Hi Susan,
I've started to seriously consider pharmaceutical help for my psycho
kitty Matilda. (A good start would be for me to stop calling her
"psycho kitty" :) ). It will be a last resort and I have to do some
research on it. Someone else mentioned Clomacalm (sp?). Have you ever
heard of it? I detest the idea of having an animal that has to be
segregated for the rest of their life, just a little more than the
thought of keeping someone sedated. I keep telling myself, "never say
never". Patience, patience, patience!
Nina
Susan Hoffman wrote:
Something else to consider, which I have done on rare ocassion with
good results, is psychiatric medication. One of my own cats iss on
Prozac due to brain abnormalities most likely the result of her mother
being starved during pregnancy. I'll skip the long story but my vet
put Peepers on prozac about 18 months ago. She was so hyper-defensive
and aggressive that I did consider having her euthanized. The prozac
was a last resort and for Peepers has literally saved her life.
Peepers is on it for life but twice we have had foster cats who were
horroble/dangerous with other cats and put them on it temporarily out
of desperation while they acclimated to a multi-cat environment and
until other arrangements could be made. It helped a great deal. Talk
to your vet about something along these lines. (Someone I know gets
Elavil in a salve that can be rubbed inside a cat's ear. Another
possibility....)
