Ally Cat Updates

[nepeta]

Another possible source of help might be the Animal Behavior Clinic at the Tufts University veterinary college. They have a service called Petfax where people not in their local area can request assistance.

http://www.tufts.edu/vet/behavior/help.shtml

[Emeraldgreen]

I found a few sites that quote that Clomicalm can be given twice a day. One site is: vetinfo4cats.com
"Some cats do seem to respond to medications used for obsessive-compulsive disorders based on anecdotal reports, including clomipramine (Clomicalm Rx, 5mg per cat twice a day), fluoxetine (Prozac Rx, 1 mg/kg once a day) and amitriptyline (Elavil Rx, 2.5 to 10mg per cat once or twice a day). "

and I also found: "I know that many vets are using clomipramine for cats, though. There is a published dosage of 1 to 5 mg/cat per day. The most commonly recommended uses are inappropriate urinary behaviors (urine or stool marking) and psychogenic alopecias, or hairloss that is induced by
obsessive-compulsive grooming behavior on the part of the cat.
from the site: another site
The confusing part is that I think it's the same vet, Dr. Mike Richards who provided both quotes!!

I can't remember what the dosage for Paddy was on the stickers on the bottles but he is a really big guy, and I don't think he was prescribed more than 1 tab per day. Are the stickers still legible Jenn?

Does Ally eat wet food? If so, are you able to crush it up and mix it in the food?
My other suggestion was that you could take the two bottles to a compounding pharmacy and usually for about 20.00 (depending on the drug and the number of pills) they can put it into a chicken or fish flavoured suspension that Ally might like or the suspension could be mixed in with her wet food if she eats that.

[carole]

Amitriptylene is an awful drug IMO, i took it briefly for my fibromyalgia, if it does what it did to me to a cat, i feel nothing but sorry for the cat, she sure will be doped to the eyeballs, like a zombie ,however i guess everyone is different and even though mine was in small doses it had a terrible effect on me, it could well do the same to a cat, but in Ally's case you may have no other choice, which is sad,but reality., i wish you luck with whatever you try.

[Emeraldgreen]

Amitriptylene is an awful drug IMO, i took it briefly for my fibromyalgia, if it does what it did to me to a cat, i feel nothing but sorry for the cat, she sure will be doped to the eyeballs, like a zombie ,however i guess everyone is different and even though mine was in small doses it had a terrible effect on me, it could well do the same to a cat, but in Ally's case you may have no other choice, which is sad,but reality., i wish you luck with whatever you try.

Just a quick note to add that in my previous post I wasn't suggesting Amitriptylene. I was just posting a quote from the internet about Clomicalm and the entire sentence happen to include a few other drugs but my focus was on the Clomicalm part of that sentence.

[carole]

Yes i understand that you were doing that, just thought i would let people know about the other as it can be a terrible drug for some people and I imagine cats too, cheers.

[jenluckenbach]

I have cats on amitriptylin. And YES< the vet said too high of a dose can make them be like zombies. But they are fine. Sterling is a little more subdued than if he did not have the medicine, but in his case, it can be a GOOD thing. The boy is downright PESTY if he spits out one of his pills unknown to anyone! Jim still has PLENTY of spunk after his doses. And Mickey (on a lower dose) also could probably use a little more calming down....LOL So it is not a guarrenteed side effect.

but you know what, I hate to say this, but I would rather have Ally drugged than EVIL! LOL (just my opinion.)

[jennielynn1970]

but you know what, I hate to say this, but I would rather have Ally drugged than EVIL! LOL (just my opinion.)

Ditto... and honestly, until you've experienced her, you have NO idea how difficult she is. Difficult... gosh, that's really an understatement, lol.