New Cat / Kitten

Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

Stephen G. Giannoni wrote:
Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

Congrats on your new kitty Have you named her yet?
I think you probably just need to give her a bit more time to adjust to
a new place. I've adopted cats before who wouldn't eat for about a
day. That she's drinking at least seems like a good sign. It's
possible too that she might be nursing a little cold. What are you
feeding her? Probably would be a good idea to get her vet checked this
coming week.

Lauren

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Stephen G. Giannoni wrote:
Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

Congrats on your new kitty Have you named her yet?
I think you probably just need to give her a bit more time to adjust to
a new place. I've adopted cats before who wouldn't eat for about a
day. That she's drinking at least seems like a good sign. It's
possible too that she might be nursing a little cold. What are you
feeding her? Probably would be a good idea to get her vet checked this
coming week.

When I brought Bubba home from the shelter he was sneezing
and I took him to the vet who told me that many cats catch
the equivalent of a cold in there due to being around so
many other cats. She also told me not to worry about the
sneezing unless it persisted for more than a week or so
and/or became accompanied by a discharge from the eyes
or the nose. He quit sneezing on his own, and definately
has never had any problem eating.

It's a good idea to get your newbie checked by a vet
anyway. In Bubba's case there was a complimentary
vet exam included in the adoption fees...

YMMV


Claude

Many thanks for all responses ! ...

We're about 18 hours now and no change. Still drinking OK, but still
just sniffs at the food.

The League for Animal Protection said she had all the vaccinations
from "soup 't nuts", spayed, and provided documentation.

This little girl is priceless and we're really mutually bonding;
slept with us last night, etc.

We've got a winter storm today, but if she continues to ignore food,
I'll get her in to the vet tomorrow ...

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:38:40 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

Stephen G. Giannoni wrote:
Many thanks for all responses ! ...

We're about 18 hours now and no change. Still drinking OK, but still
just sniffs at the food.\\

How about trying a different food? Do you know what she was being fed
at the shelter? If you are feeding a canned food, you might want to
microwave it for just about 5 -10 seconds to get it smelly. If she
does have a cold, she may be have a hard time smelling the food, so the
smellier you can make it, the better. Another thing you could try is
to sprinkle a touch of parmesan cheese on her food and see if that
entices her.

When adopting you will find you'll probably throw away a lot of food whilst
you try her with different things to find out what she likes. What was she
eating at the rescue place?

She may just also be nervous at being somewhere new. As long as she's
drinking and doing everything else, it's probably a little early to worry.

As others have said - it would not do any harm to get her checked by your
own vet.

good luck

chas

"Stephen G. Giannoni" wrote


This little girl is priceless and we're really mutually bonding;
slept with us last night, etc.

Awww ... that is really great. I love affectionate cats. She has come to
trust you quickly.

We've got a winter storm today, but if she continues to ignore food,
I'll get her in to the vet tomorrow ...


Are you feeding her what they fed her at the shelter? If not,
maybe you could try that. If so, maybe she prefers something
different. They can be pretty finicky--and as you seem to know, they
can get into trouble quickly from not eating.

(My condolences for your loss of Arthur. It is always so hard to
lose the ones we love so much.)

To all who have been so very kind in responding to our original
posting, I feel compelled to relate the following tragic excerpt from
an E-mail to our closest friends ...

**********

Life certainly can be cruel !

It is with profound grief and sadness than I must relate the tragic
event, for our already beloved new member of the family, our Annie,
late on the afternoon of this awful day, Monday, December 5. During a
routine feeding, she had just in jested a substantial quantity of the
recommended food, science diet for kittens, and then suddenly
regurgitated the lot, while then immediately inhaling all, and
plugging her air passageway, preventing further breathing.

I knew immediately to my profound horror what was happening, and tried
a Heimlich maneuver, but there was insufficient air in her lungs to
expel the material, and in the next few minutes she expired.
.............

We have subsequently been in touch with the League for Animal
Protection, from whom we had adopted Annie, and they’ve been very
sympathetic, and have agreed to have us by tomorrow PM to get another
friend.

**********

Today, Tuesday 12/6, a bittersweet happy ending, with our adoption of
a 4 month old male, as yet unamed, who indeed seems to be everything
wonderful that could be asked for.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:38:40 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

I have perhaps, neglected to mention sufficiently, the extent of
Annie's "cold" and congestion, which indeed was significant. We were
treating her with Clavamox from the LAP. This could very well have
been an important factor, as she was regularly sneezing, coughing,
with mucus, etc.

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:55:11 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

To all who have been so very kind in responding to our original
posting, I feel compelled to relate the following tragic excerpt from
an E-mail to our closest friends ...

**********

Life certainly can be cruel !

It is with profound grief and sadness than I must relate the tragic
event, for our already beloved new member of the family, our Annie,
late on the afternoon of this awful day, Monday, December 5. During a
routine feeding, she had just in jested a substantial quantity of the
recommended food, science diet for kittens, and then suddenly
regurgitated the lot, while then immediately inhaling all, and
plugging her air passageway, preventing further breathing.

I knew immediately to my profound horror what was happening, and tried
a Heimlich maneuver, but there was insufficient air in her lungs to
expel the material, and in the next few minutes she expired.
............

We have subsequently been in touch with the League for Animal
Protection, from whom we had adopted Annie, and they’ve been very
sympathetic, and have agreed to have us by tomorrow PM to get another
friend.

**********

Today, Tuesday 12/6, a bittersweet happy ending, with our adoption of
a 4 month old male, as yet unamed, who indeed seems to be everything
wonderful that could be asked for.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:38:40 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...

I have perhaps, neglected to mention sufficiently, the extent of
Annie's "cold" and congestion, which indeed was significant. We were
treating her with Clavamox from the LAP. This could very well have
been an important factor, as she was regularly sneezing, coughing,
with mucus, etc.

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:55:11 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

To all who have been so very kind in responding to our original
posting, I feel compelled to relate the following tragic excerpt from
an E-mail to our closest friends ...

**********

Life certainly can be cruel !

It is with profound grief and sadness than I must relate the tragic
event, for our already beloved new member of the family, our Annie,
late on the afternoon of this awful day, Monday, December 5. During a
routine feeding, she had just in jested a substantial quantity of the
recommended food, science diet for kittens, and then suddenly
regurgitated the lot, while then immediately inhaling all, and
plugging her air passageway, preventing further breathing.

I knew immediately to my profound horror what was happening, and tried
a Heimlich maneuver, but there was insufficient air in her lungs to
expel the material, and in the next few minutes she expired.
............

We have subsequently been in touch with the League for Animal
Protection, from whom we had adopted Annie, and they’ve been very
sympathetic, and have agreed to have us by tomorrow PM to get another
friend.

**********

Today, Tuesday 12/6, a bittersweet happy ending, with our adoption of
a 4 month old male, as yet unamed, who indeed seems to be everything
wonderful that could be asked for.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:38:40 -0500, Stephen G. Giannoni
wrote:

Just got back from adopting, from the League for Animal Protection,
with a 6 month old female beauty, who makes all the right moves, but
after 6 hours drinks water yet will not touch food. This is now our
only cat after recently loosing our "Arthur" of 16 years to a
malignant growth involving his stomach and/or liver. New cat also has
an occasional sneeze but the not eating thing even after only 6 hours
has us worried. Informed comments and opinions, most welcomed, &
thanks ...