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Hi there!
First off I'm a new user and want to thank those that run this site, as it has been useful to us before.
We're concerned about our small cat Minette (little cute cat in French) and her 4 kittens (3 weeks old). She has gone from having a huge appetite to not being interested in her food anymore, other than wanting treats for the last 2 days. We're not big fans of treats but they were introduced to her by our pet sitter a few months ago, unfortunately.
Minette is a rescue cat who sadly had all her teeth pulled by the shelter... so eating + food have always been an issue with her. We often make her homemade stuff with supplements added but she's going through so much food that we can't keep up and mostly give her canned wet food and dry kitten food. The problem is she has suddenly become disinterested in all types of food, despite asking for it, even snubbing tuna, egg, cat formula milk, etc. She might take a bite or a lick but that's it. She only wants treats, and occasionally takes a bite of wet or dry food. As I write this she's drinking water, which is hopefully a good sign. Is it a concern that she eat only mainly treats?
Behaviour wise she hasn't really been acting strange, other than running sporadically around the house from time to time, but she's done that in the past as well with no kittens. In general she seems to be taking good care of her little ones, no distress on her end, there hasn't been too much kitten crying going on, she's cleaning herself, etc. So all her other behaviour seems normal. She did have one stillborn and there seems to be a little runt in the litter, but she's still giving it attention so we're not too concerned.
Then this morning I was reading and decided to check her mammary glands. I noticed that some felt hardish. I started to massage her on her underside and she seemed to like it, even purred. I also tried a warm compress and while she certainly wasn't completely at ease she did let me do it for a minute or so.
So all that to say that we're not sure if we should be concerned, or if there are any other things we should watch out for before visiting the vet.
Thank you all in advance for your concern
Matthew and Myriam
First off I'm a new user and want to thank those that run this site, as it has been useful to us before.
We're concerned about our small cat Minette (little cute cat in French) and her 4 kittens (3 weeks old). She has gone from having a huge appetite to not being interested in her food anymore, other than wanting treats for the last 2 days. We're not big fans of treats but they were introduced to her by our pet sitter a few months ago, unfortunately.
Minette is a rescue cat who sadly had all her teeth pulled by the shelter... so eating + food have always been an issue with her. We often make her homemade stuff with supplements added but she's going through so much food that we can't keep up and mostly give her canned wet food and dry kitten food. The problem is she has suddenly become disinterested in all types of food, despite asking for it, even snubbing tuna, egg, cat formula milk, etc. She might take a bite or a lick but that's it. She only wants treats, and occasionally takes a bite of wet or dry food. As I write this she's drinking water, which is hopefully a good sign. Is it a concern that she eat only mainly treats?
Behaviour wise she hasn't really been acting strange, other than running sporadically around the house from time to time, but she's done that in the past as well with no kittens. In general she seems to be taking good care of her little ones, no distress on her end, there hasn't been too much kitten crying going on, she's cleaning herself, etc. So all her other behaviour seems normal. She did have one stillborn and there seems to be a little runt in the litter, but she's still giving it attention so we're not too concerned.
Then this morning I was reading and decided to check her mammary glands. I noticed that some felt hardish. I started to massage her on her underside and she seemed to like it, even purred. I also tried a warm compress and while she certainly wasn't completely at ease she did let me do it for a minute or so.
So all that to say that we're not sure if we should be concerned, or if there are any other things we should watch out for before visiting the vet.
Thank you all in advance for your concern
Matthew and Myriam
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