Liddy Cannot Eat Solid Food

I have been doing a juicing program for my health since 2/25/10. The learning and practice curve on this has been quite labor-intensive, so I have not had the free time to blog more than once since I began my liquid diet. And of course there is always more news about the kitties here at Homeless Cat Care.


Liddy, one of the skittish abandoned ones in our outside colony, has been refusing to eat the dry and the wet food I put out. (she is the dark one in the photo). At first I thought she was starting to get fussy about the flavor of her food like the ones do inside (outside ones usually don't get fussy here). Then I noticed she would sit apart from the food and cry, looking up at me. She has never been one to cry at all in the 3 years I've known her.


I wondered if maybe she has a mouth, teeth or throat infection like many who have come to us. But she would never let me get close enough to touch her. So I put some kitty seafood paté with tuna and some water in a high-speed blender and slurried it all into a soup. After adding a bit of anti-biotic left from Scrufty, Liddy came up to the food and lapped up some of the soup. She did not eat much, but at least she had some.


So I believe her cries were her way of asking me for help.

I would appreciate prayers and purr-ayers for Liddy in Prescott Valley from all of you wonderful bloggers.

I just pray that she does not have anything seriously wrong. I have created an enormous dent in my savings from caring for all these cats over the last 3 years. My own health care is starting to be expensive (diabetes and blood pressure). Between Scrufty and Panther, it has cost about $1000.00 just for teeth and mouth problems. I am very grateful for the nearly $300.00 I received from bloggers to help me with the bills for Scrufty. Animal rescue agencies around here are seriously low on contributions. So I am on my own with the cat expenses for now.

If Liddy has any serious problems with her mouth or throat, I will have to put her down. I would do that only if my current efforts do not help her get better. I would not want her to die slowly outside, suffering over time. (I had to use herculean efforts to trap her to get her spayed - it took a year - would have to use the drop trap again.) She has had such a hard life since abandoned. Before we finally caught her she had more than 6 litters. She has had only about 9 months of freedom from the birthing stress. I'd like to see her have a little more freedom here, even though she won't allow me to domesticate her.


Thanks for your prayers,

Debby Taylor
DTConsult@cableone.net