Doogle coming home from vet today. Appetite stimulants ideas

[Donna & Doogle]

Ok just heard from the vet....all blood work was normal. He does have ketones but he expected that after being off on his insulin for part of the week. His BUN is 72 and his urine test was 400. The vet is going to send us home with b12, an anti-nausea and an appetite stimulant. He was dehydrated although he was drinking (it wasnt enough). He said it was hard to get blood since he was dehydrated. Pancreas, kidney and liver values all normal. So we are going to go pick him up in two hours. Leave his port in and he will be sending us home with fluids (he said we are the only ones he trust to do this since my husband knows how to do it). He said he did perk up after getting some fluids at least. So anyone have a suggestions on an appetite stimulant I can ask for? He said what is usually given is a Valium derivative and he doesnt like keeping them on it for more than a few days.

 

[Wendy&Tiggy(GA)]

Re: Doogle coming home from vet today. Appetite stimulants i

Does this help?

Enticing your cat to eat
Here are some things you can do do entice your cat to eat:
sometimes in order to get a cat to eat you even have to resort to dry it is more important that they eat. there are a couple low carb / grain free brands -- EVO and wellness core.
making a buffet to give him choices
heating food
Sprinkle food with :
FortiFlora -- a probiotic you can get at vets or online. is very smelly and cats love the taste of it.
parmesan cheese, other cheeses
smashed crumbles of dry food
bonito/tuna flakes (Asian markets or Asian food section in grocery stores)
Freeze dried treats (Halo, pure bites) -- crumble into dust over food. Chicken or liver flavours.
pour a little water from tuna in water over food (I use low sodium/no sodium added as other kinds in water has veg. broth in it and I assume that means onions, which are toxic to cats and it shouldn't contain soy -- check labels)
powdered oregano. yep sounds weird . but some cats like it and it will entice them to eat.
Small amounts of buttery cookies, white cake, butter, mayonnaise, cheesy poof chips (any forbidden food that they love)
Olives/olives juice
Other ideas of foods to offer your kitty to stim appy:
trader joe tuna for cats
baby food -- beechnut or Gerber Stage 2 -- you want a baby food that is only a protein + broth (although the Gerber contains cornstarch). It should have no onions or other additives. some babyfoods have onions . please read labels if you can't find beechnut.
kentucky fried chicken KFC
deli meats ie turkey /chicken
plain cooked (boiled or baked) chicken breast (or beef, ham, turkey, pork, steak, bacon)
Raw - whole meats, rinsed well or partially baked
canned chicken for people (watch the label that their are no onions)
chicken broth -- low sodium
olive oil/ warm milk (sparingly), kitty milk, cream, ice cream
Selection of canned foods (buy a can of everything!)

If enticements don't work, you should consider:
assist feeding ( syringe or make little meatballs and place in mouth)
and/or talking to your vet about appetite stimulants ( mirtazapine or cyproheptidine)

Wendy

 

[Donna & Doogle]

Re: Doogle coming home from vet today. Appetite stimulants i

Yeah I have to have something a little more potent...LOL. I tried that for the past two days and nothing. I even tried assist feeding last night and you would thought he had a clamp on his mouth. He wasnt having it...LOL.

 

[BJM]

Re: Doogle coming home from vet today. Appetite stimulants i

If you can get him to play a bit, sometimes that will trigger a bit of appetite - hunt, catch, kill, eat.

 

[Donna & Doogle]

Re: Doogle coming home from vet today. Appetite stimulants i

I can only hope he feels like even moving at all. We usually do play when our numbers go down and I need him to eat. It usually works but this time it didnt (Tuesday he got down to 48 in 4 hours). This is when all this started.