My cat has hepatic lipidosis. Why is she still so tired after feeding?

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Our cat has jaundice from Hepatic Lipidosis. Vet gave her feeding tube due to lack of appetite. Her electrolytes are below K 3.1 NA 141. The vet said they will come up naturally through feeding. We have prescribed feeding and supplements. She’s still very lethargic and wants to sleep non-stop. It’s been about 36 hours of feeding. Should she still be lethargic at this point? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 11 years and 2 months old | 8.2 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

Hepatic lipidosis is a very severe condition in cats and takes weeks to recover from. You should contact your vets office and advise them of the slow progress being made as further investigations for underlying causes and triggers may be warranted if she is not responding to the feeding. Hepatic lipidosis and jaundice generally occurs in cats that were well conditioned or overweight which then lose their appetite and the body starts to sue the fat reserves in the liver triggering a crisis. In most cases refeeding resverses the symptoms and the original trigger resolves itself but furhter investigations into underlying causes may be required

My cat has hepatic lipidosis. Why is she still so tired after feeding?

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