Turtle vibes for Foggy, please

[Duophonic]

Could you get those smelly fish pastes that cats love. Liki lix or something they're called.

[overthehill]

Could you get those smelly fish pastes that cats love. Liki lix or something they're called.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've not seen them, but I haven't looked.

[baargain]

Chicken might be more appealing than fish, dregs was poorly once and flat refused the white fish we gave her, but hammered through the chicken.

[Turtle Bean]

Cats are obsessed with lickelix in my experience.

[rosy]

Loki went wild for lickelix (or however it’s spelled) even when he wouldn’t eat anything else.

I hope Foggy is back to normal soon, it’s so hard to see them under the weather.

[overthehill]

Foggy barely ate yesterday, so I took a risk and gave him a dose of Mirataz, a transdermal 'pommade' cream that you apply to the inside of the ear. Our French vet prescribed it last summer, when both cats stopped eating and drinking due to heat stroke, last summer. Looking up the active ingredient, mirtazapine, it's an anti-depressant, but it worked like a charm with the heat stroke and they started eating and drinking again very quickly after the first dose.

The medication was still in date, so I thought it worth a try. Again, it seems to have worked like a charm. Foggy has just consumed his first full portion of his usual raw food mix since before his op. I'm not counting my chickens, as it's still early days and his appetite might vary, but I'm optimistic.

[baargain]

Mirtazapine is renowned for making humans so so hungry, so it's a good choice!

[Duophonic]

I hope he perks up soon but him eating his dinner is a good sign.

[overthehill]

Mirtazapine is renowned for making humans so so hungry, so it's a good choice!

It's amazing. I've only given one dose, yesterday evening, but Foggy seems to be ravenous and right back to his greedy old self, hoovering up anything that Tiggy leaves!

I've found that the onesie doesn't quite cover the operation scar and, luckily, noticed Foggy having a bit of a chew of the exposed stitches. So, he's now wearing the cone of shame. I've left the onesie on, as he got cold last night without it and slept on my head.

[Little My]

Glad he's eating! That's great news.

[Roma]

I’m glad Foggy is eating again, that’s really good news.

[Wiggle]

That's a positive sign that he's eating, hope the cobe if shame can come off soon. I do love the pictures of Foggy in his onesie,. It's so cute

[overthehill]

Our regular vet, a lovely Dutch woman, called this morning to check how Foggy was doing. I told her about the anti-depressant cream and she knew immediately what it was. She said that, up until recently, the vet version hadn't been available in Ireland. Anyway, she approved.

I'm still very nervy about the whole thing. I felt quite sick in the night. My own stomach seems to have come out in sympathy.