Hey everyone! I'm new here, wondering if you can help me out with something...
I just got a kitten on Wed at the animal shelter in my area. I've never gotten a cat there before but when I picked her up they were like "Oh, she's a girl, let me get her fixed for you." Supposedly she's only 10 weeks old, I thought the youngest you could fix a cat at was 12 weeks?
Anyway, she woke up fine, I waited the twelve hours recommended before giving her some water, and in the middle of the night she woke me up mewing and I gave her a few pieces of hard cat food, which she ate and threw up. I thought that was normal because of the anesthesia, but since then she hasn't really been eating. I caught her trying some of the dog food, and after a while she threw that up, too. And the thing is that she meows, especially when I'm eating, but she won't even sniff anything I put in front of her. I even mixed some hard cat food with a little milk for pets and warmed it up, but she had a few bites and that was it. She pooed after that, and it looked normal, not loose or too hard. My bf told me that when I left for work, he got her to eat a little out of his hand.
She's been drinking plenty of water, thank goodness.
Another thing is that she's so CLINGY, and a bit lethargic. She doesn't play almost at all, just walks around or lays down on the couch or on my lap. If I leave her in my bedroom by herself or if she suddenly finds herself alone, she'll start meowing at the top of her little lungs, and it's getting kind of irritating on the rest of the family.
We have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a German Shepherd. I thought it might be the stress of meeting the dogs, but besides a few hissing fits with the German Shepherd it's been okay. In fact, she actually likes hanging out with the Chihuahua.
So what do you think might be wrong? She won't eat, and she's so skinny, and she doesn't really play... could it be the operation at such a young age, or something more serious?
Thanks!
I just got a kitten on Wed at the animal shelter in my area. I've never gotten a cat there before but when I picked her up they were like "Oh, she's a girl, let me get her fixed for you." Supposedly she's only 10 weeks old, I thought the youngest you could fix a cat at was 12 weeks?
Anyway, she woke up fine, I waited the twelve hours recommended before giving her some water, and in the middle of the night she woke me up mewing and I gave her a few pieces of hard cat food, which she ate and threw up. I thought that was normal because of the anesthesia, but since then she hasn't really been eating. I caught her trying some of the dog food, and after a while she threw that up, too. And the thing is that she meows, especially when I'm eating, but she won't even sniff anything I put in front of her. I even mixed some hard cat food with a little milk for pets and warmed it up, but she had a few bites and that was it. She pooed after that, and it looked normal, not loose or too hard. My bf told me that when I left for work, he got her to eat a little out of his hand.
She's been drinking plenty of water, thank goodness.
Another thing is that she's so CLINGY, and a bit lethargic. She doesn't play almost at all, just walks around or lays down on the couch or on my lap. If I leave her in my bedroom by herself or if she suddenly finds herself alone, she'll start meowing at the top of her little lungs, and it's getting kind of irritating on the rest of the family.
We have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a German Shepherd. I thought it might be the stress of meeting the dogs, but besides a few hissing fits with the German Shepherd it's been okay. In fact, she actually likes hanging out with the Chihuahua.
So what do you think might be wrong? She won't eat, and she's so skinny, and she doesn't really play... could it be the operation at such a young age, or something more serious?
Thanks!