Hi Everyone..New kid on the block, so hope I am
doing this correctly. I am in desperate need
of advise. Situation is. I have newly adopted
cat age 4y/o female. Her first owner recued her
from death by bottle feeding as cat's mother was
unable to feed kittens. This owner now has boyfriend/fiance that told her its cat or me
and he won. I have 4 other cats (all spayed or
neutered) and 6 dogs (all spayed) Tessie as I
have called her gets along with all(better with
dogs than cats)she had never seen another cat
or dog before here. The problem is she will not
eat..I received her just before Halloween and
she was lets say a "fat cat" now she is just
above 5 lbs. I have had her to the vet(several times) and she has been diagnosed with hepatic lipidomia not FIP! I have purchased the very
same food she had eaten before..same treats..
everything. She is better with the liver(not as
yellow) and her palate is not as yellow but she
absolutely refuses to eat. We were told to feed
her baby food. We have even added rice. We have
to bottle feed her(force her actually to eat)
the vet suggested we add veg oil.(made her vomit)
so I stopped that. Last visit to vet she weighed
6.5 lbs so she is not putting on any weight.
She will not eat people tuna, eggs, meat..any type
of cat food. She does drink water and uses the
litter box without difficulty. When we last
contacted the vet and told her of her current weight, her response was that if we didn't get
her to eat she would die in the next month or so.
We have now resorted to mixing canned cat food
with baby food (she is also on a vit supplement)
I am so attached to her and she to me as she seeks
me out when I am home and she also sleeps with me.
I am needing any type of advise that anyone can
offer as I can tell you time is running out.
She is almost skeletal. Sorry about all the misspells as it is almost 4:30 a.m. and I am
unable to sleep because I am soooo worried!
HELP!!!
doing this correctly. I am in desperate need
of advise. Situation is. I have newly adopted
cat age 4y/o female. Her first owner recued her
from death by bottle feeding as cat's mother was
unable to feed kittens. This owner now has boyfriend/fiance that told her its cat or me
and he won. I have 4 other cats (all spayed or
neutered) and 6 dogs (all spayed) Tessie as I
have called her gets along with all(better with
dogs than cats)she had never seen another cat
or dog before here. The problem is she will not
eat..I received her just before Halloween and
she was lets say a "fat cat" now she is just
above 5 lbs. I have had her to the vet(several times) and she has been diagnosed with hepatic lipidomia not FIP! I have purchased the very
same food she had eaten before..same treats..
everything. She is better with the liver(not as
yellow) and her palate is not as yellow but she
absolutely refuses to eat. We were told to feed
her baby food. We have even added rice. We have
to bottle feed her(force her actually to eat)
the vet suggested we add veg oil.(made her vomit)
so I stopped that. Last visit to vet she weighed
6.5 lbs so she is not putting on any weight.
She will not eat people tuna, eggs, meat..any type
of cat food. She does drink water and uses the
litter box without difficulty. When we last
contacted the vet and told her of her current weight, her response was that if we didn't get
her to eat she would die in the next month or so.
We have now resorted to mixing canned cat food
with baby food (she is also on a vit supplement)
I am so attached to her and she to me as she seeks
me out when I am home and she also sleeps with me.
I am needing any type of advise that anyone can
offer as I can tell you time is running out.
She is almost skeletal. Sorry about all the misspells as it is almost 4:30 a.m. and I am
unable to sleep because I am soooo worried!
HELP!!!