Suzie the brat.. Put on Amitriptyline =-(

[kt_luvs_kitties]

Well, Suzie has gotten progressively worse. She is still attacking all of my guests, Rickie, and each of the other kitties. She is just so very miserable, and unfriendly. I just Thank God she does not bite me....

She is urinating all over my house, my clothes, ME. I do have an appointment for her on Monday at 2:00 pm to get another urinalysis and exam from my vet. (even though I am POSITIVE this is a behavorial thing).

I decided, after a major attack on Puff, That something MUST change. I called my vet and he wanted to try Amitriptyline as a last resort. She started the pills yesterday....

This just has to work. I am just being pushed to the brink, and even though she is so hateful, I still cant help to feel sorry for her....

She is perfectly healthy, but just so unhappy..... What do I do? How do I help her? WHY is she like this? UGH! Sometimes being a MULTIPLE cat meowmie can take a toll on us, cant it?

Does anyone have any advice, or know anything about this drug? I really wanted to see if anyone knew anything about it, if it really works. Thank you for listening to my rant. I have included a photo to show everyone whom I am speaking of....

[Laura's Babies]

Did Boo pass on her "Grouch Wand"? Now that she is setteling in and has turned around you got one acting out just like her! Is it in the air or just that we are getting them at a bad time in their life?

Soon it will be a year since Boo came here to live with me and I had never encountered a cat as mean as she was... Thank God she has turned around and peace is in the house again.. Good luck to you and I hope things turn around for you faster than they did for me. It is so heartbreaking to see them so miserable and not know what to do.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear this. I don't know much about this drug but a few other PT'ers have used it on their cats and I think that it helped them. Sometimes though it wears off with time so then you have to try something else. I think the drug of choice now is prozac. My vet wanted me to try this on Storm when he was having peeing and aggression issues but I decided to try clomicalm instead.

Usually clomicalm is used on dogs but another PT'er uses it and it's done wonders for her cats. Storm didn't do too well on it so I decided to try a more holistic approach and he's now on Calm Spirit Teapills which are working out well for him. He's been on them since August. It took about 2 weeks for them to start working. Some of the other drugs take 6-8 weeks before you see results. I sure hope that this will work for Suzie. Good luck.

[kb2yjx]

We used Elavil(the trade name)when our Nicholas(RIP)was spraying. He had some GI troubles, so we then switched to the transdermal version of the med. He did need his dose to be increased. Then did very nicely. Also, our vet suggested Feliway. After looking at Suzie, I can see that she is ONE very unhappy girl!!! Poor sweetheart!! There are some cats that just want to be the ONLY cat, and perhaps, she is one of them!! Have you considered an animal communicator? Also, have you looked into Bach Flower Remedies?? I hope that things work out for Suzie....good luck...Sandra

[nepeta]

There's a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist in Cary NC

sdd http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABSApp...caab-directory (and search for Cary)

[emily_the_spoiled]

I have one of my guys on Prozac for his aggression and I can tell you that it was a wonder drug. He wasn't spraying, but he was constantly attacking one of the other cats. Once he was stablized on a dose you wouldn't recognize him as the same cat I had before.

I know this has to be hard for you. good luck

[Medusa]

I used amitryptilene on my Specs because he was spraying and attacking Boo every day. In the beginning it worked but not for long. Then my vet suggested Buspar. Nothing. So he tried Clomicalm and voila! I have 4 of my cats w/bad manners on it and I've had no spraying incidents or attacks since then. I'd say to give amitryptilene a good try; it may work for you. If not, Clomicalm is wonderful. And Prozac is getting rave reviews for just this very thing. Take heart; better days are coming.......

[Uabassoon]

We put Tuna on Amitriptyline last week for his spraying. They said it takes a few weeks to kick it, but I've already noticed a difference. Every morning I would wake up and Tuna would run right to the front door and spray. He was spraying several times a day all over the house. If he meowed and you didn't pet him or feed him right that second he would run off and spray. Since we've put him on this I've only caught him spraying once, and that was last week. Other than that he still seems to act normal, we were afraid that we would lose his goofy personality but it's still there. The vet gave us Amitriptyline first because it was the least expensive medicine, if it stops working then we'll give prozac a try.