Juni & Chloe are going on Prozac for a while

Oh Chloe, you little diva! Of course Filou and Orion would be the same. Juni is the one who is not normal for a crazy Aby.
I must say that Orion is a very good boy - he never wakes me up for food. Kiri however- that's a different story. As they cannot be fed together (or Orion would not get any food at all) the times of free feeing are over. But as Siegmar is home they usually get breakfast, lunch and dinner - plus the odd snack. Orion can eat whatever he wants but Kiri is not overweight either. (But she would be if she could ;))

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Originally Posted by sasvermont

Would you happen to recall if the price was cheap? I think I will ask for a new prescription when I go for Prue's appointment in June. And then take the prescription to Costco for filling.

Thanks so much for your advice.

Right now, Chloe is playing hard to get about eating her treats and meds. She ate them last night, but I will leave her alone to eat them, in her own little room for the afternoon. Juni ate her's in a second, just like yesterday. Chloe is going to be the tough one.

I have never fed my cats in the morning, even when I fed them canned food. That way they never would wake me up early to eat. I usually fed them at night, upon arriving home from work. So I try to feed them their treats in the afternoon or evening.

I will adjust the pill pocket size. I would like to save a little expense too, so smaller is better. Between the Greenies, pill pockets, medications, regular food, canned food, it's costing a small fortune. I have been lucky so far with my cats and they have both had very few problems, thank goodness. I don't begrudge they money just want to make sure I don't spend my life's savings on these two.

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I'm pretty sure that it was. I had thought that I had posted more about it here on PT but I haven't been able find what the price was and it was several years ago. Now I'm having aggression problems with Pearl. She just started attacking poor Colby a few days ago.:( I started a thread in cat behavior.

SasVermont,

Sorry to hear the kitties are still fighting. Hope the kitty prozac works. I've been thinking a requesting some to stop the peeing on my counter.

Please take care when changing the dry food. Blue buffalo is no longer under PetSmart's control, or so I heard. I know that mine started throwing up on it. I try to stay away from corn and wheat.

Hope the kidney troubles improve.

It has now been a couple of weeks. Have you started to see any effect of the Prozac yet?

A complete fail.

First of all, after two full weeks of Juni taking the pill pockets, she suddenly decided she wouldn't eat the pockets anymore. I tried putting the liquid medication in tuna and clam juice. Nope. Chloe never did really like the pill pockets after a couple of days. So, after a month of off and on taking the meds, I let them at each other and left the house. When I came home, Chloe was hiding in a bedroom under a bed and Juni was in her room, sleeping. Things in the kitchen were knocked over (their favorite fighting spot) so I assume there was a fight or two. Chloe was upset. Since that time, I've kept them in their own rooms, allowing one to roam the house while the other is confined. That is how we started out and that seems to be the way it's going to be.

I have a vet appointment this coming Saturday and will discuss the problem with my vet. She may have another idea up her sleeve.

They seem to like being apart. Even when the have the opportunity to have the whole house to roam, they end up sleeping in their own room! I guess it's like a hotel to them. I'm not happy, but I have gotten used to it.

So a big FAIL. If my problem was with Lucy, my barn cat, it would be easy to pill her. These two Abyssinians are horrible to pill. I can't even catch them, that's how bad it is. They wiggle out of my arms, scratch, bite, kick, scream. Really. You MAY be able to pill them the first time you catch them, but from that point on, they will run from you when you go near them. They have always been that way. It has to be on their terms. Right now Juni is on my lap as I type. She would not be here if I had a pill in my hand. I can just about get flea treatment on them each month.

FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

So sorry it did not work out, but at least you tried. And as long as they each have their own separate place to be, maybe peace will continue. It's too bad, really, but you have done the best you can, and more than many would have done.

Sorry that things didn't work out. The only other thing I can think of is trying amitriptyline (Elavil). Some animals react well to that, but it does cause drowsiness as a site effect.

Edwina is impossible to pill and don't even think of squirting something in her mouth. She is now on a maintenance drug and the vet ordered it compounded so I rub it on the inside of her ear and it is transdermal.

She does not look forward to her twice a day ear rubs but she tolerates it.

Could you ask your vet if that is possible?

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Originally Posted by sasvermont

These two Abyssinians are horrible to pill. I can't even catch them, that's how bad it is. They wiggle out of my arms, scratch, bite, kick, scream. Really. You MAY be able to pill them the first time you catch them, but from that point on, they will run from you when you go near them. They have always been that way. It has to be on their terms. Right now Juni is on my lap as I type. She would not be here if I had a pill in my hand. I can just about get flea treatment on them each month.

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First- I am so sorry it didn't work out. And about the pilling- you are so right. Filou was impossible to pill and I am so glad I did not have to try with Orion yet. Once in a while these days (he is a little allergic) I see a bit of fuzz in his eye- it is impossible to get it out although it does not hurt and the little boy is ready to picked up. But once my fingers approach the eye, the wiggling and scratching and kicking starts.
Plus: Abys are so dainty - you are always afraid you could break something and they take advantage of that:rolleyes:
However, I hope you find a solution.

I will talk with the vet about the cream form. If I do it, I will ask that they kick up the value of the drug, as these two are high strung and difficult at best, to treat.

Yes, Barbara, they are dainty. Chloe is bigger than Juni but they are equally squirmy to handle. They were ok at the vets this past time, but every now and then the vet gets the towel out to wrap one in it before they begin the procedure.

I will keep you posted!
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I throw these ideas out there for consideration.

I have heard that the transdermal application, at least as to prozac, does not work.

Multi food stations and litterboxes (more than we humans might think we need) seem critical.

I did notice some relief with the calming collars.

Thanks for info, Cat, I shall investigate the collars. I did put a liquid that was for disfusers, on a collar and then on the cat and all I got was a cat with sores on her neck! I looked at the bottle and it said not to put it near the cat's skin! LOL! S t u p i d g i r l !


I think maybe another medication, transdermally, might work. Something more potent!

I will keep you folks informed. Thanks for the help. I know I seem like an idiot in that I cannot catch my cats to give them the pills. You have to see them in action to appreciate them!

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I have read this entire thread and I am exhausted.................for you!!

How I wish that I had a good solution to offer you. But it looks as though
you are getting the best advice from other pt'rs.

Let me contribute some wine - at the least, along with my best wishes
you find a solution for these beautiful kitties.

I'm sorry to hear that things didn't work out.:( I know how frustrating it can be when you've pretty much tried everything and nothing works. Before I adopted Finnegan I decided to buy two Sentry Calming Collars for Pearl and Ziggy. They're covered in a powder which I didn't like and when it comes off it's very messy. They didn't seem to help either one of my girls. The only thing that I did notice was that they weren't eating as well as they should. It was like the collars made them lose their appetites.:( I took the collars off of them after about 2 weeks or so and they're appetites became much more normal again.:) Luckily things around here have calmed down and Pearl can now be out with both Colby and Finnegan without me having to worry about them. I know that there will always be squabbles or small fights but this is just the reality that I must face since I have 8 cats now. All in all they're very good cats and get along fairly well. I hope that you'll be able to find a better solution soon. Good luck.:)

Maybe a thundershirt could help them. Here's a link about it: http://www.thundershirtforcats.com/?...FQF_hwodeElEoQ.