As far as nervous chewing - our vet prescribed ovaban tablets. They seem to work but another vet says they can cause diabetes. What is this groups opinion on this? I recall years ago they also gave ovaban to me for male cat I had adopted. He was aggressive and they said it would calm him down. We have 3 cats out of the 14 that have skin problems. Sneezy pulls fur out on her hind quarters, Frodo has dandruff real bad, and then there is Cassie - she has licked the hair from her hind legs. All were fixed fairly young, except the Sneezy, the one who chews her hind quarters. She is also Cassie's mother. Frodo, the one with dandruff is very heavy and he seems to have allergies. Long haired and was bottle fed.
Any ideas?
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From: Leslie Lawther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mar 8, 2007 3:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Questions and concerns
Glad someone brought up Amitriptyline! I have a few very nervous cats and they were prescribed Amitriptyline. I have taken them off the medication because it makes them too tired to be nervous! Has anyone ridden out the side effects to see if they do, in fact, go away after some time?? I always revert back to the "quality" versus "quantity" - I would not want to live zonked out....Leslie =^..^=
On 3/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Medicating with amitriptyline (sp?) helps nervous cats lots of times. Prozac is also
sometimes used.
As for the FELV vaccine, I don't believe in giving it to adult cats at all. Healthy
adult cats develop natural immunity as they approach adulthood. The only time I would
use it were if I had a kitten under 1 year old that I knew was going to be exposed to
FELV. Then, I would give one shot, and never again. There are no studies that suggest
that repeated vaccines increase immunity, and in fact, most trials show that most
vaccines produce immunity for life, or at least for many years (depending on the
vaccine). (you'll note that us humans don't have to go in for annual smallpox and
rubella vaccines)
As for rabies, I would not give it more than once every 3 years, and I would NOT use
an adjuvanted vaccine, so that means it would have to be Merial's Purevax rabies, as
that is currently the ONLY non-advuvanted rabies vaccine. Of course, you have your
local and state laws to consider with regards to the rabies vaccine, most places
require it legally.
More info on vaccines can be found at: http://ucat.us/vaccines.html
Phaewryn
http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
Special Needs Cat Resources
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Leslie =^..^=
To leave the world a better place - whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or an improved social condition - that is to have succeeded. That only one life breathed easier because you lived - that is success.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson
