How can I get my kitten to eat?
My kitten won’t eat, we tried everything (catnip, to toys – so forth)
Should we take her to the vet? Find another solution like buying different types of food?
How long has it been since your kitten ate? If it’s longer than 24 hours, you probably should take her to the vet. There could be a problem and complications from her not eating.
My cat is a picky eater. I feed her both wet and dry to make it more complicated for me!
For the dry, the rescue group who helped us with her started her on Proplan. I kept with that and started trying better quality grain free foods like Wellness Core, Merrick BG and Innova Evo. The only one she’ll eat is the Evo. The Wellness she literally spit back into my hand! I’ve gotten samples of Blue Buffalo, Avoderm and so many others from my local pet store. She won’t eat them either, so I’m sticking with Evo.
For the wet, she’s just as bad <g>. She started with a chunky wet food with extra water added because when we found her she was hiding under our shed. To this day, she likes her wet food with a teaspoon of water added to it and won’t eat pate style food. It’s been trial and error to find something she’ll eat. I keep a list of what she’s had and rejected, it’s very long.
So keep trying, hopefully you’ll hit on something your cat likes.
You could try Gerber’s chicken baby food. I’ve heard most cats will go for it even when they reject most everything else.
December 28th, 2012 at 3:29 am
Try different foods. Maybe Fancy Feast, or dry food.
My cat LOVES fancy feast, and my other cat likes dry food.
Go to your local pet store and maybe ask a manager.
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December 28th, 2012 at 4:14 am
find some kind of food it seems interested in. peanut butter, milk,…etc. and mix it with cat food or whatever.
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December 28th, 2012 at 4:27 am
no need to take her to the vet unless she is losing weight. Right now you are at a battle of wills with her. She will eat it when she is hungry. Just be persistent.
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December 28th, 2012 at 5:17 am
yeah could be the little guy has worms so get him /her checked out by a vet…as sometimes cats /dogs go off food and they are not them selves !! good luck
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December 28th, 2012 at 6:07 am
How long has it been since your kitten ate? If it’s longer than 24 hours, you probably should take her to the vet. There could be a problem and complications from her not eating.
My cat is a picky eater. I feed her both wet and dry to make it more complicated for me!
For the dry, the rescue group who helped us with her started her on Proplan. I kept with that and started trying better quality grain free foods like Wellness Core, Merrick BG and Innova Evo. The only one she’ll eat is the Evo. The Wellness she literally spit back into my hand! I’ve gotten samples of Blue Buffalo, Avoderm and so many others from my local pet store. She won’t eat them either, so I’m sticking with Evo.
For the wet, she’s just as bad <g>. She started with a chunky wet food with extra water added because when we found her she was hiding under our shed. To this day, she likes her wet food with a teaspoon of water added to it and won’t eat pate style food. It’s been trial and error to find something she’ll eat. I keep a list of what she’s had and rejected, it’s very long.
So keep trying, hopefully you’ll hit on something your cat likes.
You could try Gerber’s chicken baby food. I’ve heard most cats will go for it even when they reject most everything else.
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