New kitty- assuage my fears!

You should probably get her taken to a vet just to check out about hephatic lipidosis. Essentially, if the cat was overweight before the previous owner died, she could now be in a downward spiral where she doesn’t eat and her body canibalizes itself, very inefficiently, destroying her liver. Once that happens you essentially need to forcefeed a cat or have a feeding tub put into their stomach.

I know you don’t want to be scared, but a cat not eating for that long would worry me and we once lost one of our cats to hephatic lipidosis because we/the vets didn’t recognize the symptoms in time.

I had to do this with my cat for a couple days.

He was having mouth trouble, and managed to bite on a kibble in a way that caused him so much pain he went and hid for a whole day. I dug him out, took him to the vet, and they gave him medications to help with the infection and with the pain – but he was still so traumatized he just wouldn’t eat. I had to take him back to the vet a day later and they showed me how to force-feed him.

It sounds like some kind of torture but really all it is is using a plastic syringe to squirt wet food into his mouth. There’s special prescription wet food that’s easier to eat (and easier to put into the plastic syringe for force-feeding) and extra-packed with nutrients to help get a cat back on its feet nutrition-wise. After a few messy sessions of wrapping him in a towel and force-feeding him this food, he realized his mouth wasn’t hurting anymore and decided he’d much rather eat the tasty food without my assistance.

Any update? Hope the kitty is ok.

Me too! EAT, CAT!!11!

Geez, I had forgotten about this thread. I want to know, too.