It's very hard isn't it?? When Carley had her accident, we couldn't get her to eat or drink either. We were syringing water into her, but could NOT get her to eat. We cooked chicken and scrambled eggs, just knocked ourselves out trying anything to get her to eat. Finally, we could get her to eat Ceasers. Now, normally I wouldn't give her this, but I was so thrilled to just get her to eat SOMETHING!! We went through about 4 -6 days of this. She is now back on her regular food. I think something is better than nothing at this stage. Good luck and I am so glad Mickey is feeling better. Makes the whole day brighter when you see some semblence of their old selves, doesn't it??