Just moved and my cat wont eat!?

Question

My cat is 12years old and everytime I have moved in the past she stopes eatting for a few days. No problem...she starts eatting with in 2 to 3 days after we move in. This time she ate for the first few days and now wont touch her food. I havent changed the food or the bowl that it is in. She is drinking water and peeing in the litter box. Now she will not eat!! I have tried wet food, tuna, milk...Other than bringing her to the vet. what else can I do???

Answer 1

I would call the vet and ask him and just let him weigh in on this. There are some food supplements at the pet supply store that are highly nutrition-dense. There was one my cat loved, and I can see it, but I can't remember the name of it. It was a brown, translucent gel-like paste, and it was rich in calories and nutrients. You could wipe some of this on her paw so she licks it off. Also, you can get a cat vitamin down her, although sometimes these may not be tolerated well on an empty tummy, and you don't want her to lose fluids at this point.

When my mother was dying of cancer and lost her appetite, I used to sit in front of her with aromatic, delicious food I knew she loved and consume it and just ignore her, until she would finally ask for some. You might want to try something like this with your kitty. When my cat was a wee kitten and under the weather, I used to melt the marrow from a marrow bone in a skillet, then take some of his dry Science Diet kitten food, and put that in the skillet along with a little water. I thought it smelled awful, but he just loved the aroma, and by the time I brought it to him he would just wolf it down ravenously because there was this fragrance that he thought was the beez neez. You might want to try this with your lady and see if it works.

If really nothing at all works and a number of days have gone by, you really should get her to the vet. You may be thinking that she is reacting to the move, but something could have happened in your new environment of which you are unaware, but that has had an effect on her.

Good luck. I hope she feels better.

Answer 2

first off, stop offering regular human food, you can actually cause pancreatitis. Get some baby food, stage 1, only the meat flavor though, beef or chicken or turkey and warm it up. try this if you have to use people food as it is lower in fat. You don't want to give her milk, cheese, meat as they can irritate the stomach. Or get some Medi-Cal Recovery canned, most vet clinics will carry it, it is very stable to feed for cats who have not been eatting for a couple days. Once a cat stops eatting they will sometimes develop a problem called 'fatty liver disease' and that can progress and get out of hand pretty fast, by the 4th day, she needs to go to a vet clinic and have bloodwork done to check for this. Please do not delay longer than 4 days for her sake. Good luck. and congrats on the move too!

Answer 3

Some cats won't eat if their food dish is too close to the litter box.

Answer 4

Just give her 1 type of food. Many cats will stop eating in hopes of getting something "better". She will eat when she gets hungry enough.

Answer 5

Have you tried putting some food in a different location. There might be something about were you have it that she is not comfortable

Answer 6

try to create a similar place in this new setting as well...so that she feels more secured!