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OJ
Jan. 4, 2004
| Owner's Name: | Cata | ||||
| Pet's Name: | OJ | Age: | 21 | Gender: | Male |
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Illness
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Date
Diagnosed
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| CRF | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Diabetes | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Hypertension | Nov 26, 2002 |
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Arthritis |
|
| Spinal problems | |
| Neuropathy | |
| Blindness |
| Why I think my kitty isn't eating: |
| Date when assist feeding began: | I'm not assist feeding now, but giving pills, and syringing medications. I blended the mixed food with home made broth to the consistency of baby food, and it could easily be syringed. |
| Why I've chosen to Assist Feed: | OJ never had canned food before, and couldn't figure out how to eat it. After he came home from the hospital, after his initial crash, I syringe fed him for a couple of weeks, until I could figure out how to get the canned food (which the vet wanted him on) into a form he could eat. |
| Feeding Technique: | I discovered that OJ did fine with baby meat, which he could lick up. I then decided to blend canned with broth to baby food consistency, so that he can lick it up. This doesn't work well with any of the sliced or shredded varieties of food. Pate like food works best. To this day, he has trouble figuring out how to eat canned food in any other form. He also has bad teeth, and I assume, mouth pain, which makes it easier for him to eat food he can lick. I mix 1/2 Wysong Beef all meat for cats and dogs (which is low phos.), with 1/2 IVD Modified, to get a high protein, low phos. food, to contend with CRF and diabetes. |
| Appetite Primer Tricks: | |
| Food liked best: | Gerbers baby meat, any flavor except chicken or turkey |
| Food liked least: | Any food with chicken or turkey |
| Special Treats: | One Bonkers Tuna and Shrimp, or Cosmic Catnip Shrimp and Lobster treat after each pill (4 per day). |
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Medications,
Dose/Frequency
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| Norvasc 1.25 mg. per day |
| Lotensin 1.25 mg. per day |
| Pepcid AC 1/4 tab per day |
| Cyproheptadine 1/8 tab per day |
| PZI insulin 1 1/2 units 2x per day |
| 100 mg. LRS per day |
| 2 ml. Lactulose per day |
| 750 mg. phos. binder per day |
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Weight
|
Date
|
|
12
lbs.
|
October
24, 2003
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