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racn1320

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All of a sudden the last two days she wont eat her food and barly drinks water,i have 2 diffrent kinds of food too. She plays and seems ok just wont eat except she will eat her treats right up. Cant figure this one out
 

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She needs a vet vist to figure out why she's not eating. She also probably needs subq fluids as she will most likely be dehydrated from not eating or drinking. She is also at risk of fatty liver disease from not eating and may need to be syringe fed if she does not start eating. Have you tried warming up her wet food to make it smell more appetizing? Baby food, the meat and broth only kind, is usually irresistible to cats. You can also try tuna water or crushing her favorite treats to put on top of her food. No matter what is wrong, she needs fluid and food to recover.
 

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Hi and welcome to the forums.

At this point, this is a serious concern, particularly as she has also cut her water consumption.  What kinds of foods are you feeding her specifically? Have the foods you are feeding her changed?  have there been any changes to her environment? Have her litterbox habits changed?

I strongly suggest that you begin force feeding her, tonight if possible, and take her to the vet first thing in the morning.  Cats who don't eat for over 48 hours have a high chance of developing fatty liver disease.  

Force feeding a cat sounds harder and scarier than it actually is.  All you need is a syringe for this purpose.  A vet can give you one, or, since it is late now, you can find one at most American drugstores in the baby section- Walgreens, CVS, Target.  You can also use a dropper but it is slower. You will want to mix wet food with water so that the mixture is runny, and then feed her with the food going toward the roof of her mouth, not down her throat.  If she isn't cooperating you can get the syringe in from the side.

Again, whether you force feed her tonight and tomorrow or not, a vet visit is needed.  It is not normal and is a very bad sign when cats stop eating.
 
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she eats hard food only,wont touch wet food,she hates it,she did go to bathroom this am,poop and pee,but not peeing as much now. She ate the treats and she seems to be feeling ok. To be honest with you I just put up a mini christmas tree and she seems diffrent after that as in eating and drinking??
 

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I really do think this might be an emergency then.  She may have drank the tree water.  Do you put aspirin or anything else in it? Even if not, sometimes the trees have chemicals in them that leak into the water.  Or she may have eaten part of the tree? And that could have upset her stomach?

Really please get her to a vet.  Only he or she will be able to tell yo for sure what is wrong and set your mind at ease.
 
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Its a fake tree,no water and she has not eaten any of it. I just went out and bought a food she has had before she liked "blue" and she ate!!! I bought iams and at first she liked it but maybe now she doesnt?? Im going to use blue tomorrow again and she how it goes,if she eats great if not then the vet,Im hoping this fixes the not drinking problem too.
 
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