You can talk to your vet about mood altering drugs too. Mi Tu was on
a couple, including Prozac. Sometimes they help and sometimes they
don't. My old standbys, Rescue Remedy, Feliway, and high powered catnip,
could also help.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's
creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their fellow
man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:01
PM
Subject: Re: Jimi the stressed out
cat?
It sounds to me as if he feels that the cage is his safe place. Where he
can be safe from all the other animals in the household. Is he a foster or
what? Are all the dogs & cats inside? Cause just in sheer numbers, I
would imagine that would stress an already stressed out kitty.
If you can, I would put him & his cage in his own room &
keep the door shut. Let him stay in his cage for a while so long as he is ok
with it, but then start leaving the cage door open & let him take his time
in coming out. See how that goes. I would keep him with that for quite a
while. Weeks & if he does well, only gradually re-introduce him to the
rest, maybe one at a time.
But it may take time.
Meanwhile you can also baby his GI tract with just canned food, no dry.
And try the foods that are used for IBD - like the IVD formulas.
Pam
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:23
PM
Subject: Jimi the stressed out
cat?
Thanks Michelle,
He has had two fecals both negative, did two rounds of metronidazole,
one round of albon and of course wormer. He is a maine coon found dumped
outside matted to the skin had to be shaved. Declawed. Its almost impossible
for a rescue to be low stress on a high stress cat. At the moment I have 8
dogs and six cats here and a couple of kittens that are caged. The adult
healthy fully vetted cats I like to let out of the cage.
We have tried a lot of sensitive stomach food with Jimi. This is the
worst, he seems to do better in a cage, stool wise. He loves attention and
gives kisses. If allowed out of the cage too long he starts urinating on the
bed, then the stool gets real loose and then vomiting starts always on my
bed. Writing this down helps....guess it really is stress isnt it?
what do you guys
suggest?
