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Making a house cat eat #6461993
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Wife's cat won't eat. Been to the vet twice already in less than a week. Won't drink either. Know she has an infection, she's on meds, but we can't get her to eat anything. Tried dry cat and kitten food, dry dog food, wet cat food, tuna, sardines, ez cheese. Really don't want to put her down, but doc says she needs to eat by Monday or there's no coming back. Been giving her fluids and supplemental nutrition gel (and you thought giving a cat a pill was bad).

Any idea for how to get her to eat/drink? Don't need remarks about 22's or antifreeze. If it's her time it's her time, but we want to give her every reasonable chance to pull out of this.

Thanks.

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6461994
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Sorry your fur baby is sick. But friend of mine her cat did the same thing you are describing. The out come was not good. Her cat had what is called feline kidney failure . (got a medical term). Does she have a favorite treat that she loves . My bassett was hotdogs. If she wont touch that don't let her suffer. How old is she?

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462001
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I cook up some rice with flavored bullion when our felines are feeling poorly and refusing to eat. Scrambled eggs are another choice. Hope things work out and she starts eating.


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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: Cathouse Jim] #6462028
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Originally Posted by Cathouse Jim
I cook up some rice with flavored bullion when our felines are feeling poorly and refusing to eat. Scrambled eggs are another choice. Hope things work out and she starts eating.


Thisbut roll it up into small balls or chunks big as a thumbnail and tease her with it roll it around in front of her and get her interested and then let her catch it, chances are that she will then nibble on what she has caught

My cat it was bacon I swear he would have come out of his grave for a nibble



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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462030
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age?

eggs are a good try.

have you put the cat in a place away from all other animals , kids even you and your wife for several hours at a time with 2-3 kinds of food and water available.

my guess would be organ failure of some type , intestinal infection might be another thought but like people if the cat has decided it is done all you can do is try.

good luck

edited , also a fresh new litter box , I have a friend whose cat as he puts it requires a Zen litter box and will hold it for days if that is not provided.

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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462033
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Boiled chicken breast . Best thing if she wont touch her treat

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462053
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She's about 11. We have her in her favorite part of the house, away from the other critters and people. Multiple foods available at same time, she won't take treats. This all started maybe Sunday or Monday, not sure. Saturday she was running around the house jumping baby gates that were use for the dogs. Vet ruled out FLV; kidneys are affected, but that could be from not eating, hard to say. Box emptied Monday night, no stool since.

Lost the other cat last month, thought this one needed a friend so we got a kitten (2 weeks ago tomorrow), but it looks like I'll be burying both cats once the ground thaws. 4 pets in 6 months between us, what are the odds?

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462244
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Mix soft cat food with some cajun hot sauce. Slap it under her tail and it will get licked off in a hurry!


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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: beaverpeeler] #6462247
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Mix soft cat food with some cajun hot sauce. Slap it under her tail and it will get licked off in a hurry!


I'd try it, but she's not grooming herself at all.

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462250
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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462286
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Sounds like she will be leaving soon. PLEASE at the first sign of any fluid discharge from nose , backside, or mouth put her down. Better than suffering.. I am not a cat person but I am pro quality of life for animals .

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462312
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I try different vet, I have 2 pet house cats an yes I posted a cpl years ago about sick cat an nothing but smart remarks about a 22 bullet is cheap an if u got pay a vet bill to kill cat , etc, there was some lady on here, nevef post nomore that was from south an constantly after every post I made , a superviser at McDonald's I think , I am thinking infection or something else internally wrong. I went to vet an different one was at clinic, a total ripoff, I thought when see him, all he wanted to do is run up tests an make $$, I had way over $100 spent an want keep on an on, an he said cat didn't have a tempeture. Left with some expensive cat liter to be used for urine test after blood work, I call the vet up that see him before , with infection, he gave me liquid antibiotics an shot before an cat got sick an coulndt give cat liquid medicine, brought cat back, had a temperature , N gave him pills try an said the shot was not enough an the liquid antibiotics, coulndt keep down , there is a way to give cat a pill an works very easy , ask ur vet or read online or watch u tube, , gave cat 1 pill, start notice improvement hrs later. Next morning , cat much better, wouldn't drink water unless forced, eat nothing, just lay around , would die, internal infection, male nuetred cats get urinary tract trouble an i have mine on diet, always was overweight but worse now , yes unfortunately vets are very expensive, the one I see is chesper than others but ok services, I couldn't afford a dog or have time with walks, dogs are much more upkeep, more expensive, much more money at vet

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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: wetdog] #6462320
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Sorry I thought this was a yote bait thread lol

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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462327
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We have only 1 female cat now, when she had a bad urinary infection she wouldn't groom, didn't eat a whole lot but was still kind active. She is on a special food for her urinary problems and does quite well (she's 11).
What did the vet say about blood work? Hair balls??

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Sorry to here she's sick E44M. Hope she comes around.

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....and as far a oral antibiotics I would rather try giving a wiggling snake them before our cat.

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462333
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Get an IV bag, suck up the fluid in a syringe and give her subcutaneous shots in areas where her skin is loose. It will keep her hydrated until the medicine has time to kick in. Give her more injections, after she absorbs most of the fluid, until she starts eating and drinking again. Keeping her slightly warm should help too.

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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462335
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Can you tube feed a cat like you can a calf? I wold assume if so the vet would mention it, but it's not good if they refuse to eat.

Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462381
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Could the problem possibly be Feline Distemper?

Feline Panleukopenia Virus in Cats (Feline Distemper)- https://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/infectious-parasitic/c_ct_feline_panleukopenia



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Re: Making a house cat eat [Re: eastwood44mag] #6462402
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Girlfriends cat acted the same way. A few days later in threw up a chunck of foam insulation that was around a window air conditioner that it had eaten. The cat was fine after that. Was if checked for a Gastrointestinal Obstruction?

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