CJ Needs Prayers, Good Thoughs, etc. - uppydated on post #38

**Anikaca77** · 11-09-2008, 09:30 AM

Prays coming your way that CJ continues to eat on his own!

**Sonia59** · 11-09-2008, 01:20 PM

I am glad to hear CJ has eaten a bit. Please, eat more CJ!

**Catty1** · 11-09-2008, 01:46 PM

I remember when I was a little kid - 6 or 7 - I would put a bit of catnip on cat food to get our kitty to eat. (This was wet food, and it had BEGUN to dry...and my mom stopped me when she saw what I was doing!

)

If he likes catnip, maybe it would give him the munchies?

Just a thought.

(BTW - my childhood trick worked - Ginger DID begin to eat the food. But was stopped by Mom! LOL)

**lizbud** · 11-09-2008, 04:28 PM

I hope you're feeling better CJ.

If ever there was a perfect time to spoil a cat, it's when they feel so awful.
Keeping eating a little something sweetie.

**kimlovescats** · 11-09-2008, 05:53 PM

Oh yes, NO VEGGIES PLEASE, mom!

So glad to hear he is starting to eat and get some strength back! Hang in there, CJ!

Hugs,
Kim

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 11-09-2008, 09:20 PM

Good and not so good news.

Not so good news: He's still not eating or drinking on his own, so I've started force feeding him the plain chicken baby food. He mostly fights it, but there are moments where he stops fighting and almost seems to just enjoy eating. The baby food is quite moist, so I'm assuming he's getting some water from that, but I've also started forcing water into him. He fights that more than he fights the food, so I'm not sure he's getting enough water yet, but a little is better than nothing.

Good news: He is so much perkier! This morning he came out on his own when it was time for morning nummies. He begged and assumed his normal position, but then wouldn't eat when I gave him the food. He then jumped up on the blanket in the living room and hung out there all morning. This afternoon we had some errands to run and when we got home, I brought him outside. He wasn't too interested in walking, but he was content to sit on my lap and watch the world go by. About an hour after bringing him in, he got up from the bed, went to the front door and started begging to go out again. We are so thrilled to see him acting more normal. He is still wobbly and stumbles everytime he shakes his head, but at least he's up and moving around a bit.

We are getting the meds in him no problem, so I'm sure they are starting to work and he's feeling better. Now....if he would just eat and drink!

**Medusa** · 11-09-2008, 10:02 PM

The little stinker. Well, at least you were able to get a little something into him. If he keeps feeling better, I'll bet he'll give in and start eating on his own. Fingers crossed that it'll be soon.

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 11-19-2008, 09:59 PM

Sorry for the delay in an uppydate, but it's been just crazy around here!

CJ is doing fantastic! He is still a little wobbly every now and then, and it seems to be mostly right after he wakes up and tries to get up. Must take him a few minutes to get re-oriented or something.

He started drinking on his own about the middle of last week, but I just got him to start eating hard food again this past Monday. Otherwise all he was eating was the gravy part of wet food, which is not enough to sustain him for long. I could tell he was hungry, but no matter what I did he would NOT eat the dry food. I eventually found some he'll eat. In the past this particular food has caused him diarrhea, but we'll have to deal with that once he's done with the antibiotics and he's all better. Then if it's still a problem, somehow I'm going to have to figure out how to get him to eat his regular hard food.

But for now he is doing fantastic! He again begs incessantly to go out, and when we get him out he wants to cruise the entire resort before settling down on my lap outside. He's such a precious little boy.

Oh, and he got 2 of his 3 stitches out. By the time the vet got to the third one, Jackie was having nothing to do with it and was starting to fight again, so the vet backed off. We'll get that last one out when we take him back in two weeks for a recheck to make sure his ear infection is really going away.

So, thank you all soooo much for your thoughts and prayers. It appears my snotty little boy is going to be ok.

**Catty1** · 11-19-2008, 10:29 PM

So this was all caused by the ear infection? I hope it is all cleared up!

And I hope you got some satisfaction from the vet that never noticed the ear infection.

HUGS to CJ!