something is wrong with my kitten

Question
QUESTION: She is 4 months and hasn't eaten all day, she has been hiding all day as well in the bathroom. She won't eat food or even treats. She won't play either. She has no energy at all. Not play full today hasn't eaten or drank water. I am scared. She purrs when I pick her put but when I set her beside me she leaves and lays back down in the bathroom.

ANSWER: Your kitten is very sick. She needs to be taken to the vet and soon, like tomorrow. Young kittens do not have the kind of reserve that older cats have to fight off diseases.

I can't tell you what it wrong with her but she needs to be seen tomorrow and tested for leukemia, and looked over for any abscesses she might be cooking, or she could have a respiratory illness. Kittens can dehydrate very quickly if she isn't drinking water. That alone is very bad.
Does she feel warm all over to you, like she is hot? If she has a fever she will lay on the bathroom floor because it's cool.

In any case, she needs a vet soon!!

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QUESTION: She seems to be a bit better today, I got her to eat some treats at least and since I don't have wet food I put water in it. And she just eat a tiny bit. My friend told me it might be cause she has sore teeth that she was doing that? She has just lost a tooth a few days ago and got a new tooth in. Cause that also be why? Yesterday she wouldn't even lay with me, but she is now.
Could it just been teeth problems?

Answer
Doubtful. Most all kittens and puppies romp right through losing all of their teeth and the owners never even know.

Has she been outside? If so, are their other cats around? Has she been vaccinated or ever tested for FELV, FIV, or FIP? Has she been vaccinated at all?


It still sounds like she is pretty sick. I would still call your vet and at least ask them if she should be seen.

Again, dehydration is a major issue here since she isn't taking in enough water. If you could get some Pedialyte down here by syringe that would be very beneficial for her.
But call the vet as well. I do hope that she gets well soon.