I appreciate your advice. The problem is that we are practically broke from the amount we spent on all of the tests to rule out disease (over $1100 so far). The vet is actually very good...he also wanted to give him a feeding tube, run biopsies, etc. It's honestly put us in a difficult position financially so I don't think we can afford to go that far. This is very frustrating...he seems to be getting a bit of food (tuna, etc) now and then but I don't know if it's enough. He turned up his nose at baby food completely.

I guess one question i have is how much food does he need to take in to begin to improve? How can you tell if he is beginning to improve?

Also, we are needing to give him meds (antibiotics and the appetite stimulant) in order to help him but I am afraid that is traumatizing him more...he hates taking pills. Is there a good way to get him to take the meds that won't stress him out and deter him from eating further?

Anyway, we are going to bring him back into the vet on Friday to get another blood panel run on him to see if his liver numbers are improving. If that does not continue we may begin force feeding with a syringe (which does not sound like too much fun).

Thanks much.

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