Hi everyone... I have been reading many different peoples stories on here and decided to post my own. My girl Zelda has hepatic lipidosis. She was hospitalized on 03/14 for anemia, elevated liver enzymes, and post op monitoring as she had a foreign object removed from her small intestine. I...
My Manx had a PEG TUBE placed, much less daunting! He wore a little t-shirt to keep him from messing with the port. He had it for 4 months. He survived & lived another 9 years. PEG tube is the only way to go.
Hi. You really cannot sustain a cat with syringe feedings. The best chance for a good outcome is to get an esophageal feedingtube placed and feed that way. The good thing about the feedingtube it also makes it very easy to give medications and liver support supplements that way.
Is your cat...
To ask a difficult question, if we cannot get enough food into him, is it better to just say goodbye rather than let him (I would think) starve to death. I just don’t think they are up for the feedingtube route as the cat is 15 y.o.
He’s not severely jaundiced from what i can tell.
Hi. It is way to soon to expect her to want to eat on her own. Give it another week without trying to get her to eat. You can cause food aversion if you do. Then start offering food before the tubefeeding.
Any difficulty with the tubefeedings?
Hi everyone!
My sweet Ginger was put on a feedingtube, esophageal on Monday. My question is for those with experience, do you need to aspirate the tube? Our vet did not send this instruction, but I see it on how to videos.
thank you in advance
Hey y’all, my darling companion Tofu has been using a feedingtube in her neck for a week. She’s 16 and I’ve been with her since she was 3 months old. She’s a Manx and in the past five years has always had a little constipation. Lost weight and is now dealing with fatty liver. They did the...
Maggie's getting fitted with a feedingtube!
The vet just called. She (the vet) just gave me the run down. I have to feed her every 4 to 6 hours and then clean/flush it after every feeding. She keeps the tube in for as long as she needs it. Could be a week, could be a few months. We'll see...
...on Tuesday.
Long story short, my ones cat was eating my other cats food and he developed hepatic lipidosis from this and had to have a feedingtube placed. He was fine the first few days but on day four he vomited every meal. He was constipated and staining to poop so I got him pure pumpkin...
I'm sorry that happened with Frank. Nonetheless, it's Maggie, and getting her fed, that is absolutely the most important right now. Were you able to utilize the feedingtube?
If the pilling is the holdup, I'd get a feedingtube ASAP while she's relatively healthy. You can give her extra food & all the meds that way until she's stabilized. Please read the following & consider talking to a vet. Feedingtube in a feline. Why being aggressive saves you one of those 9 lives.
working with syringe is usually good enough. but safer may be a sond into stomach [=tubefeeding]. this is tricky the first time you do it, and you must have proper gears. do you have a vet or rescuer nearby whom can show you??
...is my gut feeling - follows what was said above - that one week may not be enough to expect her to want to eat on her own. She is on a feedingtube, so from that standpoint she is fine. You can try every day in between tubefeedings to see if she will take anything on her own - if she does...
From my experience, I'd get her on a feedingtube ASAP. Twice I've tried the gels/syringe & it wasn't enough. I think my last cat might've lived had I gotten him on the feedingtube while we diagnosed him.
...it, and you said the Vet did say his prognosis is poor. I would say chances are not that good for recovery if they do not have that feedingtube installed. Do you know if the Vet suggested it? I'm pretty sure it's not a very invasive surgery, but of course it would require anesthesia...
...special teat that sticks to a syringe, and won't suck from my finger. I'm the end I've giving a snall amount of kitten formula through a feedingtube (that isn't in her stomach) - when she's suckingbon mum, I slip the thin feedingtube in her mouth, and then use the syringe attached to it, to...