days_unfolding | Harlee still isn't eating

I gave Harlee tuna this morning, and she didn't eat that. I gave her the type of cat food that she's used to, and she didn't eat that either. I'm getting really unnerved. I didn't see any evidence that she used the litter box or otherwise walked around.

So I let Random into the bedroom. He couldn't find her (although he didn't look under the bed), and she didn't try to find him. I pulled some stuff out from under the bed, but still couldn't see her. However, Random suddenly hid under a chair, so maybe she let out a rumble that I couldn't hear.

I think I'll call my vet as well as the shelter to find out when I should intervene. I think tomorrow that I'll take apart the bed, find her, see how she's doing, and try to improve visibility under the bed. I don't want to do so now because I don't want to rile her up when I'm going to sleep, but maybe I'll do that in the AM so that I have more info to give the shelter and vet (and not to mention, so I'll worry less).

I hate the fact that I've been wondering if I'm writing about Harlee too much. Maybe this is the first step in taking back my journal. It has so taken on a life of its own. And my nuisance caller is back after a hiatus. All I want is to live quietly with my cats (and have both of them eat).

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Well I don't think you're writing about Harlee
too much. How many days has it been now since
the cat ate? I've seen this behavior with many cats
when their lives have been disrupted.
I'm concerned that Harlee doesn't seem to be
drinking water. Animals dehydrate so quickly.)
I'd call the shelter, ask them what to do next.

As for the phone calls you're receiving, I still get the
hang-up calls. I'm pretty sure that these are random,
but I'm a bit more sensitive to this than I would have
been had I not had that freak calling me.
If you do shut down your journal, I will miss you
but I understand where you're coming from.

:)

I can't tell if Harlee's drinking water or not. I think that she might be drinking from a leaky faucet because I found my glasses (which were lying near the sink) on the floor this morning.

The shelter seems to think that the presence of my other cat will solve everything (she likes other cats), so I'm about to bring him in for another visit. I'm planning on calling the vet tomorrow morning.

I'm still planning to make my journal friends-only, but the problem is time. Maybe now that I've cleared my plate some more, I can write the public entries that I planned to write and then go through the work of shutting this thing down.

I certainly don't think you're writing about her too much.. Remember when I got Zephyr? Posted tons about her, and I don't regret it a bit.

I am a bit concerned over her not eating though. Will she take people food at least? Or dry food? A lot of cats like milk, even though its really bad for them, you might try soaking some kibble with milk (or a cat-milk substitute). Another trick is to mix chicken broth in with the food, sometimes that'll get them to eat as well. She will eat eventually, though it'd be good if it was sooner rather than later.

Will she allow you to hold her at all? Or does she run in fear? I think I would probably move the bed and any furniture far enough away from the wall to make sure she doesn't get stuck again..

In any case.. good luck with her! She should eventually calm down.

California has some pretty stiff stalker laws, if I remember right.. the phone company will also trace any calls if you call them and tell them (at least they did when I had a problem but this was Qwest, ymmv.) Dunno if you've tried all that already though..

I've tried people food, moist cat food, and dry food in different flavors, and no dice. I haven't tried milk yet, but I did buy some cat-milk substitute, and maybe I'll try that. My other cat, Random, even ate her food once, and that didn't help.

I haven't tried to hold her; she's much too shy. At the shelter, she sniffed my hand once, but that's about all that she's comfortable with. Part of the problem right now is that she's really scared of me and doesn't want to be in the same room with me. I'm planning to move her to my home office, which would give her a lot more solitude. Thanks for the kind thoughts.

I did have my phone calls traced during the time that the caller stopped calling (as it turned out). I don't know how often I can have my calls traced. I suppose I can ask.

That when she is hungry enough, she will eat. I have never heard of a cat starving herself to death!
S

Thanks. I would think so. However, I read on the Internet that if a cat stops eating for more than two days, they run a risk of fatal liver problems, so that's got me worried. I'm going to call the vet tomorrow.

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