So my 10 year old girl who has "zero point zero" interest in eating has been on Mirataz since 3/15. She gets 1/4 inch a day. The first two weeks it was a MIRACLE and my old girl was back. She was BEGGING for food, eating everything I put down in the bowl, and not fighting me at all. I was having to ignore her attempts to get me to feed her because she gained a pound in the first week on it. She was also routinely eating large amounts (for her).
However as the time has gone on she's more or less back to her old no interest in eating. I put it on her ear in the morning and 3 hours later it kicks in for exactly one feeding and then it's like it's no longer in her system. Sure, some days she eats more and easier than others but it's nothing even remotely close to how it was the first few weeks on it. And most of her feedings, she has 18-ish a day, are tiny, 0.1oz to 0.2oz with the lone exception being the mirataz one which is 0.3oz-0.5oz. If she even has a mirataz one. She doesn't always get a boosted feeding.
So some questions...and for the sake of my post let's keep this conversation limited to the transdermal version only.
However as the time has gone on she's more or less back to her old no interest in eating. I put it on her ear in the morning and 3 hours later it kicks in for exactly one feeding and then it's like it's no longer in her system. Sure, some days she eats more and easier than others but it's nothing even remotely close to how it was the first few weeks on it. And most of her feedings, she has 18-ish a day, are tiny, 0.1oz to 0.2oz with the lone exception being the mirataz one which is 0.3oz-0.5oz. If she even has a mirataz one. She doesn't always get a boosted feeding.
So some questions...and for the sake of my post let's keep this conversation limited to the transdermal version only.
- For long term use, is this diminished effect normal on a cat?
- Given we're on week 4 or 5 and the package says the tube is good for 2 weeks, has the tube "gone bad" and we need a new one? Would a "fresh" one work better?
- Any tips on cleaning their ears? I've tried a rag with warm water and that does so-so but my girl fights me on it so not sure if there is an easier one that is also more effective.