Please help!!! Cat not eating or drinking!!!

the only thing i can really suggest is getting her to a vet try anything to et her to eat she shes getting something even if its tinned tuna, chicken anything just to get somethin into her

Another thing you can try is meat flavored baby food. Please make sure it does not have garlic in it. You could also try to feed the kitty a different brand or flavor of wet food by putting it on your finger and seeing if she will clean it off you.

Is it possible that there has been a change made to the formula for the foods you have been feeding her? If the taste or consistency of the food has changed from what she is used to she may not like it anymore. Have you tried other varieties of wet food? You can also try warming up the food for a few seconds in the mircowave before serving it. It makes the smell of the food stronger.

I know you said you can not afford the vet right now but if you have a regular vet you have been using please try calling them. Perhaps they will be willing to work out a payment plan.

Call the vet and ask them about payment. 14 is older, but by no means does that mean your cat should be at the end of her life. With good care and vet care she can still have a few years. What matters is promptly getting her to the vet for things like this.
A cat that doesn't eat, no matter what the age, can get sick very quickly. So please, call the vet.

If they won't take a payment, do you have something you can sell? Can you get a small loan? If you've been with your bank for years and have a good history with them - could you try getting a small loan from them? Borrow from friend/family? There's also care credit.

At her age, there is so much that can go wrong quickly. She really needs to see a vet. I know that they cost alot- but perhaps you can find a way? She needs to have a hands-on exam, perhaps bloodwork. It sounds like she is in pain as well. If she doesn't eat something soon, she stands a high-risk of deveoping hepatic lipidosis and so I urge you again- please call a vet and make some sort of arrangements for her to be seen.

Best of luck

Not eating or drinking for two days is an emergency. Please find some way to get her medical help immediately. She may have a urinary tract blockage. Imagine how you'd feel if you had to go to the bathroom, but couldn't for two days! And there are several other common problems that could cause her problem.

Most vets will arrange some sort of payment plan or other assistance.

A vet? Try another. Don't say "I have no money". Tell them "funds are tight right now, can we work out a payment plan?".

Starvation is an extremely painful death for an animal. Don't leave her to suffer like that.

Since you yoursel are talking what to do if it comes to the worst;

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IF
you dont find any way to finance this necessary asap visit to a good vet... NOR her beginning to eat - anything is better than nothing - and becoming better.

Self dying is sometimes OK if the animal is simply fading away without any pains nor sufferings.
But not here where she apparently suffers and prob is in pains too.

You do perhaps have a neighbour who is experienced hunter? A quick shot, and it is immediately over.
This is an acceptable death.


Go around and ask, if you dont know. In emergency it is socially acceptable to ask for help neigbours, even neigbours you normally dont talk to.

Im feeling with you.

If this were happening to one my cats I would go to the emergency vet immediately and worry about how to pay for it later. You cannot be the first person with a sick animal that cannot afford treatment. Don't give up! Keep calling every vet you can, explain your cat's symptoms and don't even mention the money until you absolutely must.

That is certainly a way!

In many places there are low-cost clinics... Perhaps at yours too??

Otherwise, a vet who is accepting payment - plane. Best a combination.

Is there any decent shelter or animal society in your town? They have prob cooperation with some cheap vet. Ask them who.

Im so sorry for your situation, i hope you can figure something out for your little kitty. Im sending some good luck vibes your way

Times are indeed very difficult for many Americans out of work. I commend you for not surrendering/dumping your senior cat (as many owners often do) even though you are going through a very difficult time yourself.

Since you have stated that you have no options left and can not even afford to put her to sleep, please call your local humane society. They may be able to help.

If they can not, please make sure that your cat's journey across the bridge be as comfortable as possible. She deserves that much.

There are options out there. Organizations that if you are accepted into their program will help you financially.

I sent you a list to your PM box-

Take her to the nearest animal shelter if you have to. Letting them PTS her humanely is better than letting her starve to death in agony. I would highly advise against shooting too - it would be illegal here for sure. She needs a vet, and an animal shelter has access to free vet care - or at least euthanasia.

I am sorry you are going through this with you beloved cat, on top of the other problems you have.

Is there any way you can get some nourishment into her using a syringe? I would never let a cat go for more than 48 hours without food, as they can quickly slide into a kind of anorexia where they refuse food even though they are hungry. Then liver damage occurs, called hepatic lipidosis. This is often very difficult to reverse, and is fatal.

A 20mm syringe should only cost a few pennies at the pharmacy. The most important thing is to make sure she is getting water, and I would recommend a couple of syringes of water every 2 hours. Fill the syringe (without the needle of course) and put it gently into the side of her mouth, then gradually release the water a little at a time, making sure she does not choke by letting her swallow each time.

I would make a 'soup' of her favourite food, in a blender if you have one, as liquid as possible to go into the syringe, and do the same with that. Or try any kind of good chicken stock or even tuna water without salt. At least you will be buying her time while you try and find her some medical treatment. And you may kick start her system into working again.

I do hope you find a solution.

RooRoo....how is your cat today? Her symptoms sound so similar to what happened to Phoebe, who was also nearly 14yrs old. Except that Phoebe developed a cold...very stuffy nose. That's why I thought she stopped eating. She also stared at her water dish...and she was a water baby since a kitten....drank alot of water everyday.

When she stopped eating the first day, I took her to the Vet the next day....after an exam, and blood work....everything showed nothing wrong with her except a very stuffed up nose. Her temp was fine, her blood results were excellent for a cat her age, her heart was strong, her lungs were clear. She just wouldn't eat. Also, she stopped purring. Phoebe was the mistress of purring....

That Vet visit was on a Wednesday. I continued to feed with with a syringe, which she hated. I also gave her an antibiotic, which she hated. All through it, her breathing became of bit less stuffy sounding. I thought she was getting better although she still didn't eat or drink on her own.

She didn't seem to be in discomfort or pain, she didn't complain except for a few sighs here and there. She was moving around and walking, but we lost her anyway. Saturday night. The Vet figured it was an undiagnosed tumour. So even after all that money and testing....we couldn't save her. I never thought to ask the Vet to take an X-ray...perhaps we should have. The vet just focused on the cold and really didn't look for anything else.

Some things are just beyond our control. Even when we do the best we can, it doesn't help save our precious pets. Give your kitty lots of love, hold her, lay beside her, kiss her, say soothing things to her......just love her all you can. None of that cost money and you'll know that that was the best you could for her. She knows you love her and will comfort her. I'm still sad for Phoebe and miss her like crazy...I did the best I could for her. I know you are doing the best for your kitty. Sending hugs your way...