I have a cat who also has several bb's in him (lost his eye to one) and has severe agression problems with other cats, Prozac has definitely helped, though unfortunately the violent outbursts are so bad he still can't live with others.
It did not seem to dope him up like Amitriptylene does to some cats. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Susan Hoffman <susan_hoff...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Just an fyi, prozac does not dope a cat up. It sounds like the benadryl > and prozac have much the same effect. > > --- On Tue, 12/8/09, lernermiche...@aol.com <lernermiche...@aol.com> > wrote: > > > From: lernermiche...@aol.com <lernermiche...@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] PTSD > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:00 PM > > We had great luck calming PTSD-type > > anxiety in our cat Patches with small daily doses of > > Benadry. The vet told us the amount to give (I think it was > > 1/6 of a pill twice a day?) but she did not like getting > > pilled, which added to her stress, so we got the vet to call > > in a prescription to a compounding pharmacy for a > > transdermal dosing of it-- they put it into tubes and we > > rubbed one unit into the skin of the inside of her ear twice > > a day. We used it for about 6 years. It was like night and > > day. Before, she licked her stomach bald, went after all the > > other cats, and ran around crying like someone was after her > > (no one was). With the benadryl she was a happy, normal cat > > and all her stomach fur grew in. If we ever forgot a dose, > > she started reverting to anxious behaviors. It did not make > > her drowsy-- she played all the time and was quite perky and > > cheerful. I would recommend trying this over prozac or > > elevil any day. > > > > Do not buy benadryl cream to do this with-- it's totally > > different. you need to either give the correct dosing (ask > > your vet) of oral benadryl in pill form, or get oral > > benadryl compounded into a transdermal cream. > > > > Michelle L. > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
