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Brodie won't eat, please help
Hi, my cat Brodie was a stray 12 years ago and is now estimated to be
16. The last couple of years she has gotten so sick a couple of times that I thought she wouldn't make it but she's a survivor and is right at this moment sitting on my desk. I should mention here that I have hardly any money to procure veterinary services and have had very bad experiences with vets: a msidiagnosis resulted in the expensive death of Sid a few years ago and his sister Nancy died in 2001 immediately after pouring a lot more money down the vet toilet. It seems that you spend $600 on tests and they die anyway. The current crisis with Brodie is that she has lost a lot of weight. When we met, she had been abandoned and the story on her was that she was unwanted and her owner's other cat and dog kept her up a tree 24/7. She would sneak down to eat and then run back up to her safe perch. This accounted for her overeating which usually led to vomitting. Here is a link to a pic of her in fatter days circa 2000: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie01.jpg Since my other cat Nancy died in 2001, Brodie lost a lot of her overzealousness at the food dish and lost some weight. She became ill last year and lost so much weight that I thought she wasn't gonna make it, but some antibiotics helped her to recover and she was ok. She is a survivor. here she is when she was sick: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie04.jpg and when she was better though now a skinny cat: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie02.jpg here she is last year: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie05.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie06.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie07.jpg She was sick again in mid 2003 and again antibiotics seemed to do the trick. She again seemed ill just last month but recovered quickly without any medication. However the problem is that she has lost most of her body weight (since her heyday as a fat cat) and now finds it difficult to eat. She wants to eat but the only thing she'll eat consistently is canned gravy or beef boullion. She will eat the crunchy Whiskas Temptations cat treats but most of the time they fall out of her mouth and once they've been in her mouth she won't try to eat them. Same for moist cat treats, I have a pile of them on my desk less than 6 inches from her mouth right now. Cream dries up in the dish. She licks the gravy off chunky cat food (several types) and the rest is ignored and dries out. I've tried mixing kitten food with gravy but she licks up the gravy and most of the kitten food is ignored. So my question to people here is, how do I get her to eat?? I don't need her to be fat again but I'm afraid that she's so skinny she'll soon die. So any suggestions would be most appreciated Thanks in advance, John (remove "spamcityaka" to reply) |
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She must see a vet. There is no question about this.
Gail "John" wrote in message ... Hi, my cat Brodie was a stray 12 years ago and is now estimated to be 16. The last couple of years she has gotten so sick a couple of times that I thought she wouldn't make it but she's a survivor and is right at this moment sitting on my desk. I should mention here that I have hardly any money to procure veterinary services and have had very bad experiences with vets: a msidiagnosis resulted in the expensive death of Sid a few years ago and his sister Nancy died in 2001 immediately after pouring a lot more money down the vet toilet. It seems that you spend $600 on tests and they die anyway. The current crisis with Brodie is that she has lost a lot of weight. When we met, she had been abandoned and the story on her was that she was unwanted and her owner's other cat and dog kept her up a tree 24/7. She would sneak down to eat and then run back up to her safe perch. This accounted for her overeating which usually led to vomitting. Here is a link to a pic of her in fatter days circa 2000: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie01.jpg Since my other cat Nancy died in 2001, Brodie lost a lot of her overzealousness at the food dish and lost some weight. She became ill last year and lost so much weight that I thought she wasn't gonna make it, but some antibiotics helped her to recover and she was ok. She is a survivor. here she is when she was sick: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie04.jpg and when she was better though now a skinny cat: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie02.jpg here she is last year: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie05.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie06.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie07.jpg She was sick again in mid 2003 and again antibiotics seemed to do the trick. She again seemed ill just last month but recovered quickly without any medication. However the problem is that she has lost most of her body weight (since her heyday as a fat cat) and now finds it difficult to eat. She wants to eat but the only thing she'll eat consistently is canned gravy or beef boullion. She will eat the crunchy Whiskas Temptations cat treats but most of the time they fall out of her mouth and once they've been in her mouth she won't try to eat them. Same for moist cat treats, I have a pile of them on my desk less than 6 inches from her mouth right now. Cream dries up in the dish. She licks the gravy off chunky cat food (several types) and the rest is ignored and dries out. I've tried mixing kitten food with gravy but she licks up the gravy and most of the kitten food is ignored. So my question to people here is, how do I get her to eat?? I don't need her to be fat again but I'm afraid that she's so skinny she'll soon die. So any suggestions would be most appreciated Thanks in advance, John (remove "spamcityaka" to reply) |
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She must see a vet. There is no question about this.
Gail "John" wrote in message ... Hi, my cat Brodie was a stray 12 years ago and is now estimated to be 16. The last couple of years she has gotten so sick a couple of times that I thought she wouldn't make it but she's a survivor and is right at this moment sitting on my desk. I should mention here that I have hardly any money to procure veterinary services and have had very bad experiences with vets: a msidiagnosis resulted in the expensive death of Sid a few years ago and his sister Nancy died in 2001 immediately after pouring a lot more money down the vet toilet. It seems that you spend $600 on tests and they die anyway. The current crisis with Brodie is that she has lost a lot of weight. When we met, she had been abandoned and the story on her was that she was unwanted and her owner's other cat and dog kept her up a tree 24/7. She would sneak down to eat and then run back up to her safe perch. This accounted for her overeating which usually led to vomitting. Here is a link to a pic of her in fatter days circa 2000: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie01.jpg Since my other cat Nancy died in 2001, Brodie lost a lot of her overzealousness at the food dish and lost some weight. She became ill last year and lost so much weight that I thought she wasn't gonna make it, but some antibiotics helped her to recover and she was ok. She is a survivor. here she is when she was sick: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie04.jpg and when she was better though now a skinny cat: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie02.jpg here she is last year: http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie05.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie06.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/testiculos/me/brodie07.jpg She was sick again in mid 2003 and again antibiotics seemed to do the trick. She again seemed ill just last month but recovered quickly without any medication. However the problem is that she has lost most of her body weight (since her heyday as a fat cat) and now finds it difficult to eat. She wants to eat but the only thing she'll eat consistently is canned gravy or beef boullion. She will eat the crunchy Whiskas Temptations cat treats but most of the time they fall out of her mouth and once they've been in her mouth she won't try to eat them. Same for moist cat treats, I have a pile of them on my desk less than 6 inches from her mouth right now. Cream dries up in the dish. She licks the gravy off chunky cat food (several types) and the rest is ignored and dries out. I've tried mixing kitten food with gravy but she licks up the gravy and most of the kitten food is ignored. So my question to people here is, how do I get her to eat?? I don't need her to be fat again but I'm afraid that she's so skinny she'll soon die. So any suggestions would be most appreciated Thanks in advance, John (remove "spamcityaka" to reply) |
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"John" wrote in message ... .... She wants to eat but the only thing she'll eat consistently is canned gravy or beef boullion. She will eat the crunchy Whiskas Temptations cat treats but most of the time they fall out of her mouth and once they've been in her mouth she won't try to eat them. Same for moist cat treats, I have a pile of them on my desk less than 6 inches from her mouth right now. Cream dries up in the dish. She licks the gravy off chunky cat food (several types) and the rest is ignored and dries out. I've tried mixing kitten food with gravy but she licks up the gravy and most of the kitten food is ignored. .... Thanks in advance, John I know you would like to hear something else, but I think you need to take her in immediately to have her teeth checked. She seems to have an appetite, but is unable to handle chewing. Is she drinking water? Is she able to swallow? She might like Science Diet A/D, which is soft and specially made for cats with eating problems. You can dilute it with water and feed her with a syringe (without the needle). That, of course, is assuming that she does not have a problem swallowing. Her prior illnesses, and extreme weight loss mean that she may have some fatty liver disease (hepatic lipidosis). Our cat Moxie had a couple of bouts. Antibiotic treatment helped buy her some time, but eventually it got her. Given your experience with your other cats, I understand your frustration at spending big bucks at the vet's, but the vets can't always predict how a particular cat will do. Sometimes they pull through, and sometimes they don't. We can only do what we can to give them a chance and hope for the best. I hope all works out for your cat. Annie |
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"John" wrote in message ... .... She wants to eat but the only thing she'll eat consistently is canned gravy or beef boullion. She will eat the crunchy Whiskas Temptations cat treats but most of the time they fall out of her mouth and once they've been in her mouth she won't try to eat them. Same for moist cat treats, I have a pile of them on my desk less than 6 inches from her mouth right now. Cream dries up in the dish. She licks the gravy off chunky cat food (several types) and the rest is ignored and dries out. I've tried mixing kitten food with gravy but she licks up the gravy and most of the kitten food is ignored. .... Thanks in advance, John I know you would like to hear something else, but I think you need to take her in immediately to have her teeth checked. She seems to have an appetite, but is unable to handle chewing. Is she drinking water? Is she able to swallow? She might like Science Diet A/D, which is soft and specially made for cats with eating problems. You can dilute it with water and feed her with a syringe (without the needle). That, of course, is assuming that she does not have a problem swallowing. Her prior illnesses, and extreme weight loss mean that she may have some fatty liver disease (hepatic lipidosis). Our cat Moxie had a couple of bouts. Antibiotic treatment helped buy her some time, but eventually it got her. Given your experience with your other cats, I understand your frustration at spending big bucks at the vet's, but the vets can't always predict how a particular cat will do. Sometimes they pull through, and sometimes they don't. We can only do what we can to give them a chance and hope for the best. I hope all works out for your cat. Annie |
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:01:20 +0000, John wrote:
Hi, my cat Brodie was a stray 12 years ago and is now estimated to be 16. The last couple of years she has gotten so sick a couple of times that I thought she wouldn't make it but she's a survivor and is right at this moment sitting on my desk. John, get her to another vet. There is a chance she'll make it if you do. -- Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- |
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:01:20 +0000, John wrote:
Hi, my cat Brodie was a stray 12 years ago and is now estimated to be 16. The last couple of years she has gotten so sick a couple of times that I thought she wouldn't make it but she's a survivor and is right at this moment sitting on my desk. John, get her to another vet. There is a chance she'll make it if you do. -- Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- |
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