Hi Heather,

This may have started with a URI, but right now it sounds much more serious.

First, I would highly recommend that a full blood panel be done, as well as a urinalysis, and possibly full body x-rays. The blood and urinalysis will help the vet to determine how her organs are functioning, and x-rays are always a good idea whenever a cat has GI symptoms lasting longer than a day or two.

You might try offering your baby strained meat baby foods (with no onion added) to see if she will eat some willingly. You are doing the right thing in force feeding her. Hopefully it will prevent at least a severe case of hepatic lipidosis. I would be very surprised if her liver values are normal, however.

There is a possibility that the antibiotics have affected your kitty's appetite, but for some reason I get the feeling that something else is going on. If your cat is still dehydrated, you might want to consider giving her fluids at home subcutaneously. This will help her if her liver isn't functioning well, as it will help to flush the toxins out of her body.

Sometimes, a feeding tube is placed if a kitty refuses to eat for a long period of time. This may sound drastic, but it is usually much easier to feed a cat through a tube than with a syringe.

Please let us know what the vet says.

Regards,
PHKitkat

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