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Cats are creatures that can spend most of their time indoors, especially when they are your pets. Inside your home feels like a whole world for them, and they tend to know little about what’s outside the home they live in. So, the idea of a new home can be a big change for them, as well as an uneasy task. To them, it will feel like moving to a whole new world.
Humans themselves tend to feel a bit of uneasiness when relocating. A lot is being left behind. This is the same way your cat might feel when moving to a new home. There would be a lot of changes for them; the smell of the new location, new and unfamiliar objects, the new animals around. Most of all, your cat might be miss a lot about the old home. If it usually has a favorite spot, it’ll definitely miss it.
The struggle with the move to a new location can make them behave strangely. But what’s interesting is that these creatures are so adorable that when they act up at times, you will still find yourself caring and loving them.
Their behaviors might leave you with thoughts and questions you need to solve, especially if it’s one that may result in bad occurrences. Just like when your cat refuses to eat in the new location. This behavior may leave you with fear if it continues. It’s okay if your cat doesn’t eat immediately when in its new home, but it’s definitely not okay if it continues to do it for days.
Well, in this article we will be expounding the very steps to take to get your cat to eat and keep doing so in its new home.
What Happen If Your Cat Don’t Eat?
Before you know how to curb this problem of your cat not eating, it’s also necessary to know the aftermath of your cat’s abstinence from food.
It is risky for your cat to stay days without eating anything. Their body would develop a fatty liver disease called “hepatic lipidosis”. This disease, hepatic lipidosis, results when your body starts generating energy through the metabolism of fat stores. This conversion from fats to energy is done by the liver. When the liver becomes stuffed, liver disease then occurs. This liver disease in cats can cause severe illness when it isn’t properly treated.
However, sufficient nutrition is needed to prevent hepatic lipidosis and problems associated with it. So this is why your cat needs to eat. Know how much you should feed your cat.
What You Should Do
Your cat not eating in its new home is just means it’s emotionally stressed. So, to solve the bad eating habit, you have to make your cat feel more secured in its new home. Below are some steps you can take to reduce the insecurity your cat feels in its new home.
Increase Care and Attention
Care for them with much attention. You shouldn’t leave them alone, lurking around somewhere. Always bring them out of any hiding place to the open.
Give Them No Room to Hide
If there are any hiding spots in your new home, do block all of them. Your cats should find nowhere to hide. Most times you might find it difficult to bring them out of their hiding places, so blocking these places won’t give them the chance to hide in the first place.
Use a Feliway Diffuser
For some weeks, you should employ the use of a “Feliway Diffuser”. It fills the air with “feline pheromone”, which helps to reduce the attitudes your cat displays due to anxiety.
Play Interactively with Them
This is a time to have real fun with your cat. Take out every of your cat’s toys. Let every play be an interactive one. You shouldn’t leave your cat to play all by itself. There are fun ones you don’t necessarily have to do much to participate in like the laser pointers which cats love. It’s easy to do. Just keep pointing the lasers!
There are other activities cats love like playing in boxes, especially cardboard or paper grocery bags. These activities are engaging and very effective in creating a happy state of mind for your cats. They’ll feel safer, more relaxed in the new home, and mostly, ready to eat again. Read more on how to entertain your cat.
Be Happy Around Them
One interesting about cats is that they can be very sensitive and able to detect different moods. So, if you have problems, it’ll be wrong to express them near your furry friends. You should make sure your worries aren’t visible when your cat is around you. It will make them more anxious and insecure.
Don’t Force Them
Its bad eating behavior will not be solved straight away. The adaptation to its new home will be gradual and won’t need any forceful action taken. You may get them to act up the more if you apply force. So, let them take their time to understand their new environment.
Do All Cats Act Up After Relocations?
Cats, just like humans have different personalities. The behavior of one cat might be different from another. During relocations, most cats can get excited, exploring everywhere around the new home. However, some cats may feel strange but still don’t act up. There are those like the ones we’re considering in this article that don’t take any change likely and act up pretty bad like abstaining from food.
So, not all cats display the same behavior. Their likes and dislikes differ a lot. Considering nutrition in new homes, some cats might eat much, some can be less and some won’t at all.
Conclusion
Your cat may need some time to re-adapt to its new home. If you observe all of these steps and your cat seems not to change its attitude, especially towards eating, you should consult a veterinarian for help. However, with this article, hopefully, you are now aware of what to do on your own to help your cat feel secured and eat in a new home.
