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Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health How to force feed a cat

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As unpleasant as it is, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do: force feeding a cat can make the difference between life and death, especially if your cat is overweight (fat cats are prone to idiopathic hepatic lipidosis and so should never go without food for more than 24 hours). The advice I'm about to give comes with the following caveat: if your cat has not eaten for more than two days, take it to the vet, and preferably get a blood panel done. The blood panel will tell you if anything internal is amiss, and can be a far better gauge of your cat's health than a physical exam.

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