For Peepers, Prozac is not a sedative. It effects serotonin levels in the brain. Her's are haywire anyway. I think of it like lithium given to someone who is bipolar, replacing something that should have been there to start with.
Great book on psycho-kitties and their treatment: The Cat Who Cried for Help: Attitudes, Emotions, and the Psychology of Cats, by Nicholas Dodman (http://tinyurl.com/hj4lu)
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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....)
