I managed to get him to eat a reasonable amount last night. I say last night but it was about 1.30am this morning as I fell asleep on the sofa earlier and was woken by Mosi (it was nice to see him behaving normally by tapping me with his paw!). He still wouldn't eat voluntarily but I managed to throw bits of ham for him and he ate a fair bit although it had to fall in the right way and at the right place! Some he would ignore but if I threw it again and it landed differently he would eat it! I then gave him some dry food. I know the vet said to feed soft food but I thought I'd try a bit as the Applaws kibble size is small and it is a way of getting some complete, balanced food into him and concentrated calories. He ate a fair bit of that in the same way (throwing pieces for him - I do that with his treats and he likes to chase them). So although he didn't really have enough to eat yesterday and it was hard work getting it into him, he did eat a fair bit of food during the course of the day. He won't eat a thing this morning but to be fair it is only 6 hours since he had a reasonable size meal of ham and Applaws dry so I won't press him right now but he will have to eat something later. He is still quiet and lethargic but moving around. He's on my knee right now. Although he seems quiet and withdrawn he walks around with his tail in the air, can jump up onto things etc. It's not like he's lying in his bed refusing to move although he is sleeping more. I struggled to get the AB into him last night and tbh I think I may not bother this morning. I know I should give it to him or should at least ring the vet before stopping it but if I ring the emergency vet it won't be the vet that is treating him. I know they can still see his notes and give advice but if they say bring him in I can't really right now (obviously I would if it was clearly an emergency) so I may see whether he perks up and eats once the AB is out of his system. He may then need a different AB. I will ring the vet tomorrow regardless.
I am going to collect Kito this morning. I'm very stressed about it all as it's not meant to be like this. I should be excited and not stressed - only a little nervous about introductions. But instead I'm so worried about Mosi that I can't be happy about Kito even though I desperately want him. In some way I sort of resent Mosi for being ill right now but you Know I don't really mean that and love him to bits and obviously he can't help it. But this is such horrible timing and I'm going to end up going from room to room trying to get Mosi to eat then going back to Kito and maybe even having to take Mosi to the vet. All this trying to get Mosi to eat is reminding me so much of how it was with Jaffa so that is upsetting me too.
ETA Mosi has just eaten some dry food
I had to hand feed/throw it for him (and if it lands too far away he doesn't go after it) but he's eaten probably about 15g dry and a couple of pieces of ham so I'm happy he's had something. I'm going to cook some fish for tea as Kito likes fish apparently so they can (hopefully) share a fillet of fish.
