Hi, I've been feeding my cat Sydney since May 21. I have no problems using Hill's AD. I mix the whole can with 1/4 cup of water in a plastic container which I store in the fridge. When I need to feed Syd, I put the required amount in a pyrex measuring cup and warm it a bit in the microwave. This makes the AD more fluid. And I stir that up again with a spoon before I fill the syringes. Is it possible that the kind of feeding tube that was installed in your cat is extra small? If it is then the vet should be able to recommend a suitable food. Sydney's feeding tube comes out of the side of his stomach. I don't have experience with any other kind.
I was feeding Syd 3 times a day, but now I'm at 2 times a day because he has finally started to eat his regular food again. I started at 15 ml 3 times a day and worked up to 60 ml 3 times a day over about 3 weeks. In the beginning I was also giving him Reglan (through the feeding tube) to control nausea. I feed him at a rate of 1 ml every 20 -30 seconds. At the end I flush the tube with 10 ml of warm water and put the end cap back on. I clean the end cap between feedings, so I have two that I alternate.
The first thing that I do is take a 3 ml syringe, take the end cap off his feeding tube and draw back whatever I can out of his feeding tube. This tells me if he has digested the food I gave him at the last feeding and I guess it also lets me know that the feeding tube isn't clogged.
I find that the syringes don't last very long. Once they get to be too hard to fill I replace them.
Hope this helps.
Denise
I was feeding Syd 3 times a day, but now I'm at 2 times a day because he has finally started to eat his regular food again. I started at 15 ml 3 times a day and worked up to 60 ml 3 times a day over about 3 weeks. In the beginning I was also giving him Reglan (through the feeding tube) to control nausea. I feed him at a rate of 1 ml every 20 -30 seconds. At the end I flush the tube with 10 ml of warm water and put the end cap back on. I clean the end cap between feedings, so I have two that I alternate.
The first thing that I do is take a 3 ml syringe, take the end cap off his feeding tube and draw back whatever I can out of his feeding tube. This tells me if he has digested the food I gave him at the last feeding and I guess it also lets me know that the feeding tube isn't clogged.
I find that the syringes don't last very long. Once they get to be too hard to fill I replace them.
Hope this helps.
Denise