He still requires force feeding once a day, but he has been eating about 1 Meow Mix cup of wet food, a little bit of dry, and sometimes some chicken broth every day. Some days he eats a little less, sometimes he eats a little more. One day I got him to eat 2 of the Meow Mix cups!
I have cut his fluids back, we are not on a definative schedule though. I go by how much he eats, if it is wet food or dry, how fast his skin snaps back, and how fast the fluids absorb into his body. See, when you give a kitty fluids there will be a visible pouch of fluids under their skin, it looks almost tumor-ish until they absorb. If it is taking longer than normal for the fluids to absorb, then you are probably giving too much. If it absorbs really fast, then you need to give more fluids.
Lately I have been giving him 100 units of SubQ fluids every 2-3 days and this seems to be enough.
I still have not seen him drink any water that is why he still gets fluids, we will get there one day though!
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My friend Jacky is having a hard time, her 18yr old cat Coco is very sick. Coco has CRF, anemia, and many other problems. Jacky loves Coco and will do anything to get her better, please check out her blog!
Get well soon Coco!
Thanks again for your support, well wishes, prayers, and donations for Bear. We are very grateful for them!
~Bear & Meowmy~