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Thank you for the support everybody, I really appreciate it.
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Oreo pulled his feeding tube out sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning. I freaked out and as soon as it was open I called the vets office to bring him in. The vet wanted to see if she could get him to eat on his own before putting it back in. She was able to get him to eat a bit of tuna and I brought him home on Friday, but other than a bit of gravy and a few treats, he still refuses to eat. I have to take him back in on Tuesday to have another feeding tube put in. I'm doing my best, but this is really stressing me out. Thanks again for all the support and I'll keep you updated.
At the moment, I can't afford the pet insurance especially with his vet bills. I'd like to see about getting it for my pets early next year, but I'll have to wait and see. I actually have 5 cats so unfortunately I have to wait until January to see about getting it.
Wow what beautiful kitties. Thank you for posting all the follow-up and the pictures. I was so glad to see that you had the resources to afford veterinary care (or at least borrow for it like most of us.) It breaks my heart every time I read these posts where the people have no way to get the cat medical care. It's so important for people to consider that before they adopt a pet. I ended up pouring quite a bit of money into a stray I decided to get neutered when the vet lost control of the cord and it required a night in the emergency clinic, follow-up visits and two weeks of follow-up care in my home with a giant cone on his neck. He turned out to be the best cat though! and we love him so much. To me they are worth every penny but I was blown away by the cost of vet care nowadays. Anyway, after a few months of vet bills I threw in the towel and bought a high deductible health insurance policy ($1,000) for all three of my kitties. I thought the premiums were really reasonable given that it doesn't take much to run up $1,000 vet bill.
I actually tried both the chicken and turkey meat baby foods and he refused to try either one. I will continue to try different foods and thank you for the suggestion.
I'm so sorry to hear of all your troubles with Oreo, and I know it's so hard not to stress out. Have you tried Gerbers' meat baby food, most cats can't resist it, maybe it would be just one more thing to try. In the meantime I'll pray for you both, bless you for caring so much.
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Oreo pulled his feeding tube out sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning. I freaked out and as soon as it was open I called the vets office to bring him in. The vet wanted to see if she could get him to eat on his own before putting it back in. She was able to get him to eat a bit of tuna and I brought him home on Friday, but other than a bit of gravy and a few treats, he still refuses to eat. I have to take him back in on Tuesday to have another feeding tube put in. I'm doing my best, but this is really stressing me out. Thanks again for all the support and I'll keep you updated.