Thanks, Sandra and Randi and Gina, for all your encouragement and suggestions and good wishes.

Priscilla's appetite isn't as strong as a few days ago. She still eats some on her own but not as much. I got a couple more cans of the Fancy Feast Ocean Whitefish and Tuna Feast, but she's NOT interested now. (Of course, most cats do that, eat some food like they can't get enough of it, and then after you buy a whole lot of it they no longer want it.) She still eats some kibble but not a lot, and I'm back to the syringe-feeding.

She wants to be closer to me than she has in the past. I'll pick her up and she'll hug me, her face to my chest or neck and her paws around my neck. She's sitting on my lap as I write this. She was never a lap cat or the real openly-affectionate type before; much more independent.

Gina, I read some of your thread about Star. I felt so bad for her, and then I was so happy to realize she made it through all that. How is she now? Once again I'm amazed when I learn about cats that come down with CRF and then pull through. Very encouraging and hopeful for Priscilla and me!

What do you mean by natural raw meat? Organic or additive-free or something like that? Sounds like something worth trying, if your cats are doing so well with it. Over the holidays I pet-sat a cat that is fed entirely on raw chicken liver, beef, and fish plus some Liv-a Littles Whole Chicken Treats. I thought that diet must be deficient in some of the nutrients that cats need. But then, I suppose that's what they eat in the wild, raw meat..

Thanks very much, everyone,

Pat and Priscilla