Oh poor baby - its horrible when they are so scared because you feel helpless. The first words that came into my head was Feliway but then read further and found you have 6 of them!!
. To be honest, we would all eat chavvy food if we didnt know any better - who can blame him!! I gave sally the occasional treat of tuna (just in water) and she would tear my hand off to get to it. At least he is getting the Ipakatine which will be helping. You can get the feliway spray which you could apply directly to a normal collar (if he wears one - not many cats like them) or to his bedding etc. Is he insured? If he is with a good one then they might pay for alternative therapies, although these are really new so some companies are taking their time catching on. I used to think that alternative therapies worked because of the placebo effect, which would obviously not work in cats, but am changing my mind to this as a few of our clients have used acupuncture for arthritis and homeopathy (although they tell me, not the vet!!) for skin with some good results. They should come to the house too to help reduce the stress.
Pica doesnt seem to be a huge problem with my vet either, and during my training I learned that it can obviously exhibit from a deficiency in a mineral but also can just be that the animal wants to do it ( we all have our little strange ways!!
). Its a shame he wont take the pills, am not sure if there are any other forms these natural sedatives come in because it would be pointless to stress him out to try to give him the pill in the first place
. Did you say youve got Viacutin? There is some from Efavet as well but I think they all work in the same way.
I feel guilty some times for Sally, being stuck in the lampshade but ive seen her at her worst and it broke my heart so I hope ive made the right choice.
Sorry for waffling - I am glad Clapton is feeling better and continues to do so
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