I think he’s doing better. A couple of days ago I realized that he does better lapping than eating (unless it’s human food, then, amazingly, he can eat just about anything). So, I started blending A/D. I didn’t add any water or anything, but I just blended it to baby food consistency.
The first time, I fed it to him with a spoon. If you watch the cameras during the day, you may have seen my wide backside to the camera on the patio. I was spoon feeding him. He ate almost an entire can at one time.
This morning, I heated up the leftover from yesterday, set the bowl on the counter, set Handsome on the counter and he finished that. Something else he really likes is goat’s milk. Since my vet advises people bottle feeding kittens to use goat’s milk, I figured it wouldn’t hurt Handsome. I gave him a sample last week and he loved it. So, he’s also been getting goat’s milk a couple of times a day.
Instead of shoving pills down his throat, I started putting terramycin ointment in his eyes. It’s an antibiotic and one of my friends in rescue says that she’ll do this as a last resort for a cat who can’t be pilled. Today is the third day of this.
He’s not drooling as much and he seems more comfortable. I do try to keep him covered when he’s sleeping because he has no body fat and his fur is really thin. I was checking on him just a little bit ago, all wrapped up like a burrito inside a thin fleece blanket and he had turned around from when I first put it over him and I started petting him through it and he started to purr up a storm.
He’s warm, has a full tummy and he knows he’s loved.
I think he’s feeling a little better.
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