Wednesday, August 10, 2011
What to feed a cat with iver failure?
Get some chicken baby food (the junior meat kind) and some pepsid A/C. (regular old pepsid - not extra strength or the chewables or pepsid complete). Give him 1/4 tablet 20 minutes prior to feeding him. Mix the chicken baby food with a bit of water, and syringe that into him. A cat with liver failure must eat - and the Pepsid will (hopefully) prevent him from puking it all back up. The only other option is a feeding tube, and I'm not sure the shelter will consider that a viable option. If you can get him to eat - and keep it down - the liver failure will reverse itself, and he should pull through. If you can't get him to eat and keep it down - then watch for jaundice. Look for the whites of the eyes turning yellow, and the inside of his ears. If that happens - then sadly it's time to take him in for one last trip to the vet. Good luck.
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