6 Ways To Feed Sick Cats ( 100% Work )
When cats get sick, they still need to be fed. This food is needed as a source of nutrition and energy for cats to fight disease. Not only that, food also plays an important role in the healing process and prevents the arrival of other diseases.
When a cat is sick it is very difficult for us to feed it. How not, a cat's limp body, a sick body makes the cat lose its appetite. So inevitably we have to think about how to give easy cat food.
6 Ways To Feed Sick Cats
For those of you who have difficulty feeding a sick cat. You can choose a suitable method and try some of the methods below. Check out the discussion in Angora's article below until it's finished.
1. Give Honey To Cats Half An Hour Before Feeding Cats
Before giving the cat food, give 1 tablespoon of honey to the cat first. Give honey half an hour before the cat is fed. Giving honey can be done every 3 times a day.
Giving honey to cats can increase the appetite of a sick cat, remove mild toxins, as a supplement, increase the cat's energy, and help in the cat's healing process.
2. Try Feeding Cats Soft Food, Easy To Swallow And Wet
The next way is to try giving the cat wet food (wet food). This method is effective enough to treat a cat who has a mild illness such as a fever. This is due to the nutritional content and mineral content of wet foods.
For those of you who have and are limited, you can use boiled fish, choose the type of fish whose meat is very soft when boiled, for example tilapia. Clean the fish and remove the fishy smell by using acid.
Before giving the cat tilapia fish and the like, cut the boiled fish into small pieces and then give it along with the cooking water. Meanwhile, wet food can be cut into small pieces or given directly to the cat.
When served in front of the cat, usually the cat will immediately eat the food because it smells good and is easy to eat. If the cat still won't eat, try holding the food right in front of his nose.If the cat is interested he will immediately eat even a little, this is better than nothing.
For some cases of sick cats some of the cats will prefer wet, soft food rather than dry food. As happens in cats who suffer from thrush, inflammation of the mouth, sore throat and similar diseases. These cats usually will not have an appetite when the food that is served to eat is dry food.
However, when the food served is replaced with soft wet food, this cat eats until the remaining half of the meal is left or even eats voraciously until there is no food left in the food bowl.
3. Feeding Cats With Plastic Mini Spoons
If the way to lure cats to eat using wet food fails, you can try this method. Pour the wet food into the cat's feeding bowl then mash it (press with a spoon until it crumbles and the food falls apart).
Then mix the food with a little water so that the food is more watery and easy for the cat to swallow and then put a small amount of food into a spoon. Force open the cat's mouth using the thumb of the left hand. Then put the cat food in the cat's mouth.
Make sure the food in the spoon is not too much, just enough. When feeding a cat using a spoon, the important thing to note is to give food through the left or right mouth and the tip of the spoon right in the middle of the mouth.
Then slowly pour the food into your mouth. After the food enters the cat's mouth, hold the cat's mouth in a closed position and the head in an upward position so that the food that has entered is not vomited up by the cat and the food can be swallowed completely.
Do this method repeatedly up to 3 to 4 times. Because based on Angora's experience, a cat who is force-fed until the cat's food runs out will be very tired and cause the cat to become weaker and the disease to get even worse.
Repeat these steps until the food rations run out. However, make sure you feed little by little first. Do not all at once because it can make him vomit. When feeding the cat, use a plastic spoon so that when the cat struggles, the edges of the spoon do not hurt the cat's mouth.
After the cat has finished eating, clean the outside of the mouth of the food that sticks then give it also water using a spoon to quench the cat's thirst after eating. Feeding in this way may take a long time as well as a patient heart.
But if done regularly and patiently this will be able to help the cat to recover quickly and minimize the risk of death in cats who are mildly ill and cats that are seriously ill.
4. Using A Syringe To Force A Sick Cat To Eat
For those of you who don't know what a syringe is. The syringe is a syringe without an injection iron. You can buy this syringe at an online store or you can also buy it at the nearest pharmacy. The price is quite cheap, only 5 thousand. This method is an alternative option that you can try if you feel that feeding your cat with a spoon is a hassle.
If you use a syringe, the food that is suitable to be inserted into the syringe so that it is easy to remove is soft food such as wet food. You can also use boiled fish that has been mixed with water and crushed until scattered.
Prepare a syringe with a size of 5 ml or you can adjust the size of the syringe to the size of the sick cat's mouth. Do not use a syringe that is larger than the size of the cat's mouth because this will make it difficult for us to put food in the cat's mouth.
In addition to the syringe you also need to prepare other equipment such as :
Towels to wrap the cat's body and paws
A rag to clean up cat food spilled on the floor
Wet towel or tissue to clean food residue in cat's mouth
Another syringe for giving the cat a drink
How to give or how to make sick cat food, the method is similar to how to give cat food with a plastic spoon. The method is :
Fill the syringe with wet cat food that has been mixed with water to make it easier for the cat to swallow
Wrap the cat's body and legs with a towel so that when it struggles when fed, we won't get scratched
Open the cat's mouth using the left thumb and then insert the tip of the syringe into the mouth
Make sure the tip of the syringe is in the middle of the mouth so that when the cat food is injected, the food does not overflow or come out of the mouth
After the food is injected, close the cat's mouth forcibly and hold the cat's head in an upward position so that the food drops. Hold for a few seconds
Do the above method repeatedly until it feels enough and do it 3 times a day or it can be every two hours or once an hour depending on the condition of the cat.
After you have finished feeding the cat, give the cat water to drink using another syringe to relieve throat discomfort as well as relieve thirst after eating
After feeding and drinking the cat, clean the body and mouth of the rest of the cat food that sticks to clean. Do not let the cat's mouth is dirty because the leftover food that sticks to the cat's mouth will smell bad and leave an uncomfortable feeling in the cat's mouth and nose.
Don't forget to clean up the leftovers that spilled on the floor with a rag
5. Giving Liquid Cat Food
You can do this 5th method when you feel that steps 2,3 and 4 are still difficult due to a struggling cat or a cat's condition that is seriously ill. This method can also be done on cats who are constipated (Difficult / Unable to defecate).
For the case of cats who have difficulty defecating, liquid food is given so that food is easier to digest in the stomach with digestive disorders and so that food waste in the form of feces does not accumulate in the stomach and can be easily excreted through urine.
This will relieve the condition of the cat who is experiencing bowel movements as well as help in the cat's healing process and period. Usually this liquid cat food is given to cats who are constipated and are in serious condition.
And this liquid food is only given to cats who are not in a state of infusion only. The way of giving it is the same as giving wet cat food using a syringe as described above.
6. Using Infusion
The last method is a last resort when the cat being fed cannot be fed and watered or continues to vomit shortly after the cat food is forcibly inserted into the cat's mouth. When taking a cat with this condition to the doctor, the doctor will likely suggest hospitalization as well as an IV.
Installation of the infusion aims to supply the nutritional needs of the cat's body through the bloodstream. Not only that, infusion is also one way of treatment that is done for cats. It can be said that infusion is a therapy using certain fluids.
Before the doctor puts an infusion, first consult with the veterinarian whether this is appropriate and whether it is safe and suitable for our sick cat.
That's an explanation of how to give food to a sick cat. With this article, hopefully it can help those of you who are confused and don't know how to give or how to make food for a sick cat, add to your insight and can be useful for you.
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