On Monday, 7/24/23, I brought home an 8-year-old female dilute tortie that I adopted from a shelter. My problem with her is that she hardly will eat. Her foster mother at the shelter told me that she has been at the shelter for 2 months. Her human mother was elderly and passed away suddenly. She had a litter brother as well who recently passed away from cancer. The foster mother said that Rose has been very depressed and EXTREMELY overly shy ever since losing her human mother and brother. She is very sweet, and it breaks my heart that she will not eat anything during the day, nor does she use the litter box. At night, she will come out of her safe place and eat a little bit, some dry but no wet food, and then use the litter box. By morning, when I get up, I have to search high and low to find where she will be hiding. I have read that with shy cats who have lost loved ones, this type of behavior can go on for days, months, or even up to a year. I can work with her sadness, that does not scare me, it is her not eating that scares me. How long can she go on like this, not eating?? She will not eat temptations or Churus, what cat does not love those? I even tried giving her some baby food, but no-go. I live alone in a quiet house, with no other pets, I have all the conveniences, toys, cat trees, etc., you name it for her to enjoy. Rose lost her loved ones the same month I lost my cat, Katy to cancer. Rather ironic that we both lost our partners at the same time and now we are together. Please, I need how to get this sweet girl interested in eating again.