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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004kitten not eating enough
i fear that m little one is not eating well. she is 7 weeks old and when i brought her she was eating like she's never seen food before. she also used to drink milk. i switched milk to water and i change water every day, but i am not sure that she drinks it, at least i never seen her drink. she also stopped eating as much as she used to. she is very cuddly and friendly and playful, at least she used to be playful. now she mostly likes to nap with me, or on my lap. i dont' think she eats enough! she is always curious about human food and ate a few pieces of pasta before i could stop her a few days ago, but she would come up to her bowls, look at them, sniff, meow, nibble a little and leave. i am sure she eats when i am not looking, but the food is not disappearing as fast as it used to. i dont' think she moves as much as a little kitten should. she mostly prefers to nap. perhaps we are not playing enough with her. she may be lonely. she was dewormed, i was told, at 6 weeks, so she should be fine. i am really worried. -L circa Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:00:53 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, > i fear that m little one is not eating well. she is 7 weeks old and > when i brought her she was eating like she's never seen food before. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > playing enough with her. she may be lonely. she was dewormed, i was > told, at 6 weeks, so she should be fine. i am really worried. I think it's time to call the veterinarian. Laura  SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:00:53 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Laura What Laura said. Take a stool sample. Just because they've been wormed doesn't mean that they don't still have worms. You can have her checked for eat mites and a general going over. While you're there you can discuss the schedule for her shots. Even if she had her first shots when she was dewormed she'll need boosters and I don't think they give the rabies shot until they are older than 6 wks so she'll need that eventually too. If she hasn't been FIV/FeLV tested you can discuss having that done. You can also find out how soon you're vet feels comfortable neutering her. So see even if there is absolutely nothing wrong with her other than being very young to be away from Mom and her litter mates it's not a wasted vet trip. I always take my new additions to the vet within a week or so of them coming home just to get acquainted and refresh my memory about the shot schedule. Good luck with you're new kitty. W > > circa Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:00:53 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > > MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > W thanks everyone. i will take her to the vet next week. she is also acting rather strange: she wants to be carried and held all the time! when we are walking around she follows us, meows and won't stop until we pick her up, or until we sit and keep her on our lap. i've never seen a kitten do that. perhaps she is lonely, since she is the only kitten we have, but when we are around, she not only wants to be with us, but wants to be held ALL the time! i was making breakfast today with her on my shoulder because i just couldn't bear her pitiful cries, she sounded so sad. -L >>> circa Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:00:53 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >>> MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > -L Kittens crash FAST. I would call the vet TOMORROW or your kitten could really be in trouble. >>>> circa Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:00:53 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >>>> MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >Kittens crash FAST. I would call the vet TOMORROW or your kitten could >really be in trouble. here's the weird thing: she started eating! first, i removed extra dry food that was in the bowl all day and then i started also to feed her wet food only 4 times a day. when there was no food lying around, Shaina would come up to us and call us to the kitchen to give her food and she is eating like a little hungry carnivore now! my mom told me not to keep food their all the time. plus now that i give her small amounts of food at a time, i can see how much she eats. the only "problem" is that our little princess calls us to the kitchen even when the food is there and starts to eat as long as we sit there and watch of a few min. i think she also wants to make sure that the food is there when she travels ALL the way to the kitchen! i will have to take her to the vet anyway, for her booster shots. she truly is a princess! she wants to be carried, petted, accompanied to dinner all the time! she is adorable! -L I totally agree with everyones advice (aka get the cat to a vet), but I would also like to add there are kitten foods that kittens refuse to eat, Iams for one, science diet for another.. I have fostered over 100 kittens, and I haven't found one that likes either one of them. Try a few different brands to see if something else temps her, or even offer human food fit for cats It is more important for kittens to be eating, than what exactly they are eating when there is an issue like this. Once you find out why they aren't eating, then try to find a way to get them on a good quality kitten food. Good luck >I totally agree with everyones advice (aka get the cat to a vet), but I >would also like to add there are kitten foods that kittens refuse to eat, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Good luck she is eating now. and yes, she totally refuses to eat kitten's Iams! and i can understand her: that stuff smells and looks gross. i'm sure it reminds her of her excrements. she is happy with fancy feast sheba. she also eats purina kitten chow dry food. i have 11 cans of Iams left. perhaps my friend's dog would eat those - he would eat anything - but i'm not even going to try to feed it to Shaina anymore. she won't give it a second look. can you recommend some canned foods that you noticed kittens like more? i see that if it looks like real meat or fish, she eats it. if it looks like processed, mushy baby food, she doesn't. same goes for my do adult cats at my mom's house, although one of them eats all sorts of strange things like raspberries, cucumbers, corn, smoked meat and the rabbits she catches. -L > i fear that m little one is not eating well. she is 7 weeks old and > when i brought her she was eating like she's never seen food before. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -L I prefer to crumble some marijuana bud in my cats favorite food. Trust me, you will be totally shocked at how much a single cat can eat once the munchies set in. CAUTION: Keep your fingers and toes away from your cat when it is high. James Marz Born in lust, turn to dust. Born in sin? come on in! - Stephen King >> i fear that m little one is not eating well. she is 7 weeks old and >> when i brought her she was eating like she's never seen food before. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Born in lust, turn to dust. > Born in sin? come on in! - Stephen King are you serious? it would be a rather expensive meal, unless you live in BC. she is only 7 weeks old and if anything, i would give her catnip, but she is too young for that as well. anyway, she started eating normally and is putting on weight little by little. -L circa Tue, 08 Jun 2004 18:00:48 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (orlies@hotmail.com) said, > are you serious? it would be a rather expensive meal, unless you live > in BC. she is only 7 weeks old and if anything, i would give her > catnip, but she is too young for that as well. anyway, she started > eating normally and is putting on weight little by little. Marz is a troll. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde |
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