[Margaret Pilkington]

I have had quite a few cats in my time and when they start to refuse food, then it is usually the end of the road.........I have tried the egg and milk in a syringe and it invariably fails because the cats either sick it up or it goes all over you as you try to get it into them......also the fight to get stuff into them leaves them exhausted and it seems cruel to do this to an elderly cat.

I haven't had my cats put to sleep when they have been like this.......I'm a coward and I can't do it......I have just cuddled them, kept them warm and let them have water...invariably they have drifted off in their sleep.

Sorry not ot be able to offer a more positive response Atarah.