I am dealing with ANOTHER new shelter cat not eating issue. I swear I have the worst luck.
This cat is my brothers cat - Ebony, I've posted about these issues before,
She is a 2 year old, semi feral, spay female, adopted at the start of september.
When he adopted her she hid for a few days, then came out and was very sweet, but never had an appetite for food. Shelter was feeding her science diet so we got her a bag, she wasn't interested. Have tried ~ 10 foods, wet and dry, not interested. Not interested in treats, cat nip. nothing. OTher then that, perfectly normal cat!
Blood work clean, no absesses in the mouth, no illness according to the vet.
Once she was out of hiding I gave her some cyproheptadine, and that would get her to eat. I was giving her hills AD and baby food, and with the cypr. she ate it all. I did this for two days and got her to eat a whole can of hills, after that I had to go on vacation but my brother said ebony was eating on her own, he failed to tell me she would maybe eat like 5 pieces of kibble a day.
So now he went away for Thanksgiving so I left her perfectly measured amounts of food and she didn't touch anything from friday night to monday,
So I just gave her another cypro. Unfortunatly have no hills AD and being a holiday the vets is closed, so I'm currently feeding her MaxCat, which she is eating (the cypro. kicks in for her about 20 minutes after taking it, which is awesome). So I sit with her and feed her spoonfuls of wet food and she'll take in a whole can,
I'm going to do this for 5 days and see if she'll eat on her own inbetween.... but I just don't know what else to do!
No signs of fatty liver, she's drinking, going to the bathroom, playing, the damn thing just won't eat. I'm so frustrated~
Any suggestions? Advice? Support??
This cat is my brothers cat - Ebony, I've posted about these issues before,
She is a 2 year old, semi feral, spay female, adopted at the start of september.
When he adopted her she hid for a few days, then came out and was very sweet, but never had an appetite for food. Shelter was feeding her science diet so we got her a bag, she wasn't interested. Have tried ~ 10 foods, wet and dry, not interested. Not interested in treats, cat nip. nothing. OTher then that, perfectly normal cat!
Blood work clean, no absesses in the mouth, no illness according to the vet.
Once she was out of hiding I gave her some cyproheptadine, and that would get her to eat. I was giving her hills AD and baby food, and with the cypr. she ate it all. I did this for two days and got her to eat a whole can of hills, after that I had to go on vacation but my brother said ebony was eating on her own, he failed to tell me she would maybe eat like 5 pieces of kibble a day.
So now he went away for Thanksgiving so I left her perfectly measured amounts of food and she didn't touch anything from friday night to monday,
So I just gave her another cypro. Unfortunatly have no hills AD and being a holiday the vets is closed, so I'm currently feeding her MaxCat, which she is eating (the cypro. kicks in for her about 20 minutes after taking it, which is awesome). So I sit with her and feed her spoonfuls of wet food and she'll take in a whole can,
I'm going to do this for 5 days and see if she'll eat on her own inbetween.... but I just don't know what else to do!
No signs of fatty liver, she's drinking, going to the bathroom, playing, the damn thing just won't eat. I'm so frustrated~
Any suggestions? Advice? Support??