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Dennis Carr - 08 Jan 2004 15:51 GMT

So Neresse is *slowly* getting better. The Rx a/d helped her a bit, and
she's munching on kibble off and on, and seems to primarily enjoy bits of
raw ground beef (70% lean). Fortunately, she's drinking water again.

But, naturally, she's still very skinny. It's granted that, after one
winds up starving, they won't recover right away, but I'd like to increase
her caloric intake, and she seems to abhor things like Nutrical. Any
suggestions?

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kaeli - 08 Jan 2004 16:30 GMT

> So Neresse is *slowly* getting better. The Rx a/d helped her a bit, and
> she's munching on kibble off and on, and seems to primarily enjoy bits of
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> her caloric intake, and she seems to abhor things like Nutrical. Any
> suggestions?

Assuming she wants / tolerates any of these...

Add oil to her food.
Give her kitten food.
Cheese.
Wysong makes a powder that can be sprinkled on food. She may prefer this
to Nutrical.
Baby food.
Clinicare RF.

I found many of these here. She has more suggestions.
http://www.mindspring.com/~kerspin/Med&Tech-CalorieFoodSupplements.htm

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PawsForThought - 08 Jan 2004 17:14 GMT

>From: kaeli tiny_one@NOSPAM.comcast.net

>pan.2004.01.08.15.51.31.713938@spamcop.net>,
>ke6isf@spamcop.net enlightened us with...
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>Baby food.
>Clinicare RF.

Good suggestions. I just wanted to add to make sure you get meat baby food
without onions. Another thing you could try is giving her some KMR (kitten
replacement milk). It's high in calories and also for sick animals, available
at most pet supply stores.
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beth - 08 Jan 2004 18:51 GMT

I seem to remember a supplement that Vets give to nursing cats and
sick cats...my cat had it once but it was too long ago to remember.

One thing my cats never refuse is baby food turkey (in the small jars,
Gerber). It is also easy to digest.

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Beth

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MaryL - 09 Jan 2004 11:55 GMT

> But, naturally, she's still very skinny. It's granted that, after one
> winds up starving, they won't recover right away, but I'd like to increase
> her caloric intake, and she seems to abhor things like Nutrical. Any
> suggestions?

Duffy was much too thin when I adopted him, so I started him on Innova
canned food. It has higher caloric count than most cat food, and he gained
weight steadily (and more rapidly than I expected). Once he reached the
desired weight, I changed to Wellness canned and Felidae canned. It did
take awhile to convince him to eat canned food. He had eaten dried food
exclusively at the shelter -- a mixture of "whatever was donated."

MaryL
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