Cats refuse to eat after medical procedures

“Disclaimer: I have contacted both vets, Virginia and my home vet. Virginia gave me superb advice on how to spoon feed him and try broth and baby food and confirmed he’s not in pain. I have not heard back from my home vet yet… My 13 yr old male, fixed, tabby had his remaining 8 teeth removed on September 24 in northern Virginia by a clinic who’s done all his extractions prior. Problem: I think there’s a stitch/suture loose in his gums and it’s moving around making him uncomfortabl. But I can’t se”

“My cat went to the emergency yesterday because she wasn’t really eating and she was throwing up for 3 days. I brought her in and they gave her iv fluids, an injectable dose of Maropitant 10mg/mL, did an X-ray looking for an obstruction and full blood panel looking for levels in the pancreas and basically everything else but everything was clear. They gave me Mariopitant to give her at home but the first dose isn’t due for another 2.5 hours. Right now she is hiding (unusual) in her kennel facing”

“My cat (13M) is having a hard time eating kibble. Every time he tries he shakes his head and tries to remove something from his mouth and will even hiss if I try to check. Unfortunately i am familiar with the behaviour. He's been to the vet twice now in regards to gum growth. On the right side when i pinch his mouth open right near the corner I could see the gum looking red and inflamed same as last time. Last time we went to vet in May and the vet removed the growth and some of surrounding”

“I guess to be more clear she hasn't fully recovered yet but her recovery phase has started. Her fever broke and she's still on the twice daily visits to the vet in which she is dripped up. My concern is that it's been two days since her fever is gone but she's still not eating anything at home. The vet along side the drip twice a day feeds her a single treat and says that's enough until her drip therapy of 5 days doesn't end and it's expected she might start eating ag”

“I'm coming here looking for help and advice please but it's a bit of a long story. Our rescue cat (after a long battle with gingivitis) had to have basically all her teeth out (a lower fang and small front teeth are left). She recovered really well. But still continued to sometimes flick her tongue around or look like something was stuck/irritating her mouth (mostly around eating and cleaning herself). She was fully checked over and the vets said to give it time as it would take months f”

“my 3 year old cat couldn’t get a hairball up in mid july and had to go to the ER. she then got a g-tube and put on medications. the hairball caused trauma to the esophagus and scarring so she developed 2 strictures. we couldn’t figure out what was exactly wrong with her until september and found out from the internal medicine specialist about the strictures. she had a small ballooning session with a 49% successful rate and thankfully she made it okay aside from small complications that got resol”

“my older bengal cat is not eating, i didnt notice right away because my sister was in charge of feeding her and she would let the kittens eat her food. i took her to the vet and they offered to give her a steroid shot and possibly blood work. i declined the blood work because the last time we did it (last year) she completely stopped eating for a week and it really stresses her out. the only other thing they mentioned at the vet was that she lost weight she was originally 10.3 pounds and now wei”

“Hi all, my 2-3 year old cat hasn’t been acting like herself today. She’s been less social and not eating her wet food (which she usually loves). She’ll eat treats when I put them out but thats about it. She’s also been using the bathroom as normal. I’m notorious for taking her to the emergency vet whenever something seems slightly off, and so far nothing has ever been a problem and Im left with a big bill. Obviously, I would rather take her and be on the safe side but wanted to check in here and”

“Hi! * Species: Cat * Age: 9 Yo * Sex/Neuter status:Spayed * Breed: European shorthair Calico? * Body weight: 5kg * History: generally healthy cat stopped eating, found bladder stone and got surgery to remove. around 36 hours post operation still wont eat. currently forcefeeding her tiny bits of Royal canin Recovery cans * Clinical signs: is sleeping a lot, not very active still breathing normally, no fever, took her to vet concerned but everything is fine with her physically after the surgery. *”

“Hi, my 2 year old little girl has just been diagnosed with FIP. We are on day 3 of treatment but she’s struggling. Currently our main issue is that she’s just not eating. She has been making this grinding noise when eating for quite a while, she takes a break in eating and it doesn’t seem like she has anything in her mouth, but she chews on the air and makes a ‘khump khump’ kinda noise. I’d say for the last two months. I wonder if she has some kind of infection in her mouth, and it’s just taking”

“So my cat completely stopped eating wet food. We tried fancy feast thing that looks like flan lol, fancy feast canned pate, even the AD hills food (which she ate but completely started hating). She also now hates churu, so I have been struggling with what to give her. She will eat the kibble here and there but it’s kinda meh. We are treating her with clavamox and denamarin for some acute hepatitis so I think that might be what’s driving her and maybe some food aversion. Does any vet have any sug”

“My cat (male neutered 8 years old) had dental surgery and all of his canines removed back in June and early July and since then, he refuses to eat out of his bowl. The first dental left him with a broken mandibular jaw which was wired for 4 weeks but X-rays for his second lot of canine removal showed that it hadn't healed as much as the vet was hoping. After consulting a dental specialist, she said to leave the wire out and repeat X-rays in 3 months. He will be starving but one sniff and the”

“Hi all, my 2 year old cat had all of her teeth besides her canines removed last February due to extreme feline stomatitis. She is spayed and around 7 pounds. She has adapted super well and seems happier, but recently has often been refusing to eat her wet food, but will almost always finish eating her dry food. She had diarrhea a few times a couple weeks ago, so I don’t know if her stomach is still upset or if she is sensitive to something in the wet food? I have been giving her 1/2 scoop ferape”

“My kitty is 4 months old, a basic domestic shorthair and shes both an inside and outside cat (i know thats not ideal its because of living conditions) yesterday I noticed she wasn't eating no matter what I tried but shes drinking water and being playful, and now shes been throwing up despite not having anything to throw up. I don't have money for the vet and I'm not sure if i can do anything at home please help submitted by /u/Thick_Flamingo_1891 [link] [comments]”

“Hi all, My cat is 14 weeks old, she’s been eating less than normal for last few days. Shes been biting a lot lately which can due to her teething. I tried all type of food, but she only eat a small bit of it. This morning I made her eggs which she loves but she only eat half of it. Overall she’s healthy, even her vet said she in a good health. She weighs 2.3kg, her weight hasn’t gone down but it’s stable. Is it normal for kitten to eat less when she’s teething? What was your experience? She’s ge”

“He's also been getting some medicine and I talked with vet about it and he said i could try heating up the food but then the whole house smells like a burnt corpse and cat doesn't really like the food anyways. submitted by /u/Above-new-zealand [link] [comments]”

“I have an senior girl who about a month ago stopped eating her wet food, and she rarely begs for food now. She eats small amounts of her dry food each day and when I get new types of food she'll eat it, but then after a few days she stops. I started warming up her wet food and for a few days she ate all of it, but now she's back to ignoring it. I'm definitely worried she's losing weight but she got checked up at the vet and all her bloodwork and initial checks came back fine, so”

“Hi there, I’m writing this as an extremely stressed pet parent and i’m so upset with this current situation and want to reach out to anyone who may have had experience with this and may see some sort of pattern. I’ve done some research online and i can’t find anything i’m hoping someone may have any experience with this. 9 month old Medium Hair Tabby named Moko 5.5 KG past medical history is a bit of a URI when he was a kitten, has been a perfect cat since. About him: He is extremely playful in”

“My cat (10yo neutered male) had 7 teeth extracted yesterday. I picked him up from the vet at 5:30 last night. He’s mostly been in hiding since the extraction. The vet called this morning asking how he was, and when I said he hadn’t eaten or drank anything yet, they recommended I bring him in for a tech appointment. I did just that and he received fluids, pain meds, and an appetite stimulant. They also syringed him a small amount of liquid food. My cat keeps acting interested in food. He is doing”

“Were on 7th day of taking clavaseptin, 1 tablet two times a day, she had gum flare up and before we do a full teeth removal were trying to calm down the mouth itself. Since friday evening she stopped coming to eat, and I have to set her down or chase her with the food to get her to eat, I put some warm water on the food, drown it in Churru, atleast the Churru seem to get her to actually eat, but she only eats half her portion. This morning she refused the food completely until I fed her the food”

“I recently took in a 12 year old former outside cat. He has been fed by our neighbors for years, but I became concerned when his one tooth began to tilt outside of his mouth and looked like it was rotting. I finally trapped him and got him to the vet a week ago, and he had an appt to have all but 2 of his teeth extracted 2 days later. He is on day 5 or 6 of his recovery and I have a few concerns. The amount of drool is insane. I have read that this can be normal, but he’s drooling to the point t”

“My cat stopped eating and drinking and going toilet and was throwing up, we took her vets and it turned out she had a massive intestinal blockage, she had surgery to remove lots of fur from her stomach and intestines. There was a contamination leak during the surgery and her stomach was flushed because of this, since the surgery her breathing is loud and sounds like mucus/fluid, the vet said it’s unusual but is assuming it’s irritation from the tube during surgery, my gut tells me it isn’t, we l”

“Information: Cat, 10, domestic shorthair, male (n), 8kg History: Cat was attacked by coyote twenty days ago. Had jaw reconstructive surgery / joint replacement. Initially recovery went well. Mouth was sutured shut but manual feeding went fine. Mouth sutures were removed on Tuesday. I gave cat antibiotics mixed in food. Cat was eating this fully. I was unintentionally underfeeding cat (only gave about 4 half packs of Iams wet food a day) as I was not familiar with feeding guidelines - used to fre”

“My cat is one year old, and I believe her breed is a Bombay. She had a spaying surgery about 10 days ago, and she has refused to eat ever since. I have taken her to the vet multiple times. The vet prescribed constipation medicine because she was backed up, which successfully helped empty her stomach, but she still refuses to eat anything. she is only drinking a little bit of water and nothing else. she has also lost a significant amount of weight! I have no idea what is wrong with her. How can I”

“Hi everyone, looking for advice as I’m a bit desperate after a week of trying to make my kitty eat more after a 7 teeth extraction. According to the vet, the surgery went well. Post-surgery, she has been seen by the vet 3 times, last time on Tuesday, 6 days post-op, and visually everything seems to be fine: stitches are intact, there is some swelling, but no signs of infection, no fever. No foul smell from the mouth, bathroom habits mostly normal with slightly increased urination - likely due to”

“My Cat, Willow, had a rectal prolapse and I got her surgery for it, she wasn't eating much so I brought her back to the vet where they gave her fluids and an appetite stimulant. A few days later she stopped eating entirely so I called the vet again and when I brought her back in for another appetite stimulant they found fluid in her lungs and said that her prolapse was likely caused by cancer and she was in alot of pain. They recommended euthanasia which I did, she was 14. I started doing re”

“my cat(female, 5.5 years old) had a hernia surgery on 8th august. She gets very scared and aggressive at the vets clinic. She removed her cap somehow on 12th august somehow, licked her stitches and started vomiting after. We took her to the vet the same day and he said the incision site is swollen and gave her antibiotics. She did an antibiotic course for two days. She also got painkillers and anti nausea medicine. After 12th august, she would vomit once every day. So on 15th august, we got a bl”

“My cat is 4 months old and has lordosis. So she needed an emergency enema. Now after enema doctor said its normal for her to keep pooping till all her poop is out. She got an enema yesterday and stopped pooping about 12 hours later. Now she has again pooped herself. Will she keep pooping herself?. Also the biggest concern is it has been about 20 hours and she hasn't ate anything yet. Species : she's a cat I found off the streets Sex: Female Age: 4 months and 9 days Sprayed: Not sprayed W”

“Recently my cat has been very picky with her food. She had lots of dental extractions back in April so she is on a wet food only diet. A few weeks ago she was pestering me for food as usual, but when I would feed her she would sniff her food and walk away. I changed the brand and flavor of the food and she inevitably ate it. Scarfed it down actually. Yesterday it happened again - yelling at me to feed her but then walking away from her food once it was available. She will accept a Churru treat.”

“Hi! I have a 9yr old DMH who has had issues with her teeth most of her life. She’s had 3 dentals already and has had 22 of her teeth extracted. On Monday night I noticed she left most of her food alone. I offered it to her again and she tried to eat, but began pawing pretty frantically at her mouth. She’s exhibited this behavior in the past due to dental pain and I had to get some teeth pulled at that time, so I went ahead and scheduled to get bloodwork done for a dental on Tuesday. We are curre”

“My cat got her blood draw from her throat today, (3 times and she is in treatment for pancreatitis) ts a hard process and she has an hematoma. When she got here she ate and she's now eating treats however she is a bit in pain as I noticed. The vet told me its fine but im really nervous and Idk what to do. Please help me I'm panicking Age: 10 She's neutered She's a girl and a tabby cat submitted by /u/AnonimousCherry [link] [comments]”

“My 6-month-old kitten was neutered almost a month ago, and we had to travel to a nearby city for the surgery because I live in a small town. Yesterday we came back home, and since then he’s barely eaten anything and has vomited twice. The first time was a hairball, and the second time was the tiny amount of food he had eaten. There’s a female cat next door who is currently in heat, so I’m wondering if that could be affecting him. I’ve read that male cats can still react to females in heat for a”

“So my cats been on a diet (Because he chunky). Vet said to cut back on dry food, which is what I usually give him in the mornings via automatic feeder (at 5am). I now give my cat a smaller portion of dry food in the mornings. I woke up before 5am because of his meowing. I have a friend staying over so I did my best to keep him entertained with toys. He got over the toys fast and kept meowing, but he also opened his mouth without making a sound. He would open his mouth for second then keep meowin”

“My cat has been on Royal Canin Urinary SO for a couple of years because of a past urinary blockage that almost cost him his life. He is a very hungry cat generally but 2 weeks ago stopped eating normally, took him to a vet and found he was constipated. He was also vomiting and had very inflamed intestines, the whole length was inflamed. Since he returned back home he hasnt been eating much and will now ONLY eat tuna and boiled chicken. I have tried mixing it with the canned version of urinary SO”

“Species: Cat Age: 3 months Sex/Neuter status: Spayed Breed: Tabby(?) Body weight: Unknown History: Unknown Clinical signs: Refusing food/water/litterbox Duration: 24 hours Yesterday morning I adopted a kitten from a family who's original cat had had a litter. She was one of five and the owners had warned us that she was shy, which I was fine with as I have lived with cats that prefer their own space. However, upon arriving to pick her up, she was hiding under furniture and refused to come ou”

“Domestic Shorthair cat, 1 year old, Neutered, 10 pounds currently- down from 13 due to illness. Hi everyone. I’m hoping someone can give me some advice before I completely drive myself crazy. I’m a first-time cat owner. My boy, Fish, is a 1-year-old tabby, and I’ve had him for almost 11 months. Until two weeks ago, he had been the healthiest cat imaginable. Great appetite, drank plenty of water, and had never thrown up (at least not that I’d ever seen). Everything started on July 20th. I came ho”

“My cat is a 4 year old domestic shorthair spayed female who recently underwent 2 major surgeries to save her life. She had cat flu as a kitten (she is a rescue) which caused her to have nasopharyngeal stenosis so severe that her airway was only 1-2mm wide, however she also had 2 lacerations in her soft palate, one was a hole in the middle which they originally thought was a cleft palate, and the second one was a laceration at the base of the soft palate nearly entirely across the whole width. Th”

“My 3 kg female cat was spayed 4 days ago. The first day ate very little, but over the last couple of days her appetite has come back completely. She's now eating normally, drinking well, peeing normally, and is alert. She isn't vomiting, doesn't seem painful, and isn't straining to poop, she just hasn't tried to poop at all. She has been wearing an e-collar, and I've been restricting her activity as much as possible (although she did manage to jump onto a bed/chair a few”

“Hello! My cat is a female orange tabby and is 10 years old, no other issues than she has had a cleft palate for as long as we had her (she appeared when she was one), she always had quality of life, never choked, or anything of the sort. Our other vet before the one we go to right now said if we would like it to be fixed the operation would cause her to have a feeding tube, and as someone that had a feeding tube for a short period I thought causing that much distress on her would just not be the”

“My 13 yr old kitty, I’ve taken care of her so well, I’ve had her since she was 3 months old. Indoor only. I’ve fed her the best food, I know her schedule of when she eats and when she poops and pees and I am always attentive to her clump size and everything, if she deviates from that schedule which she does I always look out and it’s just kitty being Kitty. She was just fine, nothing alarming until I noticed she wasn’t eating as much. She will eat her treats though. So I kept watching for 2 days”