A week ago on Sunday my parents adopted a new cat that is nearly two years old. We already had a 14 year old cat, ‘Abby’, at home. The new cat Annie was chasing Abby around, just wanting to play, but it was stressing Abby and upsetting her. I noticed Abby was eating less during the week, then wasn’t eating at all.
After the second day (Friday) I didn’t see her eat, we took her to the vet. The vet did some blood work and everything was fine, so it is stress related, which I had suspected due to the timing. We brought Abby home and I have her down with my in the basement with the door closed for about 3 or so days now
I have a feliway diffuser plugged in and also bought the spray, some cat nip spray and some herbal drops called “tromos”. I’ve tried to give her so many different types of food like canned fancy feast among other cans, human food like chicken and baby food. She’ll smell it, but has no interest in eating. The only thing she’s shown interest in is the gravy in the foil packets of Whiskas wet food.
We’ve had to force feed her food and water with a syringe, as she’s drank some water on her own, but very little. The first couple times she threw up, but has been fine since. We’ve been mixing a can of Hill’s A/D with a bit of water and she’s been getting a can a day through syringe as well as about 50ml of water in a syringe, in addition to the water in and mixed with the wet food and the little bit of water she’s had on her own.
At first we gave her just a bit at a time 5x a day, but now we are giving her more at once, 3x a day. Hopefully this will give her more time to relax in between feedings and trying to eat on her own, though I do try in the morning when she has gone a while without feeding with no luck
She seems to be getting a bit stronger and doesn’t seem stressed out in the basement. She is a little upset after feeding, but it isn’t too messy and she seems better after cleaning herself. Today she ate a tiny bit of chicken I gave her, so I hope she will slowly begin to eat more on her own.
I feel this is going to be a slow process. First getting her eating on her own, and then seeing if we can possibly slowly re-introduce the cats, though I am afraid that everything will start all over.
I’m looking for any advice I can get to help getting her eating on her own. She normally has an insane appetite. I hope once she gets most of her strength back from the lack of food last week she will, but I could really use some help. If it is psychological, I figure there is no set time frame, but does anyone else have a similar experience?
Thank you so much.
After the second day (Friday) I didn’t see her eat, we took her to the vet. The vet did some blood work and everything was fine, so it is stress related, which I had suspected due to the timing. We brought Abby home and I have her down with my in the basement with the door closed for about 3 or so days now
I have a feliway diffuser plugged in and also bought the spray, some cat nip spray and some herbal drops called “tromos”. I’ve tried to give her so many different types of food like canned fancy feast among other cans, human food like chicken and baby food. She’ll smell it, but has no interest in eating. The only thing she’s shown interest in is the gravy in the foil packets of Whiskas wet food.
We’ve had to force feed her food and water with a syringe, as she’s drank some water on her own, but very little. The first couple times she threw up, but has been fine since. We’ve been mixing a can of Hill’s A/D with a bit of water and she’s been getting a can a day through syringe as well as about 50ml of water in a syringe, in addition to the water in and mixed with the wet food and the little bit of water she’s had on her own.
At first we gave her just a bit at a time 5x a day, but now we are giving her more at once, 3x a day. Hopefully this will give her more time to relax in between feedings and trying to eat on her own, though I do try in the morning when she has gone a while without feeding with no luck
She seems to be getting a bit stronger and doesn’t seem stressed out in the basement. She is a little upset after feeding, but it isn’t too messy and she seems better after cleaning herself. Today she ate a tiny bit of chicken I gave her, so I hope she will slowly begin to eat more on her own.
I feel this is going to be a slow process. First getting her eating on her own, and then seeing if we can possibly slowly re-introduce the cats, though I am afraid that everything will start all over.
I’m looking for any advice I can get to help getting her eating on her own. She normally has an insane appetite. I hope once she gets most of her strength back from the lack of food last week she will, but I could really use some help. If it is psychological, I figure there is no set time frame, but does anyone else have a similar experience?
Thank you so much.
