2 Months, Old Kitten doesn't eat dry or wet food

We have a 2 months old kitten living in our house with his mother. The cat was originally a stray cat and gave birth. All kittens, are eating canned dry and wet food. But this one kitten doesn't eat anything except boiled egg and boiled and her mother's milk.
I don't know how make him eat other food than that. I am concerned for his health as he is not getting all nutrition.
Please advise what should I do?

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4meAndyou · F

You should contact your veterinarian. They have special canned food there that usually gets a cat to want to eat it, because it smells so good. They give it to sick cats who won't eat.

Catering to the cat, and giving her boiled eggs, will probably fixate her on that one food, and eventually she won't like any other, and can develop brittle bones that will just snap when she jumps or moves the wrong way.

It is all right to let the cat be hungry for a day or two. She will be much more inclined to eat the canned food.

Rozail · 41-45, F

@4meAndyou thank you for your reply.
I am, also concerned about his health but again it's very difficult to see a kitten hungry. Can I really keep 2 months old kitten hungry? He also feeding on her mother still.

4meAndyou · F

@Rozail It's not going to hurt her to feed from her mother...or his mother if it is a male. [i]You should really call your veterinarian. [/i]

My adult cat has become a picky eater, and refuses all foods but the food he has decided he will eat that day. Fortunately, most of it is dry food...but it gets stale waiting for him to eat, and I have to throw it away. He is losing weight.

If I want the cat to be really sick, I can just feed him water from a can of tuna or chicken, or open a can of sardines in water, or even give him a slice of smoked turkey lunchmeat...but that just makes him worse. He gets SO picky he is starving himself rather than eat.