New kitten not eating

my 8 week old kitten is not eating or drinking very much and over the last 2 days had become very lathargic. would appreiciate few tips on how to encurrage her to eat.

 

You can try offering her some canned food if you have'nt done so already or maybe she would be interested in jar meat baby food (make sure it does'nt contain onion powder).
Is it possible for you to get her checked by the vet?

 

:m23: and welcome! Cats can go downhill fast if they don't eat or drink and kittens can get dehydrated very quickly. Your cat needs to be seen by a vet right away unless you can get her to eat and drink now. If she has upper respiratory infection, she may not be able to smell food and will refuse to eat. If the baby food doesn't work, you may want to try stinky foods like tuna to stimulate eating. Add pedialyte to her food if she'll eat. A steam bath may clear up her sinuses so she can eat. I'm just guessing here. Call a vet right away for good, sound advice. I hope she doesn't have the Fading Cat Syndrome. Please keep us posted on her condition. Good luck.

 

you could try kitty milk in a droper or putting milk on their food.

 

but not cow milk. That will give the lil baby the runs which could kill her at this point.

deffinately get her to a vet. dont wanna take any chances :? Good luck!

 

we bought some special milk, just for kitties. we had to because buster was less than 6 weeks old when we found him outside.

 

I fostered a devon rex kitten several months ago that refused to eat while it was at the shelter. When i got her home i tried several different kinds of canned and dry cat/kitten foods, formula, catmilk drink...by the second day she finally found something that got her appetite going like mad....i offered her some of those dried bonita fish flakes that they sell as a treat and she went nuts. They are super smelly and perked her up as soon as she got a whiff. So then i just sprinkled some on her food and she was a happy camper. I used to work in a shelter animal clinic and it was a constant battle trying to get sick cats to eat. Some like dry, some like wet, some only want certain brands, some want it prepared a certain way. I would try finding something to stimulate her senses like a smelly food. Also, try a high quality canned food such as Solid Gold, Innova, or Wellness. I've had luck with these. They smell appealing even to me. My fosters have also enjoyed Chicken Soup for the Kitten Lover's Soul. Hope that helps and she's tried something by now. If not i would take her to the vet to get fluids right away...once they get super dehydrated, things go downhill fast. Good luck! keep us updated.

 

You've already gotten some great advice here but here's my 2 cents.

#1 is bring her to a vet ASAP

As far as food....you can get baby food...plain chicken or chicken and rice......don't get any with mixed vegetables.

Or...the lesser expensive is to buy chicken and plain white rice. Boil the chicken and cook the rice normally. Mix half and half blended to the consistancy of baby food.

Good Luck and please keep us posted!

 

tibby is doing well, took her to the vet and she's in good health must of been unsettled with change of enviorment and diet. the breeder i got her from had her on a natural diet. so she had never had tin or dry food. got her to eat chicken and beef mince and cat milk and slowing introducing commercial food still sleeps alot but full of energy at 430am likes to wake me up by pouncing on my head looking for breakfast so hopefully she will be eating well soon. thanks for the advice is was much appreciated

 

good news....I can understand why people feed their pets an all met diet (BARF I guess) but it's hard when they are going to find homes for them cause not everyone wants to do that. Fostering we are told to feed a commercial diet since when the cats are adopted it's easier to let their new owner put them on any special diets they want rather than us foster people doing it.

I'm glad the kitten is eating now. I know it's a panic attack when the babies won't eat