Hi Enzo's Mom.
Great for the lysine..Does your husband, when filling the syringes of food warm the food? This is how I did it to give you an idea.I would pre load 9-12 25cc( this was his daily amount) syringes with vet. iams MaxCal which is 330 calories per can.but like gravel and has to be put through a sieve a couple of times.Anyways after filling these syringes I would take like 3 or 4 of them & put them tip down in a old plastic marg container filled with hotwater.Cats hate anything cold.I picked up a 3 pak of bibs from Walmart (Cheap) as it does not all get in them.Bibs were very helpful.i sat him on the bathroom counter 7 had an old cutting board that was lge enough to cover the bathroom sink.Put a towel there.Maxwell would sit on the towel so i wasn't bending over.I would close the bathroom door.So we were both in there.After a few attempts from the side of the mouth ONLY.not aiming towards the throat if he got a little antsy i would let him jump down on the bathroom floor and get his bearings.Constantly i was talking to him telling him what a good man he was.he was.he would literally curl his side of his lip up to accept the syringe.I called him Elvis.it was three months of this but I have no regrets.So i just wanted to give you an idea of how i did it.That it was warmed up.not microwaved & that they need a break from time to time.if he licks it from the fingers keep plunging small amounts on the fingers.When Maxwell finally after 3 months started getting better he too began licking my fingers.he had gained 3.8 lbs in 3 months.i used a baby scale.But depending on how much Enzo weighs you can get a cheap digital food scale from Walmart.$20.If he isn't too big.Maxwell was 8 lbs.i think the scale went up to 10 lbs and I used an old shoe box.i would weigh the shoe box first,so i knew how much it weighed.I weighed him every day.Water how much water is Enzo getting? Is he drinking water? He will be dehydrated that is a given.Can you syringe bottle water or pedialyte very carefully?.Dehydration makes them feel like crap and also not enough calories.the more the food the better they feel.including fluids.Cats actually drink very litle.In this case i would be supplementing him some water.Not cold.Actually I would be doing subq fluid therapy.HTH C. sorry about the typing i know I'm the pitts.lol
Great for the lysine..Does your husband, when filling the syringes of food warm the food? This is how I did it to give you an idea.I would pre load 9-12 25cc( this was his daily amount) syringes with vet. iams MaxCal which is 330 calories per can.but like gravel and has to be put through a sieve a couple of times.Anyways after filling these syringes I would take like 3 or 4 of them & put them tip down in a old plastic marg container filled with hotwater.Cats hate anything cold.I picked up a 3 pak of bibs from Walmart (Cheap) as it does not all get in them.Bibs were very helpful.i sat him on the bathroom counter 7 had an old cutting board that was lge enough to cover the bathroom sink.Put a towel there.Maxwell would sit on the towel so i wasn't bending over.I would close the bathroom door.So we were both in there.After a few attempts from the side of the mouth ONLY.not aiming towards the throat if he got a little antsy i would let him jump down on the bathroom floor and get his bearings.Constantly i was talking to him telling him what a good man he was.he was.he would literally curl his side of his lip up to accept the syringe.I called him Elvis.it was three months of this but I have no regrets.So i just wanted to give you an idea of how i did it.That it was warmed up.not microwaved & that they need a break from time to time.if he licks it from the fingers keep plunging small amounts on the fingers.When Maxwell finally after 3 months started getting better he too began licking my fingers.he had gained 3.8 lbs in 3 months.i used a baby scale.But depending on how much Enzo weighs you can get a cheap digital food scale from Walmart.$20.If he isn't too big.Maxwell was 8 lbs.i think the scale went up to 10 lbs and I used an old shoe box.i would weigh the shoe box first,so i knew how much it weighed.I weighed him every day.Water how much water is Enzo getting? Is he drinking water? He will be dehydrated that is a given.Can you syringe bottle water or pedialyte very carefully?.Dehydration makes them feel like crap and also not enough calories.the more the food the better they feel.including fluids.Cats actually drink very litle.In this case i would be supplementing him some water.Not cold.Actually I would be doing subq fluid therapy.HTH C. sorry about the typing i know I'm the pitts.lol
