I have an older post on here about my cat Gizmo who is going through a bit of a crisis. He pretty much stopped eating for the most part last Tuesday and so now I've been trying to get some nutrition into him by force feeding with a syringe. It takes both my sister and I to do it as he struggles quite a bit (even though he's sick, still manages to put up a fight!). What's worrying me though is that I don't know if this is doing much good and was wondering if anyone has any experience force feeding their cat? How long should it take before improvement is seen? We just started yesterday afternoon. Also my Vet didn't tell me how much to feed. My sister takes that excellent Hills AD food, waters it down and we can't do much more than a half syringe worth (it's a fat syringe the Vet gave us for feeding purposes) before Gizmo gets far too uncomfortable.
This sounds silly to worry about when there are bigger things at stake but is it normal to feel like you're being utterly cruel forcing food into a cat? I know of course it's absolutely vital to do this but my cat looked kind of drained and out of it after his morning feeding. It made me feel kind of weird but it could be partially do to some pain and antibiotic meds we have to give him before the food. Thanks in advance for any input!
This sounds silly to worry about when there are bigger things at stake but is it normal to feel like you're being utterly cruel forcing food into a cat? I know of course it's absolutely vital to do this but my cat looked kind of drained and out of it after his morning feeding. It made me feel kind of weird but it could be partially do to some pain and antibiotic meds we have to give him before the food. Thanks in advance for any input!