go Erik!

[cellio]

On Tuesday, Erik ate more than a can and a half of Fancy Feast (those are the little cans), much more than he'd been eating previously. Yesterday he only ate one can, which had me a little concerned, but I decided to proceed to larger cans anyway. (Previously my concern had been that an opened regular-sized can wouldn't keep long enough for him to finish it.)

Today he has already eaten a full regular-sized can (9 Lives). Maybe he was just bored with seafood and was holding out for chicken. :-) (I have a second regular can with me at work. I didn't expect to need it before late afternoon.)

Comments

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Go, Erik!

Is there a problem with him eating too much?

[cellio]

The vet told me that he's allowed to eat as much as he wants. (He's still down more than a pound from his usual level of underweight.) I'm waiting for a call back on the question of whether I should modify the schedule of tube feedings.

[ironangel]

woohoo!

that's so good to hear. there has been a spate of sick kitties amongst my friends lately. it's good to see positive news!

[amergina.livejournal.com]

yey kitty! Glad to see his appetite back!

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

Go Eric! Our cats have strange eating habits. The 16lb female is our pickiest eater, while the lightest weight cat will eat her own weight in food if we let her. She oftens eats the leftovers of the others. Our male, on the other hand, prefers kibble to canned. Go figure!
-- Dagonell

[rani23.livejournal.com]

YAY Erik!

Greetings!

[(Anonymous)]

Greetings from the parrots, who say they're happy Erik is getting better, as long as he doesn't come here! Everyone here loves chicken, too!

Yeah, cats eating chicken is far less disturbing than watching the cockatoo rip the bone of a drumstick to shreds to get out the marrow as well as the calcium-rich bone.

Re: Greetings!

[cellio]

as long as he doesn't come here

:-) I think we can arrange that.

Everyone here loves chicken, too!

The parrots love chicken? Isn't that kind of like canibalism? :-)

[profane-stencil.livejournal.com]

Great news. I'm so glad he seems to be improving.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Go Erik! (Bad news for the full cans though... *grin*)

[cellio]

The hard part is going to be weaning him off of the canned food and back onto the regular stuff. But first we tackle the immediate problem.

[kyleri]

Excellent!

And, it could be that he was sick of seafood. When Chocolate was tiny and sick and needed to eat every three hours or he'd die, the problem wasn't just that he wasn't in the mood to eat - he was also picky as hell. After much experimentation I discovered that he liked turkey, and after that he gained weight a lot more quickly...

[madfilkentist]

Sounding better all the time!