Juni & Chloe are going on Prozac for a while

[sasvermont]

The short time that I used Prozac on both Storm and RB Starr, me vet called in the prescription to Costco, similar to Sam's Club, because she said it would be much cheaper here. I think that Storm's doseage was probably too high because all he wanted to do was to sleep. Later on he also refused to eat. I was later told that usually only dogs may become anorexic from prozac. I had to wean him off of prozac and he hasn't had any since.

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.

[Cataholic]

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.

You don't need a 'new' prescription to switch pharmacys. I presented the script, and had one month's supply filled at CVS, and then when it was time to renew, I went into Kroger, and gave them the bottle and told them I wanted to switch. They called CVS and had it switched to Kroger...

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.

Do you mean you put down food for your cats one time a day, at about 5 pm???

[sasvermont]

You don't need a 'new' prescription to switch pharmacys. I presented the script, and had one month's supply filled at CVS, and then when it was time to renew, I went into Kroger, and gave them the bottle and told them I wanted to switch. They called CVS and had it switched to Kroger...

Thanks... I've never switched a prescription to another Pharmacy. Didn't know that. Thanks.




Do you mean you put down food for your cats one time a day, at about 5 pm???

I have always free fed dry food for my cats. But when I was feeding them canned food as well, they were fed at night so that they would not expect it to be given in the morning too. So yes, once a day for wet food. Then years ago, I stopped with the wet food. They usually ate it so fast that they threw it up anyway. And their teeth improved once I stopped the wet food.

Now, with the treats for the meds, I will resume the evening routine so that they don't stomp all over me in the AM to be fed a treat.

I know, I'm odd.

[Cataholic]

Well, you may be odd...I don't know about that. LOL. But, I think you mean you have dry food down for them all day long, not that you put dry food down for them one time a day, in the evenings.

I never thought about making wet food a night time thing instead of a 5 am thing. BUT, my cats don't really bug me too much in the am...and I get up at the crack of dawn anyhow, some of them are still sleeping! In fact, Jasper stays in bed if I get up before 6. Silly dog.

[smokey the elder]

A&P in my area has 10% off meds for your pets under a vet's scrip, as another option.

[sasvermont]

Well, I may have to modify the dry food feeding. Chloe wasn't all so interested in the treats. So last night I put away the dry food, so that Chloe would be hungry when it comes time for her treats and meds.

Ugh!

Juni is not a problem at all. She just gobbles her meds (pill pockets) and Greenies!

Now to get Chloe to eat. She really is always on edge. You might think I beat her or something. She has always been that way. She does love company though! Go figure. She winds herself all around company, trying to get into their purse or bag, falling all over their feet. But when it comes to being corralled, watch out. If you call her name, she runs for the hills. Can you imagine if I had to give her an injection every day? I would have to make her live in a box!

I am not working today, so she will have lots of time to eat her treats/meds.

Well, I must go do some yard work before the weeds grown to meet my head! We've had lots of rain and sunshine, thus major league weeds!

[Barbara]

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 )

[krazyaboutkatz]

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.

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.