Appetite Stimulant Medication

When cats lose their appetite it may be attributed to illness and or old age. Whatever the reason, a cat's body cannot survive long without eating before causing liver damage or other health problems. Therefore, it is important you find a way to encourage your cat to eat.

  1. Natural Cures

    • According to www.dwmtech.com, there are natural ways to entice your cat to eat. Some of the ways are to present your cat with canned tuna or other smelly fish products such as sardines, or try B multivitamins, catnip or Nutri-Cal natural dietary supplement.

    Medication Cures

    • According to www.dwmtech.com, the medication cyroheptadine is an antihistamine that increases a cat's appetite. Also, Valium has a positive effect on a cat's appetite, although this medication requires before and after enzyme tests to ensure the medication causes no adverse effect on your cat's liver.

    Raw Liver

    • According to www.assistfeed.com, cats like raw liver cut into half inch squares. Offering it to your cat is a good way to get your cat to start eating.

    Steroids

    • There are two types of steroids that are prescribed to increase a cat's appetite. They are called corticosteroids and anabolic steroids. Steroids are best used as a last resort due to the extreme adverse affect it can have on your cat's overall health.

    Assisted Feeding

    • According to Tanya's Feline CRF Information Center, there are times no amount of appetite stimulants will work and cats will need a method of assisted feeding to survive. The methods outlined in www.felinecrf.org are to give the cat company while eating, feeding by hand, syringe feeding and feeding tubes.