Feral cat refuses to eat

"Adam Helberg" wrote in message
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Have you tried giving him some canned tuna. My cats will always eat
tuna.

Adam

Mine too. The vet says it's not good as a regular diet, but anything
will do
when a cat is off its feed.

in article , Sheri at
wrote on 12/7/03 8:45 PM:

Thanks to all. I do know about the problem with giving onions to cats
and am careful to use baby foods without them. I'll try your
suggestions and pray he responds. This poor cat is just petrified.

He and the other smaller cat were inseparable. I even caught them
together. They must have walked into the trap side by side because I
was shocked to find both of them in it 20 minutes after I set it out.
I'm amazed now at how different their personalities are. The little
one hasn't stopped purring for 2 days and is a bottomless pit when it
comes to food. The other one just hisses at me and backs into a
corner. I put a cardboard box in the room so he can hide from me. I
figured that would make him a little more secure. Still I really worry
he's not going to make it. There's a depressed expression on his face
like he just wants to give up. He looks so bewildered that his little
buddy is acting affectionate toward me. It's so sad.

Sheri


Can you spritz a towel with Feliway and put it in there with them? Maybe
that will help calm him. Good luck and keep us posted.

Karen

in article , Sheri at
wrote on 12/7/03 8:45 PM:

Thanks to all. I do know about the problem with giving onions to cats
and am careful to use baby foods without them. I'll try your
suggestions and pray he responds. This poor cat is just petrified.

He and the other smaller cat were inseparable. I even caught them
together. They must have walked into the trap side by side because I
was shocked to find both of them in it 20 minutes after I set it out.
I'm amazed now at how different their personalities are. The little
one hasn't stopped purring for 2 days and is a bottomless pit when it
comes to food. The other one just hisses at me and backs into a
corner. I put a cardboard box in the room so he can hide from me. I
figured that would make him a little more secure. Still I really worry
he's not going to make it. There's a depressed expression on his face
like he just wants to give up. He looks so bewildered that his little
buddy is acting affectionate toward me. It's so sad.

Sheri


Can you spritz a towel with Feliway and put it in there with them? Maybe
that will help calm him. Good luck and keep us posted.

Karen

By now, that young cat is probably eating; fasting for three days is
common for a frightened cat. He sounds very sweet. For some socializing
tips, try reading my article posted to the Campus Cats website: Taming
the Tiger. Good luck with the little guy.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus Cats
www.campuscats.org

By now, that young cat is probably eating; fasting for three days is
common for a frightened cat. He sounds very sweet. For some socializing
tips, try reading my article posted to the Campus Cats website: Taming
the Tiger. Good luck with the little guy.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus Cats
www.campuscats.org

(Sheri) wrote in message m...

I am however worried the one feral cat is going to die if he continues
to refuse to eat. Any ideas?

Feed it street food -- what it's been eating before you meddled in it's life.

(Sheri) wrote in message m...

I am however worried the one feral cat is going to die if he continues
to refuse to eat. Any ideas?

Feed it street food -- what it's been eating before you meddled in it's life.

Did you actually see the cat eating prior to containing him? Perhaps he stopped
eating before...dental problems..medical problems...they might be the culprit.

Did you actually see the cat eating prior to containing him? Perhaps he stopped
eating before...dental problems..medical problems...they might be the culprit.

(Ray Ban) wrote in message . com...
(Sheri) wrote in message m...

I am however worried the one feral cat is going to die if he continues
to refuse to eat. Any ideas?

Feed it street food -- what it's been eating before you meddled in it's life.


Actually he's been fed regular cat food steadily since he was a
kitten. A woman who lives in these apartments puts out tons of canned
and dry food every night. The problem is that these two feral cats
have become so dependant upon her. Then she'll leave for a week or so
and not make arrangements for someone to feed them. She also refuses
to put out clean water (last summer during a dry spell, some of the
cats she was feeding drank fluids underneath cars and died).

I decided to take the 2 little guys in when this irresponsible woman
left for a week and I found them practically wailing outside her
apartment one night. I fed them that week. Now she's going away for 3
weeks over Christmas. I am moving, and most people around here don't
like cats. I just couldn't let them starve for 3 weeks.

The younger of the 2 cats seems blissful about his capture. He's about
to eat me out of house and home. The other cat is a little older and
the adjustment will be harder.

So far I've had no luck in getting him to eat yet. I'm trying
everybody's suggestions one by one. If he still refuses in the next
couple days, I'll take him to the vet. I don't want to lose this cat.
I found out that he was abused by some kids here that liked to throw
bottles and stuff at him. No wonder he's so scared of people ...

Sheri