What if the kitten doesn't eat?

Several reasons for cat's loss of appetite

Seasonal coefficient

Food corruption

environmental change

Physical factors

Causes of loss of appetite in cats

1. It's too hot

Like humans, cats lose their appetite when the weather is too hot.

2. Food corruption

The cat bowl that has not been washed for a long time still smells of food deterioration, which really makes the cat unable to eat. They would rather be hungry than eat. Therefore, no matter how busy the shovel officer is, he must ensure the cleanliness of the cat tableware and the freshness of the food.

3 pressure

When a cat is stressed, it will selectively not eat. Don't force the cat yet, put cat food and water around the cat, find out the source of stress and eliminate it as soon as possible. When the cat is relaxed, it will eat by itself.

be on/in hea

Cats in estrus will become extremely irritable, and poor appetite is a normal reaction. The shovel officer can feed some digestible food such as canned food and wet food.

fall ill

Oral diseases, pancreatitis, etc. It may make cats dislike eating. If the cat has other symptoms suspected of these diseases besides anorexia, the shovel officer should consult the pet doctor as soon as possible.

6. Side effects of drugs or vaccines

After vaccination, cats have weak immunity, and may have low fever, vomiting, loss of appetite and so on. Don't force the cat to eat at this time, keep warm, and the cat will eat by itself after the symptoms improve.

7 Gastrointestinal obstruction

Excessive licking of fur by cats leads to fur balls blocking the stomach, which may reduce the cat's food intake or even skip meals, and even worse, it will be accompanied by mental fatigue! The shovel officer should take the cat to see a doctor in time, otherwise the longer and bigger the fur ball may be life-threatening, so the cat's hair removal must start from daily life.