Just brought her to her new home

Pleaseeeee help me T_T
I have a first generation non-feral kitty.

I have had her since birth, she was the runt and covered and fleas, her eyes were matted shut, since birth she has had vision problems.
I brought her home (at the time I lived with my mom) and one of her sisters.
They lived together happily for 2 years, until we brought home a rescue puppy.
He loved them, but his energy was so high it scared them.
She became very nervous, scared, and well basically skitzo.

I moved out and I thought it would be a great idea to take her away from the stressful situation, but I knew it would be hard being away from her sister.

Sorry I thought it important to give the details leading up to the problem...

She has been under my bed for 3 days now, I have noticed some residue on top of her water, so I know she is drinking, and I have seen her eat a couple pieces of food, but not enough for her to be stable.
She has not gone peepee or poopoo.

I am very scared about her health at the moment, my boss a vet said it will take 3-5 days for her to come around, but he said her not eating is bad so add a very little bit of mineral oil to her food, it has not made her eat as he hoped.

I added some old poo from her litter box in her new one, I have kept the house nice and quiet, I have given her a couple hours of attention under the bed a day. But I am so nervous of her health right now.

Does any one know what to do?
Any ideas on help?
Any one been through this before?

Please help me, I love her so much and I want her well and happy :.[

Thank you for reading this and I apologize for it being so long.

The only thing I can suggest is to just calmly sit in the room with kitty and talk to her. I tamed a feral boy in my basement. It took him a while to come around. The more I talked to him the more comfortable he became. Kitty is probably terrified. There has been a huge change in her life. 3 days isn't a long time. calming vibes for you and kitty

Thank you for the encouragement, I am only so worried because she hasn't gone potty of any sort and I don't believe that it is good for her bladder and her little insides. I will keep working on it.

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It quite common new cats, or cats after a move, are scared like this.

If not eating is bad? It is most dangerous for overweight cats; they can get liver damages. Cats with normal weigh have a much lesser risk.

You are doing right, you got some advices above.

My advice will be; set up a Feliway diffuser. And set on some calming, soft music. Harp music is best, they say, but almost any, soft, calming music will do.


Good luck!

We rescued our first feral kitties when we lived in an RV. Two years later, we moved into a house. One was convinced we bought the house just for him; the rest were terrified. We released them into the bedroom, knowing that a new territory was going to be an issue. We brought our old bedding with us unwashed, so comforting smells were available. Maybe for this get a t-shirt really good and sweaty and put it under there with her. Is there a cat bed under there? If she had one you brought with, I'd put it under there too.

Poor thing is really scared... until she makes that territory hers, and then she'll be fine.

For ours, three of them hid under the cedar chest for three days. There wasn't room under there for them, let alone food or water LOL. They did come out at night to eat and drink water, use the litter box, but not eating is not unusual.

I like Stefan's idea of Feliway and harp music. Ferals especially find harp music really calming. http://www.anaflora.com/articles/oth...mal-music.html

And Marianne's right. Just sit and talk calmly, explain to her what's happened, tell her how much she's going to love it - and just let her take it at her own pace.

She's under the bed - is the bedroom a room with a door on it? You may want to keep it closed for a few days. Making the transition territory smaller will help her adjust faster. Once she "owns" the bedroom, open the door at night, and she may explore.

It took us a couple of months to move the free feeding dishes and "dinner" (a wet meal) from the bedroom down the stairs (HOW SCARY ARE STAIRS? ), through the living room, into the kitchen. Once they got the concept of stairs, they loved them. But other than the one kitty, they all stayed upstairs for a few weeks.

I'd go so far as to put her food, water - and if there's room - the litterbox - under the bed. Or put the litterbox right next to the bed. Make it all very convenient and contained right now, and worry about getting it all to where you want it later.

The first day in our new house: