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"Shelley R. Abare" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks for the great advice and help.  I forgot to mention that I was
taking her in to the vet today, I guess I thought that went without
saying.  Vet says she's fine, just skinny.  She's a hair over 1/2 of a
pound.  She was 1.2 lbs last spring when she had her shots.  So she is
really tiny now.  I usually snuggle all five together everyday, so I
never noticed how thin she was under her winter coat.  I am not changing
my habit to snuggle each one individually, and that way I'm sure to
notice any changes sooner.
 
I made a mush of 4 kinds of meat baby food, a cup of mixed kibbles
(ground up fine), 1/2 a pint of heavy whipping cream.  I was positive she
wouldn't touch it, but decided to let her try before I force fed her.
Surprise!  She loves it. (thank God).  She licked up about a teaspoon
before refusing any more.  My hubby pointed out that that was really
quite a bit considering the size of her tiny little tummy.  So I'm
thinking that if I give her what she'll eat in the a.m., (before work),
and in the p.m., (after work) that should be enough.  Oh, and I added
some vitamins too.  I sure hope she puts some weight on with this.  I was
terrified that I was going to wake up this morning and find her dead.
She has plenty of energy though, which is really weird considering how
skinny she is.
 
Thanks again for all the great advice and I'll keep everyone up to date
on her progress.
 
Shelley and the one skinny monster, plus four fat fuzzies.  (yep fat,
double checked to make sure it was fat and not fur).
[Posted in FML issue 4752]

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