First of all, I am so sorry to hear about
what happened to Buddy – we do everything we can to care for our little
babies.. but when something like this happens, I know that we always think of
things we did or did not do.. but regardless, I know that Buddy knows that you
loved and still love him very much and you did what you could do to make sure
that they are both ok with each other.
I hate the idea of caging any one for
anytime – especially after what I did to George –
I have not tried Feliway in the room that
they are in – and yes I will definitely try – and will also try cat
nips. Ginger really never cared for cat nips but I am sure that Tsubomi
will --- they have been together two months or so now. And this is something
new and I am a bit freaking out - if their space is a bit bigger, I
wouldn’t worry too much since Tsubomi does not constantly after Ginger –
I am also thinking it’s a territorial thing as Tsubomi wants to claim
that the top of the tower is hers – do you think having another cat tower
will help, too?
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006
3:55 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: HELP! Tsubomi is
bulling Ginger -
I had a similar situation with Buddy
bullying Simon, both of whom were FeLV+ and sort of confined (at the time they
lived in a furnished garage apartment with a fenced in yard and cat door, so it
was not a small space, but still somewhat confined). He really terrified
and bullied Simon. When I went away for a week and someone from the
shelter was going to feed them, she suggested that I put Buddy in a big cage
for the week I was gone so that he did not beat Simon up or corner him the
whole time. I did that, and had a friend go a few times and take him out for a
few hours. Buddy got lymphoma or FIP (never accurately diagnosed) a month or
two later, and I always felt it was from the stress of being in the cage for
the week. Given this, I would not recommend caging Tsubomi.
Have you tried putting a Feliway diffuser
in there and also spraying Feliway? That has helped in the past with
mine. Also, Patches is on transdermal benedryl for her anxiety-caused
overgrooming, and a side effect has been that she has stopped hitting the other
cats on the head as much. Maybe a little benedryl and the Feliway would chill
Tsubomi out. The dose is 6.5 mg twice a day, which is like 1/4 of the
already very small over-the-counter 25 mg Benedryl pills if you give it orally.
I give Patches transdermally compounded Benadryl because she is hard to pill
and after a few days of chasing her around and tackling her I decided giving it
to her orally was not going to help her anxiety problem!
Also, do you give them catnip in a bunch
of different places in the room?
Michelle
In a message dated 1/3/2006 5:44:27 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, I recently found out that Tsubomi is bulling my baby Ginger
– they are both FeLK kitties and are isolated in a small area – I
was hoping that they will become friends. Recently I noticed that, Ginger does
not go up to her favorite place – the top of the tower – it seems
it’s because Tsubomi gets mad if she goes up there, even if she is not
there --- Tsubomi is a sweet girl.. for some reason, they don’t get along
well and breaking my heart. I love my Ginger very much, and when I
brought Tsubomi over in November, I was hoping that Ginger will be happy, but I
am not so sure anymore.. I don’t know what to do.. I love them both
–it’s such a small place that they are in, which makes the
situation worse….I sort of putting another cat tower in there.. but I am
not sure if Tsubomi will do the same thing to Ginger .. I am thinking of
putting Tsubomi in a crate during day time, so at least Ginger can feel not
threatened.. I am just so sad for Ginger and makes me very sad.. I did not want
to give up.. but do I need to??
