My boy has been sick and wasn't eating or drinking. I made a purée of chicken breast, cooked carrots, some of his kibble, rice and a splash of low sodium chicken broth and water and I fed him this mixture through a syringe. And then the same with water. He has an infection in his liver but becoming dehydrated and not eating was making him feel worse. Within a few hrs there was a drastic improvement. It's easy to feed them with the syringe and I did just a little every 20 mins or so until it was finished. By dinner time he was eating on his own again. I didn't want to end up at the ER vet with IV fluids. So the water was forced all day and night in small amounts. |