Hey folks,
I brought home a 5-6 month old kitten on Saturday night. He's been living in the bathroom since then so he can get acclimated to his new home. He's very, very affectionate and purrs just from seeing me. I've tried offering him dinner on Sat, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed food on Sunday, and breakfast today but he's barely eaten anything. Yesterday he ate less than one spoonful of food for breakfast, for dinner he had Weruva salmon and he ate all of the gravy but left the majority of the meat. I offered him more Weruva chicken pate and he ignored it. The only thing he will actively eat is Churu. I offered him Tiki cat baby food this morning but he sniffed it and resumed wanting pets instead. I spread some Churu on it, but he still wont eat it. I spoke to his foster yesterday morning to find out what food he was eating there. I went out and bought everything she told me, but he still won't eat. The shelter said its normal for cats o eat less than usual during their first few days in a new home, but I'm concerned since I know kittens are supposed to eat a lot of food, whereas Gengar has barely eaten anything. He has a vet appointment on Wed since the shelter said to have him seen by a vet within 7 days of being brought home. I was told by the shelter and his foster that he's healthy and hasn't ever had any issues.
As for other foods, there isn't any meat baby food here since I'm in Canada. It seems like all Canadian babies are vegetarian, as there isn't a single meat based food for them at the store. Does anyone have any experience with something like this? I don't want him to continue to barely eat. I visit him multiple times a day to pet, hold and play with him. He's also been meowing a lot, as he wants to come out of the bathroom. But my resident cat isn't ready for that yet. I've done scent swapping and site swapping successfully, but when I open the bathroom door a crack, Cosmos hisses when he sees Gengar. He's comfortable smelling and hearing him though.
I brought home a 5-6 month old kitten on Saturday night. He's been living in the bathroom since then so he can get acclimated to his new home. He's very, very affectionate and purrs just from seeing me. I've tried offering him dinner on Sat, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed food on Sunday, and breakfast today but he's barely eaten anything. Yesterday he ate less than one spoonful of food for breakfast, for dinner he had Weruva salmon and he ate all of the gravy but left the majority of the meat. I offered him more Weruva chicken pate and he ignored it. The only thing he will actively eat is Churu. I offered him Tiki cat baby food this morning but he sniffed it and resumed wanting pets instead. I spread some Churu on it, but he still wont eat it. I spoke to his foster yesterday morning to find out what food he was eating there. I went out and bought everything she told me, but he still won't eat. The shelter said its normal for cats o eat less than usual during their first few days in a new home, but I'm concerned since I know kittens are supposed to eat a lot of food, whereas Gengar has barely eaten anything. He has a vet appointment on Wed since the shelter said to have him seen by a vet within 7 days of being brought home. I was told by the shelter and his foster that he's healthy and hasn't ever had any issues.
As for other foods, there isn't any meat baby food here since I'm in Canada. It seems like all Canadian babies are vegetarian, as there isn't a single meat based food for them at the store. Does anyone have any experience with something like this? I don't want him to continue to barely eat. I visit him multiple times a day to pet, hold and play with him. He's also been meowing a lot, as he wants to come out of the bathroom. But my resident cat isn't ready for that yet. I've done scent swapping and site swapping successfully, but when I open the bathroom door a crack, Cosmos hisses when he sees Gengar. He's comfortable smelling and hearing him though.
You could also try to entice him by putting bone broth on his food since it has a lot of nutrients. I thought this article about the benefits of bone broth might be helpful: 
This is wonderful progress for the two of them and I hope they become good friends! I also hope Gengar will eat more food. 
I can contact his foster and ask how much food he ate when he lived there so I can have a baseline.
He enjoyed watching his little brother's antics. As the result of expending so much energy, Gengar ate four times today. I didn't keep track of how much it was, since I was just happy to see him eating. He didn't clean his plate for any meal, but ate each time I offered food rather than sniffing it and walking away. So far the Wellness kitten food and Weruva have been successes, whereas he wouldn't eat any of the Tiki Cat food, despite the foster saying he liked it.
