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Thank you all for your concern and suggestions. It's nice having the support of folks who get it. I've had this guy since he was the size of the palm of my hand. He's been a great friend for all these years. My friends who don't have pets and even a lot of my dog owning friends don't understand. So ...

None of the shops or vet pharmacies I called had heard of it. And he's an old guy, 14 years old. He's had a good, long life. Just trying to make his exit as comfortable as possible. We tried the mirtazipine, but it didn't work well. He seemed to have a bad reaction to it and ended up back in the hos...

His appetite is just poor in general. Almost nothing interests him. I just spent the past 30 minutes looking for the Virbac "soup". It is marketed in the US as Rebound Recuperation. None of the supply stores or vets carry it. I will order it online. Hopefully that might spur some appetite....

Thank you. I will look for it.

Thank you again for all of the suggestions. I've tried eggs, chicken and fish to no avail. Regarding the soup, I haven't heard of this. Do you happen to know the name of it? I've heard of putting a feeding tube in cats, but I think he's been through enough already. I don't want to put him through th...

Thank you all for the kind responses. The reason we keep them separated at night is the younger boys attacked the old guy in the middle of the night on the bed. The sick guy had a fainting spell because of it, we think. So we decided it was best to separate. There are 3 litter boxes in the house. Th...

Hello, we have 3 cats in our household, all rescues, and the oldest one has been very ill. He has congestive heart failure and we opted to treat him in spite of the poor odds for survival. He has had his ups and downs and requires a lot of care and attention. He gets 2 injections a day, 3 pills and ...