older kitty wont eat or drink

[u/CartographerFree4294]

hello, i’m a 21 year old US college student with an older kitty (14 years, spayed) who got sick recently. she was lethargic, weak, and had thrown up a lot two days ago, and has this really icky smelling breath/drool, and so yesterday i took her to the vet first thing in the morning. they did a full blood panel and even an ultrasound and found nothing abnormal about her aside from an elevated temp/fever.

breakdown of the services:

Hemogram - CBC
Superchem IH
Catalyst Pancreatic Lipase Test
Ultrasound
Fluids - LRS
Anti Nausea inj Cerenie/Emprev
Maropitant 16mg Anti Nausea

they said there was nothing remarkable or abnormal with her results, and more than likely she’s just caught some type of bug or is just feeling under the weather.

they had me go home with two tablets of the anti nausea and to feed half to her every 24 hours. i just gave her the first half this morning and she still won’t eat. i will say her energy is still low but she’s more responsive to things than she was the night before. she sleeps a lot still, but seems a little stronger in the legs (not entirely, but throughout the night i would wake up and find her in various spots around my room, a lot of which required some climbing and hopping down. or when we’re sitting together with me trying to feed her or have her potty, she’ll walk and rub against me real slowly) but she’ll perk up at sights and sounds and look around once in a while, and she purred for the first time since getting sick when i made her a little blanket cave to curl up in which she’s always loved.

but still, overall, shes still very tired and despite perking up once in a while at the smell of food—still won’t eat and drink. i called the vet and no answer back yet, they close within the hour. what should i do? my parents are willing to chip in but i can’t really afford these constant vet visits and need some help. thank you!

[u/retreff]

One trick to try is to put wet kitten food on her paw and see if she licks it off

[u/CartographerFree4294 → u/retreff]

She does and she seems like she wants to eat but very little at a time :(