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Go get a syringe at a pharmacy....tell them it is for feeding your cat. Mix water and baby food meat, thinner than a paste, syringe the food into the side of your cats mouth, slowly. Do this multiple times a day. A small amount at a time....half the syringe, then as he gets stronger a bit more....but slowly so he doesn't choke.
I was doing this when my cat had a feline vestibular syndrome, he is now fully recovered....it took a few weeks of babying him. I was ready to take him to be put to sleep, and my son found information about FVS....I had to try....and it worked.
I took him to the vet to be hydrated once at the start.
So my oldest cat is dying and is in rough shape ATM. He doesn't/can't clean himself anymore and he has one bad eye and is struggling to eat, for some reason.
Anyway, we can not bring him to the vet anymore as they said last time we were there and got meds we are "buying time" at this point and it's so incredibly expensive, but It's upsetting to see him not eat and be so terribly frail, but clearly wants to eat and is hungry.
Here's the deal. I felt around his throat and there seems to be a large mass, or several lumps, that hinder him from eating, and whenever I go into his eating area (kitchen) he screams and begs me to feed him, but now when I open a fresh can, all he does is come right back to me, meowing and asking for food, it sure seems, even though there is a fresh can in front of him.
Then if I hang a piece of ham in his face he paws at it (sharp claws!) but he won't even eat it if it falls to the floor. I don't understand. I just don't want him to suffer.
Any suggestions? I believe they said he may be a bit senile and stuff, so maybe that's part of it. Pooring some cream in a little bowl, he seems to be licking up and it's clear that he is hungry (he's SO frail now and bony, it's disturbing), so I am beside myself at this time.
Mo is 16-17 y/o stray we took in off the streets here in St. Paul and probably the most loving cat we've ever had, so I am trying to pay him back in these last days.
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He may have a throat tumor and it's hard for him to swallow, it's time to put him to sleep and let him rest in peace.
I know this is an old post but I had to put my 2 cents in. Don't be selfish in keeping an old sick pet around because it will hurt you, it hurts them to stay alive.
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