract litter.
I haven't fed tan yet (he ate again yesterday - regular food, half can of wet food), but he is still being tube fed. He IS coming home saturday, but I think that it when it begins. Please keep the faith... I have my fingers crossed for you!
Maybe I missed something in this post, but why is the baby urinating everywhere?

I guess she's doing it b/c she's been sick. (She's got fatty liver). She never had this problem before. I am trying hard not to lose faith. She's suffering really badly. I am starting to wonder if I should have put her to sleep.

I hope when your kitty comes home Saturday that things work out ok! Does he have fatty liver too?

Please keep the faith... I understand it's hard work.. and I probably will understand better once tanny comes home.
It started about 2 months ago, i came home to find tanny (2 year old kitty) screaming in pain, brought him in emergency vet and he was blocked. He stayed in the hospital for 1 week, where he blocked up again twice, so they opted for the surgery. he came home 1 week later, then 2 days later, he has a nasty infection, brought him back in emergency... they started me giving him sub q, and two shots a day of antiobiotics. then home again... on july 6th?? 7th?? we brought him back, he had stopped eating period and peeing all over the place. That is when they diagnosed the fatty liver disease... (yep the yellowing of the ears... i didn't even notice it), then he blocked up AGAIN (due to all the infection). SO, they gave him another surgery to re-open urethra, and all the while, eating through a tube. I REALLY wanted to put him down, the money wasn't the problem (we are on a payment plan for the rest of our lives : ) it was the stress for him and I, plus the other 2 kittys that we live it. Had conference with all vets involved and they all beggd me to keep him alive and have faith, as they do... two weeks later, he is peeing very well (still a cathether though), and has ate two days in a row now. he is coming home on saturday.
feel free to email me anytime. seems we are both on the same page. if you
want you can private email me and i'll give you my email at work (much easier for me to get into).

Did the vet give you any anti-nausea medication to give Isis BEFORE you feed her? Please get some if you don't already have it. I was using METOCLOPRAMIDE for Neigi. As for the peeing...I don't have any good answers for you. Neigi didn't do that. I agree with keeping her in the bathroom for now.

Hopefully this pic shows up...trying this for the first time. This is Neigi.

Thanks, Tangerine. Your advice as been very helpful. Now that I read your post, I remember reading it somewhere in the beginning when this thread first started. I hope your cat gets well soon. Looks like you have more on your plate than even I do. I think I am going to talk to my vet about a payment plan as well.


Neigi is adorable. I'm glad to see he's doing a little better. I am going back to the vet today. They're giving me anti-vomiting medicine and hopefully they can do something about the tube getting clogged EVERY TIME I FEED HER. I tried the coke. It's not working. The tube is soooooo small. I religiously rinse it out with water after every feeding. Nothing is working. It doesn't get clogged afterwards, it's getting clogged during. I'll get just a little bit in her and then it clogs. I have been fighting with her for over an hour this morning and I can't seem to get any down at all now.

What kind of tube is it. Tangerine has a tube inserted in his esophgus that stays in all the time. I watched the feeding yesterday, but will ask about cleaning it tonight when I learn how to make his food.
He comes home tomorrow... so I am to be needing you guys... very very nervous!!!
I did pick up phermones.. and it worked on tangerines sister...

I'm starting to wonder if Isis's tube (the end in her esophegous) is in the right place. Perhaps it is too close to the wall of the esophegous and the exit path is a little too small for the food to clear the tube easily.....just a thought in my over-active brain.....

Glad to hear Tangerine is finally coming home. I know it's nerve racking tube feeding for the first time. Just be calm and patient...

Well it's Saturday. How is Tangerine doing? Still nervous?

Thanks for asking. It is nerve racking... but not that bad. we fed great 3 times on saturday and twice yesterday until the evening... my fiance fed him and i think he went too fast and tan threw up... i felt so bad... but i laid down with him and got up extra early today and we had a nice feeding... he even went after wet and dry food... just a little though.
he pees anywhere he feels like it, but i think cause his sisters are just being awful to him.
How's everything coming along with you guys?

Any update on your guys kitties??