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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / July 2008Straving Cat
Hi I have a friend who has a 7yr old female cat who refuses to eat no matter what she tries to feed her. This cat has been to the vet several times, tests were done that showed there is nothing wrong with her cat. What tests were done I don't know but can find out. The only problem they found this time was her liver enzymes are elevated & the vet said is caused by her not eating. I don't know the name of the drug the vet prescribed but can find out, makes no difference, the cat refuses food even more. Does drink water though, no problem is doing so. Cat has lost 4lbs from her last vet visit within a month, I believe. She also hides under a bed for hours, sometimes a full day till my friend forces her out from under to force feed her & to give her the meds. My friend is at her wits end in what to do for her kitty & is so worried whatever this might be could cause her to die. And she is so heart broken cause this kitty went from a lovable companion always wanting to snuggle up to her to hiding & now biting her. Maybe someone who may have had this kind of problem or something similar could give her some advice would be greatly appreciative. Thank you for your help Diane I now have some addition information. For no apparent reason that the vet could find or her human could see, this kit has stop eating going on 9 weeks. She was not sick prior or was there any change in her environment. The vet has done blood work (several times), x-rays, nothing shows up in either. They also did a complete check into her mouth & teeth & saw nothing there as well. She will be having an U/S this week. My friend has been force feeding her during all through this with only a few times the kit eating on her own but then stops. Around 6/11 the vet gave my friend Mirtazapine to give & since then this kit refuses food, even with force feeding, which she spits out. My friend feels since she has done this the kit will no longer come near her, therefore hides all the time. The kit also has attack her if she comes in contact with her. So she has stopped giving her that med. but nothing has changed. Noreen is heartbroken over this for she has been doing all the right things under her vet's guidence to get her kit to become well & so far nothing is working. Also even with the force feeding which is giving her very little food she hasn't poop in 3 weeks but she doesn't appear to be in any discomfort or appear bloated. Or does anything that would indicate a blockage appear on the x-rays. If anyone who has gone through this & I'm sure there are many, have any tricks, suggestions please pass them on? I read somewhere about giving pumpkin could someone give me some details about this & whether it would be okay to give her kit since she hasn't poop for this long? Thank you so much for your help. Diane > Hi > I have a friend who has a 7yr old female cat who refuses to [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Diane > I now have some addition information. > For no apparent reason that the vet could find or her human could [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Poor appetite can be caused by any number of conditions, which of course the vet should know to check for. The thing to know, though, is that no matter the cause of it, it can lead to a very dangerous condition resulting in fatty liver disease which can be rapidly fatal to the cat. I have known of vets to get a cat into hospital and on IV fluids/nutrition quite rapidly because of this risk. Your friend should be in touch with her vet on almost a daily basis if the condition is as bad as you describe. And if they (the vet) are not being aggressive about it, perhaps she should search rapidly for another vet. This is not a condition that can be managed at home by any kind of tricks to get the cat to eat if it has gone this far. You have mentioned that the liver enzymes are already up. That means the cat's biochemistry is already affected and she probably needs to get it straightened out fairly soon. I'm sorry your friend and her cat are going through such a hard time. Good luck. --tension On Jul 20, 12:23 pm, "DianeLeMasson" <dianelemas...@optonline.net> wrote: > I now have some addition information. > For no apparent reason that the vet could find or her human could [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Poor appetite can be caused by any number of conditions, which of course the vet should know to check for. The thing to know, though, is that no matter the cause of it, it can lead to a very dangerous condition resulting in fatty liver disease which can be rapidly fatal to the cat. I have known of vets to get a cat into hospital and on IV fluids/nutrition quite rapidly because of this risk. Your friend should be in touch with her vet on almost a daily basis if the condition is as bad as you describe. And if they (the vet) are not being aggressive about it, perhaps she should search rapidly for another vet. This is not a condition that can be managed at home by any kind of tricks to get the cat to eat if it has gone this far. You have mentioned that the liver enzymes are already up. That means the cat's biochemistry is already affected and she probably needs to get it straightened out fairly soon. I'm sorry your friend and her cat are going through such a hard time. Good luck. --tension Thank you for your response & concern. Noreen from what I understand has been frequently in touch with her vet. More so these pass 3 weeks. Tomorrow the kit will have an U/S. Before giving the kit mirtazapine she did eat more frequently on her own along with force feedings. But she stopped altogether after she was given the meds a few times & now refuses even when forced, & spits it out. The only thing I can say why she hasn't left the kit with the vet is she doesn't have an income but is on disability with health issues of her own. But if it's the vet who isn't pushing the issue I will suggest that she takes the kit to another one. I do not know the reason but good point I will ask. Diane |
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