My 14-year-old CKD Maine Coon mix is the epitome of picky, to the point of hunger strikes because he's still mourning the loss of dry food from his two-week Diabetes Type II adventure a few years back. Now it's wet food, low phosphorous kidney food mixed with some Blue Wilderness Adult Chicken Pate or a topper to get him to even touch it.
Recently he lost a little weight due to a virus and his own pickiness and I was given mirtazapine to give him any time he plays games with eating. The problem is, the stuff makes him ridiculously affectionate, meows constantly, purrs but seems agitated, and wants to lick my face all evening (and keep me up at night) but I could deal with all that if he would just EAT. The problem is, it just makes him go pick at the bowl more often but not really eat his food. I get that it's a serotonin boost and he gets the munchies and the feel-goods but the lack of sleep on my part, the yowling and restlessness from him versus what he actually eats after taking it really aren't worth the ordeal.
Has anyone had better results with something else? I like how quickly it works but wish more of the effects were actually appetite-based and not licking my arm raw for hours.
Recently he lost a little weight due to a virus and his own pickiness and I was given mirtazapine to give him any time he plays games with eating. The problem is, the stuff makes him ridiculously affectionate, meows constantly, purrs but seems agitated, and wants to lick my face all evening (and keep me up at night) but I could deal with all that if he would just EAT. The problem is, it just makes him go pick at the bowl more often but not really eat his food. I get that it's a serotonin boost and he gets the munchies and the feel-goods but the lack of sleep on my part, the yowling and restlessness from him versus what he actually eats after taking it really aren't worth the ordeal.
Has anyone had better results with something else? I like how quickly it works but wish more of the effects were actually appetite-based and not licking my arm raw for hours.