It's often a good sign when they fight you syringe feeding, believe it or not! It's when they are weak and listless that it is very scary. Something to try is to get chicken baby food (make sure the label only has chicken as the ingredient), warm it a little and then offer it by the spoon to your boy... for some reason the offering on a teaspoon makes them tempted to at least lick once or twice, and often they then keep licking. If he will do that, then that is a better way to get nutrition into him without having to force syringe him.... so worth trying.
Did the vet give you lactulose as stool softener, or recommend miralax? I ask because many vets are still giving out lactulose and not only is it a thick and sticky nasty liquid to try to get into a cat, but it can cause stomach discomfort to a cat and thus make the situation worse. Miralax is an over the counter medication for humans ( you can find it in drug stores easily, just get the unflavored powder) and is an odorless tasteless powder, that you can either mix into food (if they will eat) or dissolve in a small amount of water and syringe into their mouth. You start with a 1/8 tspn... so the container you buy will last decades... but it is worth it for the ease of usage. I found out about this about 5 years ago via a feline megacolon group because of a kitten I had with issues, and at first the internal medicine specialist vet was unsure but now prescribes it instead, as does my regular vet.
How did your vet rule out poison in his system? Was it the blood work being normal and mouse poison would destroy RBCs or something of the sort? I'm unclear how they are ruling out an obstruction without doing further testing but hoping that is true. But if not poison nor obstruction, what is the vet's opinion on what is wrong here? Is there a working hypothesis?
Did the vet give you lactulose as stool softener, or recommend miralax? I ask because many vets are still giving out lactulose and not only is it a thick and sticky nasty liquid to try to get into a cat, but it can cause stomach discomfort to a cat and thus make the situation worse. Miralax is an over the counter medication for humans ( you can find it in drug stores easily, just get the unflavored powder) and is an odorless tasteless powder, that you can either mix into food (if they will eat) or dissolve in a small amount of water and syringe into their mouth. You start with a 1/8 tspn... so the container you buy will last decades... but it is worth it for the ease of usage. I found out about this about 5 years ago via a feline megacolon group because of a kitten I had with issues, and at first the internal medicine specialist vet was unsure but now prescribes it instead, as does my regular vet.
How did your vet rule out poison in his system? Was it the blood work being normal and mouse poison would destroy RBCs or something of the sort? I'm unclear how they are ruling out an obstruction without doing further testing but hoping that is true. But if not poison nor obstruction, what is the vet's opinion on what is wrong here? Is there a working hypothesis?
