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[PhilRich]

I'm really sorry to hear of your cats illness moggy, others have posted links but this one looks very comprehensive and appears to answer any questions you could possibly have. Best of Luck from another Poolie

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.felinecrf.org%2Fhow_bad_is_it.htm&ei=HMl_Uv2OKceO0AXzt4HABw&usg=AFQjCNFftJUQ2chMhTmc4JhVnQV-Q3r4Kg

[moggy]

What food have you been trying to get him to eat?
Have you tried cat food with gravy....ie wet food.....first it will smell very tempting and second will provide the water content, so drinking water isnt so important.
If you can get him to eat this.....then you can start to substitute, what he is suppose to eat.

As for getting him to take the tablets......go buy some cheap pate.....and push the tablet inside a small piece of pate......i used to to use butter when HollyDog had to take tablets.....but got a bollixing from the vet for it.....its too rich apparently....pate is ok tho 

Hi taxi,he allways had wet food,jelly and gravy.The renal food is also wet,but he wont eat that either.I will try the pate approtch.Thanks for the replys guys, Dean

[Taxi_Driver]

What food have you been trying to get him to eat?
Have you tried cat food with gravy....ie wet food.....first it will smell very tempting and second will provide the water content, so drinking water isnt so important.
If you can get him to eat this.....then you can start to substitute, what he is suppose to eat.

As for getting him to take the tablets......go buy some cheap pate.....and push the tablet inside a small piece of pate......i used to to use butter when HollyDog had to take tablets.....but got a bollixing from the vet for it.....its too rich apparently....pate is ok tho 

Hi taxi,he allways had wet food,jelly and gravy.The renal food is also wet,but he wont eat that either.I will try the pate approtch.Thanks for the replys guys, Dean

Will he eat that? the jelly and gravy? If so, mix it with the renal food bit by bit 

[moggy]

What food have you been trying to get him to eat?
Have you tried cat food with gravy....ie wet food.....first it will smell very tempting and second will provide the water content, so drinking water isnt so important.
If you can get him to eat this.....then you can start to substitute, what he is suppose to eat.

As for getting him to take the tablets......go buy some cheap pate.....and push the tablet inside a small piece of pate......i used to to use butter when HollyDog had to take tablets.....but got a bollixing from the vet for it.....its too rich apparently....pate is ok tho 

Hi taxi,he allways had wet food,jelly and gravy.The renal food is also wet,but he wont eat that either.I will try the pate approtch.Thanks for the replys guys, Dean

Will he eat that? the jelly and gravy? If so, mix it with the renal food bit by bit 

Taxi,been trying for 3 days,still no joy

[MR MISTER]

Sounds to me, Moggy, as if the poor thing has had enough. I would just try and make it as comfortable as possible.

[moggy]

Sounds to me, Moggy, as if the poor thing has had enough. I would just try and make it as comfortable as possible.

Think you are right stmeo,but how.I have the wife crying constatly,down stairs.Life is a piece of shit sometimes. :(Sorry stemo

[Taxi_Driver]

Sounds to me, Moggy, as if the poor thing has had enough. I would just try and make it as comfortable as possible.

When its your pet and friend Steve....you've always got to try   

Try the pate Dean....and to be honest....if he will eat ham/chicken/whatever i would give it to him....you can always try the other food once he's eating again 

[moggy]

Sounds to me, Moggy, as if the poor thing has had enough. I would just try and make it as comfortable as possible.

When its your pet and friend Steve....you've always got to try   

Try the pate Dean....and to be honest....if he will eat ham/chicken/whatever i would give it to him....you can always try the other food once he's eating again 

We will try the pate and other things,just want to do all we can.Thanks mate dean

[omega3000]

Sorry to hear this Moggy  Can hope and pray he pulls through .

[moggy]

Sorry to hear this Moggy  Can hope and pray he pulls through .

Thanks emd,wont be for the lack of trying

[tigers_gonads]

Is your cats stomach hot to the touch moggy ?

If so, keep your cat a cool as possible.
Even if it means letting it lay on the ice cold floor.
With cats and dogs, the blood vessels are closest to the surface under the stomach.
That's why they always lay flat in a cool place or with dogs, the first puddle they can find.
Our cat had something similar when I was a kid.
It wouldn't take water even though it was de hydrating because of its fever.
Iirc, my old man spent most of the night with it outside with the cat laid on the cold floor until its fever dropped.
Once it started to cool right down, she would take on water and within a day she was eating like her life depended on it 

Good luck 

[Kevin Wood]

Our oxygen waster cat has recently had to start taking pills. We got some cat treats in the shape of long sticks of meaty stuff (think of a thin pepparoni) which are quite soft. Feed the cat a couple, which it laps up, then embed a pill in one, which it'll also lap up before it realises there's a pill inside. I'll find out where we got them later.

I do hope he makes a good recovery.

[steve6367]

They sounds like Lidl Kevin, our cat also loves them - although sometime he works out what is going on!

Steve

[moggy]

Well we tryed evrything.Honey,pate,hand feeding food with water in a syring.He would not touch anything.Then this morning he calapsed while trying to get to his litter.We took him to the vets to see if there was anything they could do.But he was to weak so at 9.32,we took the disision.To let him go for a long sleep,i feel like shit.That i could not help him more,i just have to live with the fact i took his life.I hope it was the right choice,thanks for all your replys.Dean and tracy .

[tigers_gonads]

The cat had a great life.
You did everything you could then you stopped the suffering 
You did it right Dean 

Sorry for your lost mate