Thanks so much. We don’t do dry. It isn’t healthy and it attracts rats. It has something in it to get them “addicted” to the taste like cat msg, lol. So we get healthy natural canned food.
I am so thrilled to hear that this “forced” feeding saved your cats. We are worried that she needs to want to eat to be saved.
Tonight she has shown me she doesn’t like me any more. I come in and get her in the towel and feed her these nasty things. So she will get up and try to walk out when I come, and sit in the doorway with her back to me! And she is struggling harder against me when I feed her. And I’m happy to feel that struggle in her!!
Your story really means a lot to us. Thanks.
Once she has recovered & is allowed to forego forced feeding, she will forgive. Of course, you know this & accept the price. I am so glad of your success, as I arrive late to this thread & am unable to give very useful advice.
As a diabetic myself, we are to take dairy products at only moderate amounts. Good on you with the baby chicken diet.
That said, my better half has turned our cat into a dairy fiend. At least, it is he whom I blame. Silly, lactose-intolerant darn cat vomits it back up. So only a few licks from the empty bowl of whatever - ice cream, yogurt, cottage cheese - & then dispose of it quick or she’ll be wearing the bowl.
Beautiful little feline, your Ciel.
Miss Fluffy, Queen of cats, growled at me through most of her feedings. Cats are funny, they'll shut down and not eat when that's what they really need to do. If we didn't force them, their little systems would just cease to work.
Glad to hear how you feel about dry food. Most people don't understand what it does to felines.
I have confidence that your baby will be better in no time!
I had a wonderful long haired orange and white female who became diabetic at the age of 9. We gave her insulin twice a day for a couple years. Then we moved to a different city and was recommended this food. It worked so well that we were able to forego the insulin after only a month! Then she lived to be 17 1/2! Made me kinda mad that the old vet never mentioned it...
The new vet explained to me that cats mainly become diabetic due to weight issues (wwhich is obviously not the case with your kitty but could become a factor later in life, especially if she is small) and the DM was like "Atkins Diet for cats." Very little carbohydrates which is much closer to their natural intake. It was a little pricey but worked like a charm. Still, it probably cost less than the diabetic supplies and boarding when we went away, etc.
Our other cat ate it too, and boy was he a healthy, shiny little thing. Keep in mind they ate nothing else, that is key in keeping their glucose levels good.
In the meantime, I think the baby food meats are a great idea, and organic chicken cooking stock (not broth, that is different) is a great idea. I fed this to a kitty with an infected tooth who would not eat and it helped pull him thru. Just be careful of the other ingredients, no onions etc. But stock has a lot more chicken and nutrients vs broth so that's why I went with it.
Good luck to you and Ciel, you are in my prayers! :)
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I had to have a tumor removed from my dog a few months back. Molly was lethargic and not acting herself. Barely eating. That's when I found the lump near her lower belly. About as long as my thumb, as big around as a plump hot dog.
The tumor was removed as well as her being spayed (at 10-1/2 years old).
Had to keep her quiet for a few days, in order for her to heal, as well as ointment on the incision.
But for 2 weeks after, she slept in my bed, NEXT to me. She knew I took care of her, even though it wasn't fun and she felt terrible.
She still sleeps with me, but she chooses the floor next to the bed. In fact, she TELLS me when it's time to go to bed. She comes by me and looks at me, as if talking (which she is). If I don't respond properly, she looks at my bedroom door, to tell me it's time for bed. She can push the door open if she wants and I usually tell her to do just that and to go to bed. After 3-4 times of me telling her, she'll usually go in on her own, begrudgingly. Other times I have to get up to go in. THEN she pushes the door open, enthusiastically. If I don't stay in there, she'll stay 5-10 minutes and then come back out to get me, or lay by my feet.
Ciel will be fine. Just keep lovin on her.