Topic: Delphi hasnt eaten for 2 days (Read 14611 times)

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #73 on:** April 07, 2010, 11:00:18 AM »

IS she on the same kind of antibiotics as before Philip? Maybe they aren't strong enough to completely beat whatever is going on, as she gets worse after stopping them? What does the vet actually think is wrong?

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #72 on:** April 06, 2010, 17:45:47 PM »

oh Philip, I do feel for you

but at least if there is no improvement over the next two weeks you will know you have tried everything

so come on Delphi, get those antibodies working, there's a good girl

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #71 on:** April 06, 2010, 17:00:44 PM »

I do hope this works for Delphi

Janeyk · « **Reply #70 on:** April 06, 2010, 16:19:43 PM »

I do hope that this treatment gets Delphi feeling much better again, fingers crossed for her xx

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #69 on:** April 06, 2010, 16:14:34 PM »

Quote from: Philip on April 06, 2010, 16:06:11 PM

I wasn't sure if I would be coming home with an empty carrier today or not.

One day at a time

I hope the two-week course does the trick for Delphi.

Philip · « **Reply #68 on:** April 06, 2010, 16:06:11 PM »

Have been back to the vets.

The facts are that Delphi has improved each time she's on antibiotics and then deteriorates about 2 days after they are stopped.

So am trying a 2 week course now with continued syringe feeding and L Lysine.

I think if she doesn't improve this time I will have to think seriously about her quality of life and whether its time.

To make things more complicated, I was stroking Delphi at the vets in the waiting room and she purred for the first time in a while and let me tickle her tummy.

I wasn't sure if I would be coming home with an empty carrier today or not.

Janeyk · « **Reply #67 on:** April 05, 2010, 17:50:36 PM »

ok

good luck at the vet tomorrow

Philip · « **Reply #66 on:** April 05, 2010, 17:46:19 PM »

Yes I am using the royal canin equivalent.

Janeyk · « **Reply #65 on:** April 05, 2010, 13:01:09 PM »

Have you tried Hill's Prescription diet a/d Philip? Byron has a cold atm and I've given her some and she has lapped it up, just a thought.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #64 on:** April 05, 2010, 12:19:37 PM »

I hope your vet can suggest something. How old is Delphi?

Janeyk · « **Reply #63 on:** April 04, 2010, 23:09:48 PM »

It is such a worry when they won't eat, I do hope that the vet can get to the bottom of what's wrong

Canterbury_cats (Sharon) · « **Reply #62 on:** April 04, 2010, 22:28:35 PM »

HI Phillip.. I have had exactly the same thing with my Leo.. i have opened so many cans of food to no joy.. But since yesterday he has picked up and now eats with a bit more gusto..He has lost some weight though.. but i hope he has turned a corner. Vet reckoned it was him feeling rotten from his op and maybe metacam.. However, i was told just poking it under their noses makes things worse and cats know its not the usual thing. I have tried to feed him now (pick him up and take him there every four hours or so) where he usually gets fed... and he did manage a good portion of tuna and juice earlier..

The reality is i suppose tha she just does not feel like eating (like you and me not feeling great)... I asked my vet about the appetitate tablet mentioned on your post and she said she would not give it unless 100 per cent sure it was just that.. and not other things.. as it can disguise a cat being unwell... So my Leo is on no meds at the moment and seems to be getting there.. I do not know the whole story of your Delphi but can you try liquids.. someone mentioned evaporated milk with water diluted..Sardines seems to be work well but no always.. but its soooooooooooo difficult to get a cat to eat something when it just does not seem to want to. and the stress involved with the owner may overwhelm and make the situation worse.. as they pick it up that you are acting strange (at least that was what my vet said) and Siamese are more prone to changes in routine then others... Esp if the bond with owner is very strong..

So i know your worry.. i really did not get much sleep in a wk.. kept getting up in the night to offer food and water and even kept a log for the vets to work out how much he was eating. Good luck and i hope she feels better soon. Am thiking about you and Delphi

Philip · « **Reply #61 on:** April 04, 2010, 22:13:02 PM »

Have tried opening cans of salmon, mackerel and chicken.

She didn't want anything.

I feel at the end of my tether right now.

Janeyk · « **Reply #60 on:** April 04, 2010, 14:28:38 PM »

Hope that the vet can suggest something to help her Philip

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #59 on:** April 04, 2010, 14:27:22 PM »

So sorry Philip and only something a vet can advise on

Philip · « **Reply #58 on:** April 04, 2010, 14:23:46 PM »

I feel rather at a loss right now.

I couldn't get Delphi to eat yesterday or this morning even with all the treatment I'm giving so had to syringe feed again.

Her breathing seems a little easier, but I'm at a loss to what to try next.

How long do I keep up such intensive nursing. I feel numb inside right now.

It seems, each time she has a course of antibiotics she picks up but then deteriorates when they stop.

I need to talk to my vet on Tuesday about this.

Philip · « **Reply #57 on:** April 02, 2010, 14:23:15 PM »

My vet said that steam inhalations would help Delphi and I tried using hot water and also having her in the bathroom while I had a hot shower and this didn't work so being a nurse, I thought what about using a nebuliser to create a fine steam. I discussed it with my vet and so ended up going out and getting one.

I'm very pleased with the results. The nebuliser chamber makes a fine mist which isn't irritating to the cat and Delphi seems to tolerate it well.

Janeyk · « **Reply #56 on:** April 02, 2010, 12:32:16 PM »

I wish I had have known about them for Schui

Philip · « **Reply #55 on:** April 02, 2010, 12:26:33 PM »

I got the nebuliser secondhand. I found it in my local friday ad. I did look for new ones but boots wanted £150 for one.

There are some on ebay for varying prices.

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #54 on:** April 02, 2010, 00:19:41 AM »

Good to hear she's eating

Philip where did you get your nebuliser from? My Zeta has had two lots of antibitoics recently for upper respiratory infection, but it seems each time we stop the antibiotics, she gets congested again, wonder if a nebuliser could help her?

Mark · « **Reply #53 on:** April 01, 2010, 23:22:10 PM »

Brave girl

Philip · « **Reply #52 on:** April 01, 2010, 23:13:42 PM »

Delphi having her nebuliser.

I'm having to use a mask now and wrap her in a towel as she now has decided she doesnt like nebulisers anymore. I see that as a sign she's improving as a couple of days ago, she just laid there.

Sorry about the picture quality.

Bless her she is so good.

It's definitely helping.

After she wandered round the front room surveying everything like it was hers.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #51 on:** April 01, 2010, 19:11:16 PM »

Wonderful news

Janeyk · « **Reply #50 on:** March 31, 2010, 22:38:49 PM »

aww that's great news, I bet the nebuliser has really helped her. Keeping fingers crossed she's starting to feel much better xx

Philip · « **Reply #49 on:** March 31, 2010, 21:17:29 PM »

OK a bit of an update.

Delphi bless her has started to eat today so thats good.

Was at this point a couple of weeks ago so don't wish to count any chickens yet.

I have been using hypotonic saline Neb's to try and help clear her blocked nose.

She's really good with the nebuliser which is surprising. I don't use a mask I just hold the chamber that connects to the mask pointed close to her face so she inhales the vapour and she sits there and tolerates it.

So this is the first day without syringe feeding for about a week.

She managed a purr for the first time in a few days as well without reverse sneezing.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #48 on:** March 29, 2010, 20:36:17 PM »

8th of a periactin

what strength are they?!
Fingers crossed the new meds work

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #47 on:** March 29, 2010, 19:47:28 PM »

Good luck

Janeyk · « **Reply #46 on:** March 29, 2010, 19:45:00 PM »

Hope it helps Philip xx

Philip · « **Reply #45 on:** March 29, 2010, 19:42:14 PM »

Yes have tried heated/smelly/new foods.

Sadly she doesn't want to know. Her nose is too blocked bless her.

Have just managed to get a secondhand nebuliser machine for £15 and she has just had her first saline neb.

Hoping this will help her breathing.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #44 on:** March 29, 2010, 19:23:40 PM »

Fingers crossed the meds work - have you tried heating her food to help her smell it more iwth her blocked nose?

Janeyk · « **Reply #43 on:** March 29, 2010, 16:10:55 PM »

Poor girl is having a rough time of it

hope she starts to pick up very soon

Philip · « **Reply #42 on:** March 29, 2010, 16:06:32 PM »

Delphi is not good at the moment.

She developed a really blocked nose yesterday and has stopped eating again.

So back to the vets today for more antibiotics and a drug to help with the nasal secretions.

Am trying to help with steam inhalation, olbas oil and syringe feeding.

Got to go back in a couple of days if she doesn't improve.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #41 on:** March 29, 2010, 11:54:40 AM »

I had to give half a tablet a day, but glad it is working.

Philip · « **Reply #40 on:** March 27, 2010, 22:46:59 PM »

Have gone out and bought a really good paring knife.

Thanks for that tip.

Janeyk · « **Reply #39 on:** March 27, 2010, 16:35:50 PM »

I just use a small paring knife, the type to peel veg with. The tablets were breaking up and all shapes and sizes with the cutter but I manage to cut then really neatly with a knife and no broken bits either. Just do half then a quarter etc.

Philip · « **Reply #38 on:** March 27, 2010, 16:28:39 PM »

Ok will try with a knife next time.

What kind of knife did do you use?

Janeyk · « **Reply #37 on:** March 27, 2010, 16:24:05 PM »

Fingers crossed it's helping, poor Delphi xx

I used to cut up Pep's Istin into 8s with a pill cutter and now I just use a knife it does it much better.

Philip · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2010, 16:14:02 PM »

Delphi stopped eating again.

So got some Periactin from my vet.

Dose is an eighth of a tablet twice daily.

It's as fiddly job splitting such a small tablet into eight equal pieces even with a tablet cutter.

Its day 2 today since starting the medication and I am seeing an effect.

I do hope it continues.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #35 on:** March 24, 2010, 08:12:37 AM »

Glad that she is eating more - would she eat some a/d? I dont know about Periactin, my vet gave it to me, but not sure if it is prescription or not.

sheryl · « **Reply #34 on:** March 23, 2010, 20:03:52 PM »

So glad to hear that she is eating again Philip xxx

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