he's eating plenty of baby food. and he has been keeping everything down. still no puking since thursday or friday. but he will only eat miniscule amounts of actual kitten food. and still won't even touch dry food. i have tried mixing kitten food with tuna, i have tried mixing it with the baby food but he just eats around the kitten food.
he seems much better. he has been drinking and urinating normally, and has been much more active. but how do i get him to eat something he's supposed to eat instead of baby food? i noticed that every time he eats kitten food, he does a little scratching motion on the floor next to the food, and then he won't eat anymore. have any idea what that means? also i don't think he has been pooping. and if he is only once in a while. it's kinda hard to tell since he sometimes used morgan's cat box, but i think his are slightly darker than hers. and when i cleaned her box this morning i did notice a couple darker ones that were tiny enough to be his. i know he hasn't been eating much for solids, but it still seems that he is not going as much as he should. (i do intend on calling the vet tomorrow after work.)
i also don't know what to expect him to have for a normal appetite since he is still a baby. but i usually feed him every few hours and he usually eat about a teaspoon of kitten food and then about 5 or 6 teaspoons of baby food.
he is also not eating on his own. my boyfriend and i were both at work and out of the house for about 5 hours today, and i left him a plate of baby food and kitten food in his room. (we shut him in the bedroom when we're not home so we can moniter what he eats and drinks and so morgan doesn't eat his food.) and he didn't eat any of it! so he pretty much starves himself until we're home to feed him.
is this normal considering the stresses of all the vet appointment, the neutering, the new cat that doesn't like him to much and everything else he has already gone through in his short life? please help! any suggestions are more than welcome!
zim is still having some eating issues.
Re: zim is still having some eating issues.
I will once again strongly advise you get your kitten back to your vet for a re-evaluation. Warning signs: distended abdomen, diarrhea, then hard stools, then seemingly no stools, anorexia, dehydration, lack of interest in activity.
Again, he could be constipated, or could have a viral or bacterial infection that only bloodwork can determine. If he's constipated, he could have a compaction which may require a kitten enema given by your vet.
A healthy 3-month-old kitten should be eating several times a day, be active and energetic, playful and produce normal stools at least twice a day. Confining him to one room could also be a problem since he probably doesn't have much room to run and play (exercise helps with bowel function).
Leave a dish of dry kitten food out for him (i.e., Hill's or Iams kitten food), so that he can get used to the idea of dry food available to him at all times.
Get him started on a quality kitten food, ask your vet for a temporary veterinary diet if necessary (based on his needs as determined from exam and bloodwork) and get a new fecal exam done in the event he may be suffering from additional parasites or bacterial infection. Make sure the vet double-checks his neuter incision.
Again, he could be constipated, or could have a viral or bacterial infection that only bloodwork can determine. If he's constipated, he could have a compaction which may require a kitten enema given by your vet.
A healthy 3-month-old kitten should be eating several times a day, be active and energetic, playful and produce normal stools at least twice a day. Confining him to one room could also be a problem since he probably doesn't have much room to run and play (exercise helps with bowel function).
Leave a dish of dry kitten food out for him (i.e., Hill's or Iams kitten food), so that he can get used to the idea of dry food available to him at all times.
Get him started on a quality kitten food, ask your vet for a temporary veterinary diet if necessary (based on his needs as determined from exam and bloodwork) and get a new fecal exam done in the event he may be suffering from additional parasites or bacterial infection. Make sure the vet double-checks his neuter incision.
..........Traci