Reply #5: My cat was just diagnosed with it. Best wishes.

[Beausoir]

I guess I wouldn't deny that fella his little creature comforts at this stage in the game.

You can have the vet administer (or have the vet teach you how) a subcutaneous fluid injection. My cat had one when she was first diagnosed. She came home as round as a waterballoon. She was really sloshing and leaking alittle from the injection site, but within 12 hours, all that good hydration was absorbed and she really perked up. Course, with a bad ticker, that might just make your cat worse.

We switched to the Science Diet KD and I bought one of those kitty water fountains to make her more interested in drinking.

Sounds like that kitty has had quite an exciting life and you must be taking very good care of him for him to be 17. Still, we want them to stay forever.

Good luck.