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It took Ebony a year to stop snarling at me every
time I were by. And he was not in a cage and free to come and go pretty
much as he pleased. They settle on their schedule and 5 months is not a
long time in a cat's mind. The Royal Princess Kitty Katt chose to stay
hidden for 3 months and she was a feral turned house cat of my parents who moved
in with me (against her will). Again, their time tables. Good
luck. Have you tried Nutrical or other high calorie supplement????
Maybe AD????
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 8:03
PM
Subject: Re: Jimi the stressed out
cat?
You can get Elavil compounded in a salve for transdermal
application inside the ear. Or oral prozac. I would consider
either as a short-term fix while he acclimated, maybe a couple of weeks just
till he settles in a bit.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It really does sound stress-related, which would be IBS, probably. I
have never researched IBS because it's not what Lucy has. Maybe you should
do an internet search on feline IBS and see what you come up with, both for
diagnosis purposes and to see if they suggest anything helpful. Perhaps a
psych med would help, or something like the transdermal benadryl I give
Patches to calm her down and stop her from overgrooming.
In case it could be helped with food, I really would suggest trying raw
(which you probably don't have time to do, given all you are doing) or EVO.
A lot of the commercial sensitive stomach foods have grains in them, which
are very hard on IBD cats. You cold also try pred for a week or so and
see if it helps, like I did with Lucy. But, again, it really does sound
from what you are saying like it is stress-related, which would be IBS
rather than IBD and probably not related to food and probably not helped by
any meds other than perhaps psych meds.
Michelle
In a message dated 9/17/2006 8:23:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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?
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