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Our middle kitty has fatty liver and pancreatitis. I was wrong about the infections anemia.

The vet explained that the inflamed pancreas (cause of feline pancreatitis is largely unknown) was likely to have caused her to stop eating -thus causing the fatty liver- but also likely to clear up on its own.

Cats were meant to eat several small meals over the course of a day and have plenty of exercise, what with the catching and disemboweling and all. The typical house cat has none of this active hunting or eating routine and infact, runs a high risk of becoming overweight.

When an overweight cat stops eating, the fat stores mobilize, and if I understand correctly, inflitrate the liver. A cat's liver is unable to handle such a large influx of fat and this leads to "fatty liver".

We'll have to feed her through a tube, [surgically inserted into her stomach and protruding from the neck] for about 3 or 4 weeks, until her appetite returns on its own and the whole deal should clear itself up.

So, that is that.