Joe V wrote:

We want to sincerely thank all of you that replied and helped
us...Thank you a lot!

We took Crystal to another vet after quite a bit of research on
various vets in our area. We found a cat specialist who is a Board
Certified Internal Medicne Veterinarian.

Glad you found a new vet! I think most want to do the conclusive tests
since there are so many now for cats and are much more accurate but I
think sometimes you have to find a vet who will follow their instincts
at least for a while before jumping on the tests. They can add up so
quickly, I KNOW.

Our question now is, how do you wean Crystal off the forced feeding?

You offer her food to eat on her own before you force feed her each
time. Once she's feeling better, space out the force feeding further
apart to see if she is hungry enough to eat on her own. If she
doesn't after a certain amount of time (and don't rush it!) then force
feed her and try again next feeding to get her to eat on her own. I
had a cat on a PEG feeding tube for 5 weeks before he ate on his own.
It was ROUGH but he finally did.

Good luck to you guys and Crystal and thanks for letting us know how
she's doing.

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Cheryl