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N asked in PetsCats · 8 years ago

My cat isn't eating his food?

We got him yesterday, and he's a long-haired domestic cat. We accidentally got food for Persian kittens, and he's been eating them just fine. The only this is, he now has food in his bowl, but he's hiding behind the washing machine, asleep. I'll change the food to cat food as soon as I can, but I'm worried sick. He's been asleep the entire day, hiding. I know hiding is normal behavior for new cats, and I know cats sleep too, but it's not finishing the food?

Also, he's usually active after dark. This is normal, right?

Thank you!

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Unlike dogs, cats don't always finish their food right away, so that's nothing to worry about. Your cat is in new surroundings, so he's nervous. Give him some space and a safe quiet place he can go to and he'll be fine, he'll soon settle in.

    And yes cats do tend to be more active at night, so if you don't want him leaping all over your bed all night, make sure he has his own bed and shut him in the kitchen overnight.

    Enjoy your new friend!

    Source(s): I've had cats all my life and I work in a cat rescue centre
  • Ken S
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    We accidentally got food for Persian kittens

    What the ??? Are you talking about here? Stop falling for this crap. There is only proper or improper food for the species. Everything you said sounds normal though but if you want to save money on vet bills feed proper food

    Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health

    Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.

    Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingredient a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?

    http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea%E2%80%A6

    http://www.sniksnak.com/ac/petfooddefini%E2%80%A6

    Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s, constipation, and a host of other problems. Male cats are especially prone to blockages

    from dry food. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with grains and carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process. ( Have a fat cat?)

    An even bigger problem is that it IS dry and it dehydrates no matter how much your cat drinks

    Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food. Cats are not naturally big drinkers.

    95% of the moisture is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Think about it.

    Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.

    http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_%E2%80%A6

    You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all.

    THE BEST CAT FOODS CONTAIN NO GRAINS NO BYPRODUCTS

    Cats are meat eaters not cereal or rice eaters

    Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. I would rather feed a middle grade canned food then the top of the line dry food.

    Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck in between.

    http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac%E2%80%A6

    http://www.felinefuture.com/?p=470ary&ac%E2%80%A6

    Please read about cat nutrition.

    http://www.catinfo.org/

    http://www.catinfo.org/?link=felineobesi%E2%80%A6

    http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht%E2%80%A6

    Prescription diets It is extremely rare that they should be fed

    The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with the people pushing it on

    them with their own research showing how great their food is. Who is going to spend money or research for animals these

    days. The food companies that is who. Their research is designed not to hurt their bottom line

    Believe me a company researching their own products are in it for profit

    Some vets are behind the times when it comes to nutrition

    but more are reading and becoming up to date

    Times change information changes over time as more is learned. Please do your research

    . Notice grants for for this nutritional class in a vet school

    http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/news_&_events.%E2%80%A6

    http://www.mndaily.com/2010/02/18/vet-sc%E2%80%A6

    Hills Science Plan, a pet-food brand owned by Colgate-Palmolive, boasts that: 'More vets feed Hills than any other pet food.'

    Last year, Hills sponsored the British Veterinary Association's 2009 Congress (the biggest meeting on the veterinary calendar).

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    Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244595/Is-…

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  • 8 years ago

    It's all normal. When cats go to a new home, they will sometimes go 1-2 days without eating.

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