My new 4 month old kitten came to us Thursday night she had eaten at her previous owners but she was reluctant to leave and was crying but the car journey home was fine and I thought she seemed settled. We came home and she started howling again after I opened her cat carrier, and she just went into a hiding spot and stayed there for a while and just shut down/froze. After a bit of research people online said this is normal behaviour for a new cat as they’re scared and stressed in a new environment.
I thought she would calm down and eat something but she didn’t touch her food so I went out and bought different branded food (mostly fish and a little chicken) but she didn’t eat any of them. The next day Friday I managed to have her lick some cat yogurt (weebox- chicken) off my finger and she had 2 of them so that was encouraging but she still didn’t take initiative to eat herself or drink any water and was hiding behind the tv stand the whole day. Today (Saturday) she stilll hasn’t eaten and is hiding and won’t come near me and hides when I get near, for now I’ve moved her in a room upstairs and closed the door with her essentials and left her to it after phoning the vets and they said to do that and call back tomorrow if she still hadn’t eaten.
I don’t know what to do I feel terrible that she’s so scared and I just want her to know I can do anything for her. I’ve only just realised that most foods I bought are fish based and haven’t tried any beef/turkey/duck/lamb or kibble so my plan is to go and get these foods and leave them in the room with her and check on her later tonight to see if she eats those instead. What else should I be doing because I’m worried she will starve herself and I’ll not be able to look after her anymore
I thought she would calm down and eat something but she didn’t touch her food so I went out and bought different branded food (mostly fish and a little chicken) but she didn’t eat any of them. The next day Friday I managed to have her lick some cat yogurt (weebox- chicken) off my finger and she had 2 of them so that was encouraging but she still didn’t take initiative to eat herself or drink any water and was hiding behind the tv stand the whole day. Today (Saturday) she stilll hasn’t eaten and is hiding and won’t come near me and hides when I get near, for now I’ve moved her in a room upstairs and closed the door with her essentials and left her to it after phoning the vets and they said to do that and call back tomorrow if she still hadn’t eaten.
I don’t know what to do I feel terrible that she’s so scared and I just want her to know I can do anything for her. I’ve only just realised that most foods I bought are fish based and haven’t tried any beef/turkey/duck/lamb or kibble so my plan is to go and get these foods and leave them in the room with her and check on her later tonight to see if she eats those instead. What else should I be doing because I’m worried she will starve herself and I’ll not be able to look after her anymore