yeah, anything that keeps a human from spraying is always a fine choice i always say...
really loved the post that referred to antidepressants as "mental drugs" tho! it's so damned hard to say "no" to these cats who did NOTHING to deserve what humans have done to them, isn't it???? and where ARE you going to put them? hee hee--have you thrown out all your tenants yet for extra cat space? (looking out my window at the snow, and being afraid to check the weatherbug to see what the temp/windchill are--and remembering your wonderful house-----with space heaters! oh, what a thought--to be able to survive winter that way! scariest, tho, i guess, is that in the older parts of buffalo, that IS how everyone STILL heats... snow is definitely pretty and all, but the older i get, the less appeal it and intense cold hold for me! wonder if i could return to the joys of childhood if this part of michigan had sliding hills. naw, unless i could find a snowsuit with a long extension cord and built-in warmers...) MC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: Re: fluvoxsamine > Sounds like a very effective drug, MaryChristine :) But all > interesting info, including the Yahoo groups. Hope things are going > well with you. I'm getting 3 more cats and a kitten today, pulled > from the city - andn I'm going AHGGG, where am I going to put them? > Oh well. > > Gloria > > > >gee, i've been taking fluvoxamine for a couple of years (brand name, > >Luvox).... and i haven't sprayed once. of course, i didn't spray BEFORE i > >took it, either, so i'm not sure how helpful my experience is..... in other > >words, it's a human antipressant, and i have no idea what studies if any > >have been done in our feline friends. i DO know, however, that it's the only > >medication of its kind that's had any positive effect on me, so i'm sure > >that it's the same in cats--find a vet who will work with you, and try the > >few things you haven't so far! > > > >confinement to condo-cages, for as long as it takes (sometimes close to a > >year!), works well with inappropriate elimination problems, but spraying > >isn't exactly the same thing--and the incentive to keep one's own space > >clean can be mooted by one's just spraying OUTSIDE said space... > > > >if i really loved the cat and wanted to keep him, i guess i'd just find him > >a bathroom of his own--or cover vertical surfaces with easy-to-clean plastic > >sheeting.... (had to do the latter, actually, with a spayed female persian i > >had years ago.) there are yahoo groups for "special needs" cats, too, who > >might be willing to take him on as an only cat... > > > >MaryChristine > > >
