Please eat, Grandma kitty, please. We :love: you!
Purrs and head bumpies, thoughts and prayers -- and I will go light another candle for you right now.
Lubz,
Cassie and Elyse
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Please eat, Grandma kitty, please. We :love: you!
Purrs and head bumpies, thoughts and prayers -- and I will go light another candle for you right now.
Lubz,
Cassie and Elyse
If her eating doesn't pick up, call your vet and get some appetite stimulants. Believe me, THEY WORK! Mac meowed for food constantly when he was on those.:rolleyes: You just give them 1/4 of a pill every 3 days. Grandma won't stop eating while she's getting those babies!:D
both thyroid and kidney trouble can give kitty an upset stomach. You might want to ask your vet about giving her a quarter of a Pepcid.
Grandma woke me up at 4 this morning wanting something to eat. I gave her a fourth of a can of the kd and she ate all but a bit of that. Then she had another snack of it around 7am. Maybe that is a better grade of food and fills her up better than the other. I just don't want her to go hungry or lose any more weight. She was 7 pounds in October and is 6.5 now. She seems content now and is laying upside down on my bed purring. :love:
Oh, it's good news that she is eating, even if only a little. She gets some juice from it, also.
Grandma, while the rest of us wants to lose weight, you gotta put some on! :)
Kisses and posititive thoughts. :love:
Oh, what good news that she is eating!
Grandma, you go girl!!!
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
Keep up the good work, Grandma!:D
Grandma is still not eating as well as she was. I think she just doesn't like the kd food much. I hear her tummy growling once in a while. So, tonight, I'm goning to take a bit of the gravy from the Friskies chicken and gravy she likes and put it on some of the kd food and see if she will eat better. It's chicken flavor too. That might defeat the entire purpose for having her on the kd food but I can't stand knowing she is hungry and just not eating because she doesn't like the food. :love:
Something that pretty much always worked for me was what I called a chicken smoothie, I boiled whatever chicken parts I had, (not the wings) and plenty of water, let's say 2 thighs, then I removed the chicken and deboned it, put the meat in the food processor, and then added it back to the broth. I have used this as a supplement, or on it's own..for sick and older kitties of mine that lost interest in their food..it pretty much always helped..it kept for up to a week in the fridge in a jar..I would shake it, microwave til warm and the aroma gets stronger, then just add it to food or a little bit on it's own. That way you get pretty much all chicken without using gravies and stuff from other food they arent supposed to have..it's great to dress up food they turn their noses up at. My vet approved. It also made that pate food less thick and lickable rather than chewable..this might solve the 'doesnt like the food' dilemma. The heating is the trick, and you dont want to give food right from the fridge, to avoid tummy troubles.Quote:
Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
It's also great for sensitive mouths.
Good luck..it's always a challenge.. :)
KD food is disgusting! Why,oh why, can't they make special needs cat foods that the cats will actually eat? I guess that would be too easy.
Continuing prayers for dear Grandma and for you, MoFF. That sounds like a good idea to put the gravy on the KD. Why not just give her the food you know she likes and she'll eat. At age 18 she's probably past the point where the kidney food is going to make that much difference, and the important thing is that she eats.
Loads of love and headbumpies to you, :love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
That's what I was thinking too: just let her eat what she wants. She should spend the end of her life as happy as possible. She is already blind and can't do much.Quote:
Originally Posted by phesina
She goes back to be rechecked in 2 or 3 weeks. We will see if that kd food is making a difference then. It is so expensive here. About 42 dollars for 24 small 5.5 oz cans. We have an almost 9% sales tax which makes it so high. I don't mind paying that much if she will eat it but don't like having to throw it out if she doesn't.
I did put some of the Friskies gravy on her kd food and she gobbled it up like she hadn't eaten in a week. She even ate twice this evening. :):love:
Grandma, please keep on eating! You have people and kitties from all over the country pulling for you.:love:
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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
I agree with you & phesina on Grandma's menu.Giving her things that she likes & will eat is better than nothing.:) At her age she deserves to be spoiled a little bit.:love::love:
I'm glad Grandma is eating. I think at her advanced age she should be able to eat whatever she wants. If she were younger I'd say make a whole hearted try with the KD. Kind of like my dad, he's dying, he can eat whatever he wants, whenever he wants, mom gets it for him - be it a banana, crackers with cheese, whatever, so long as he eats something. Its the foodies in the tummy that will keep them going longer, and of course the happiness they have from eating something that actually tastes good!
How is Grandma this morning?? Please plant many kisses on that sweet forehead from me OK?:love:
And loads of kisses from us too, please!Quote:
Originally Posted by slick
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
I agree too.:) I hope she'll continue to eat well for you.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
We both thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. They are working. She is eating much better since I started mixing in some of her other food with the kd. She has eaten several times already today. She seems to be enjoying it too, not just eating because she is hungry. I was beginning to feel like a mom forcing her child to eat veggies. :D :love:
Dear Grandma, I am so glad you are eating better! Keep it up! Gentle *kiss* for you!
Dearest Grandma and MoFF, well done! :love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
Great news! Grandma Kitty, you make your mom so happy with the nom nom nomming. Keep it up! :):love:
Just sending lots of love to Grandma. I think she's handling the eating bit just fine!:D
Oh Grandma, thanks for eating - you have made your Mom very happy. Keep it up and feel better too.
:love::love:
So very happy that Grandma's eating. Keep it up Grandma - Merlin and I are praying for you. :love:
Well, miss picky paws has decided she does not like her kd food . She got so she would hardly eat it even with her normal food mixed in.
So, I called the vet, they said heat it up, or mix some egg or cottage cheese in it. She goes back for her recheck on the 9th at 9:30. They want to keep her on the kd until then to see if it's helping.
So, when I go to the store tomorrow, I'll need to get her some eggs, and cottage cheese. I don't keep those on hand because of my cholesterol and milk allergy. Guess I should see about getting her a microwave while I'm at it. :D It's ok. She is worth the extra trouble. :love:
What we all do for our kitty cats.:D LOL Maybe Grandma would like to pick out a list of foods in advance of her meals.
The way they do in the hospital.:) I hope this combination , when heated up, will smell great to her.
Still praying for you Grandma and sending loving hugs to your Meowmie. Yes, what we do for our furry ones.:rolleyes: We all understand.:):love:
I warmed her kd up for her tonight. I usually hate the smell of that stuff. I hate to admit it but it smelled darn good warmed up. Grandma ate what I gave her too. Maybe that's what she wants: cooked meals!!! :) Next I have to warm up her bedtime snack. :love:
I'm so glad to read that you're able to get her to eat again. I hope she'll continue to do well and gain some of her weight back.:)
Well, mixing an egg with the kd laid a big fat egg!!! I scrambled an egg this evening and chopped up some of it then warmed it and the kd food up. Miss picky paws, lapped at the kd but totally ignored the egg. So, I warmed up just some kd. She ignored that too. I am ready to bang my head against the wall!!! She only ate about two bites at breakfast. So, I gave in and gave her some of her normal food tonight. That she ate!!! Well, most of it.
I'm not going to even try cottage cheese. I can't keep buying stuff just to throw it out when she won't eat it.
I'm sorry to hear this.:( I know just how picky cats can be. One day they love something and the next day they won't eat it. I would just make sure that she's eating something and let your vet know what's going on. Good luck.:)
I took Grandma in for her checkup this morning. My good girl has gained her weight back that she had lost. Her kidneys are about the same perhaps a fraction worse.
the vet wants me to try mixing some clams, juice and all in the kd food and see if she will eat it better. (can you spell klamz joose?) She also gave her a vitamin B shot to help her appetite. She got an A on her visit this morning.
She really charmed the new vet tech in training. We had the top off the carrier and Grandma just laid in it with her head up. She was sitting in the bottom half of the carrier letting us pet and rub her just like the royal Queen she is. She didn't even move when the vet came in to see her. :D:love:
Moff, what good news. I was just lighting a candle for Grandma this morning and up pops the notice about this post.
Klam Joose? Seems to me that Phred is around here influencing things - don't you agree?
Well. we all know how good klam joose works! I'm still keeping dear Grandma in my thougts and prayers.:love:
Wonderful report there, Grandma kitty!
Well done, Grandma and MoFF! And just think of the klamz joose being added to the mix!
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
Glad to know Grandma is feeling better.:love:
Let's hope we continue to receive good news on Grandma kitty. :love::love:
We will give the ole kamz a try tomorrow. Today was the first day I've been able to get to the store to get a can. Grandma has not been eating quite as good since her vet visit. I think she is just exhauseted and a bit miffed at me for taking her to the vet. Odd that the vet gave her an appetite stimulater and she doesn't want to eat as much. Or it could be she is cheesed off at me for making her take her thyroid pill every day. My girl can be really stubborn when she wants. Fingers all crossed for the kamz and that I don't get mugged by the other cats trying to get a taste too. :)
It's always worrying when a cat won't eat. What's the name of the appetite stimulant. Fister tried some called Percictin (sp?), a half twice a day. It helped, at least for a while. Have you tried Royal Canins "Sensitive". That was Fister's favourite. I also gave him the Whiskas pouches wet food. He would only eat the one in Gelé, not in Sauce. I poured a little boiled water in, and would eat it. His issues were not the kidneys though, but his liver.
I hope Grandma will start eating soon. Sending lots of positive thoughts. :love: