[450] Emily

[George Andrews]

Leslie,

Sorry to hear about Emily. I will keep her in prayer and for you all.

When Sammy Cattus got sick, we tried all kinds of stuff to get him to eat. 
One thing that worked for him was a start with the water from Tuna fish. 
Once we got him drinking, we added a very tiny amount of Tuna (thoroughly 
mashed). Once he began eating it, we increased the thickness of the slurry. 
We then began adding his regular cat food, increasing the percentage of cat 
food until he was back to normal eating. Tuna is not good on a long term 
basis as it lacks taurine. This worked for Sammy Cattus. What are Emily's 
favorite foods? try to see if she will eat them.

How are her blood sugars running? In conjunction with our vet, we worked out 
an insulin dose schedule for him that was determined by his blood sugar 
level. It really kept his diabetes in control. He was a big cat (20 lbs and 
rippling lean)and I thought I was going to get torn up between the ear 
pricks and insulin injections! He quickly adjusted to the regimen and did 
not even flinch when I gave him the injection. Of course he was eating when 
I did that.  It all revolved around dinner time so he would tolerate it all 
because of that. Nothing mattered much because he knew dinner was coming and 
often a couple of treats for dessert.

George 

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