Hello everyone!
This is my first time posting here, it's nice to meet you all.
So, where to begin. Ugh I'm so worried.
About 3 months ago we adopted an Abyssinian cat (Loki) from a breeder. Hes about 7 months old now and he usually is a crazy eater, he will consume anything and everything you put in front of him.
Just this past Friday we adopted a 3 month old kitten from the local shelter (Shiva). We quarantined her in a room until I could get her to the vet and monitored them both closely. For the first few days Loki seemed unaffected by anything. He heard her meowing and didnt care one bit.
I just got her to the vet Monday and they said she had Calcivirus because she had an ulcer in her mouth, a low fever, and some congestion. You would never know it though because she looked absolutely fine and was eating drinking and playing constantly. So I'm glad I kept them separated. She luckily was negative on her stool parasite test. I was super relieved because she had bloody diarrhea once over the weekend but the vet said it was likely just a one time occurance due to stress and food change.
So I'm giving her probiotics, immune health boosters and a general antibiotic in the hopes that she will recover fast. Shes super cuddly and friendly and I have really no concerns about her health at this point.
The problem is now Loki. He finally realized something was up and now sits outside her door growling and hissing. I figured this was normal initially. But now as of yesterday he has noticeably stopped eating the amount of food he normally does. I usually give him a 5.5 ounce can a day and some dry food and he devours each meal. Yesterday he ate like a quarter of his breakfast and no dry food, so at lunch time I gave him a different flavor of food. That did work and he ate the whole thing. At dinner time I gave him the same food and again he barely touched it and never ate dry food all day. This of course horrifies me considering how much he usually eats.
This morning I gave him breakfast and again, no luck. I tried putting down a different dry food that he liked (he bit through the bag in my pantry he wanted it so badly) and hes been eating that and drinking some water. But at meal time hes extremely distracted and keeps running upstairs as if hes afraid Shiva is going to come down.
They've never seen each other yet, only heard/smelled one another through the door. I'm worried that maybe he caught the calicivirus (there are no other symptoms). Either that or he's just stressed... either way, I need to get him to eat. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do that?
When should I be concerned and call the vet? Should I maybe let them visually see each other so he knows shes not some evil creature that will eat him? My next appointment to check on her condition is next Thursday so we still have a while to go before they can meet...
Thank you for any help you can give me
This is my first time posting here, it's nice to meet you all.
So, where to begin. Ugh I'm so worried.
About 3 months ago we adopted an Abyssinian cat (Loki) from a breeder. Hes about 7 months old now and he usually is a crazy eater, he will consume anything and everything you put in front of him.
Just this past Friday we adopted a 3 month old kitten from the local shelter (Shiva). We quarantined her in a room until I could get her to the vet and monitored them both closely. For the first few days Loki seemed unaffected by anything. He heard her meowing and didnt care one bit.
I just got her to the vet Monday and they said she had Calcivirus because she had an ulcer in her mouth, a low fever, and some congestion. You would never know it though because she looked absolutely fine and was eating drinking and playing constantly. So I'm glad I kept them separated. She luckily was negative on her stool parasite test. I was super relieved because she had bloody diarrhea once over the weekend but the vet said it was likely just a one time occurance due to stress and food change.
So I'm giving her probiotics, immune health boosters and a general antibiotic in the hopes that she will recover fast. Shes super cuddly and friendly and I have really no concerns about her health at this point.
The problem is now Loki. He finally realized something was up and now sits outside her door growling and hissing. I figured this was normal initially. But now as of yesterday he has noticeably stopped eating the amount of food he normally does. I usually give him a 5.5 ounce can a day and some dry food and he devours each meal. Yesterday he ate like a quarter of his breakfast and no dry food, so at lunch time I gave him a different flavor of food. That did work and he ate the whole thing. At dinner time I gave him the same food and again he barely touched it and never ate dry food all day. This of course horrifies me considering how much he usually eats.
This morning I gave him breakfast and again, no luck. I tried putting down a different dry food that he liked (he bit through the bag in my pantry he wanted it so badly) and hes been eating that and drinking some water. But at meal time hes extremely distracted and keeps running upstairs as if hes afraid Shiva is going to come down.
They've never seen each other yet, only heard/smelled one another through the door. I'm worried that maybe he caught the calicivirus (there are no other symptoms). Either that or he's just stressed... either way, I need to get him to eat. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do that?
When should I be concerned and call the vet? Should I maybe let them visually see each other so he knows shes not some evil creature that will eat him? My next appointment to check on her condition is next Thursday so we still have a while to go before they can meet...
Thank you for any help you can give me
