Policies and Procedures

Force Feeding Cats

While feeding, keep a big, absorbent towel handy, they often spit it out and drool a lot while you do

this. Wrapping the towel around them like a bib sometimes helps with the mess. We recommend

feeding them small amounts more often, rather than large amounts of food only a couple of times

a day. Kitties get sick of it/angry very quickly and will fight it sometimes, so if you can give smaller

amounts more frequently they usually tolerate it better.

Continue to offer stinky wet cat food, tuna fish, etc. every day while you are force feeding. At least

once a day try warming the wet food up, putting it on their lips/in their mouth, putting it next to

their face, etc to try and coax them to start eating again. It usually takes anywhere from 2-14 days

● Human baby food or blended gruel

● Large syringe (10cc syringes for kittens or small cats, 60cc syringes for big cats)

● Spare towels

● Stinky wet cat food, tuna fish, cat treats, etc. (Recovery or AD rx food, but not necessary)

Force Feeding Instructions

Draw the baby food up in a syringe and put it in the corner of the cat’s mouth and squirt a little in.

Let him swallow. Repeat.

They need to eat 20cc per 1 pound of bodyweight each day. This is based on the 100 calorie per