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Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the
middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. |
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On 7/14/2016 5:05 PM, dgk wrote:
Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. I have no suggestions but am sending lots of purrs your way. Jill |
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On 7/14/2016 4:05 PM, dgk wrote:
Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. Some years ago, my sister had a cat with behavioral issues that seemed to be related to anxiety. She and her vet tried everything they could think of, with no solution. She finally contacted Tufts Veterinary College. They have a PetFax program where she could communicate with them via phone and fax/email. The results were remarkable. In her case, they recommended Prozac. Working in coordination with Tufts and her vet, she received very detailed instructions from Tufts and a prescription for Prozac from her vet. The results were remarkable. She used this in combination with Feliway, and a cat that had suffered for several years became stress-free in a fairly short period of time. I don't remember what the Tufts program cost (it was a number of years ago), but it was reasonable--and certainly far less than what you have been paying. This is something that you might consider. MaryL |
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 04:17:15 -0500, MaryL
wrote: On 7/14/2016 4:05 PM, dgk wrote: Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. Some years ago, my sister had a cat with behavioral issues that seemed to be related to anxiety. She and her vet tried everything they could think of, with no solution. She finally contacted Tufts Veterinary College. They have a PetFax program where she could communicate with them via phone and fax/email. The results were remarkable. In her case, they recommended Prozac. Working in coordination with Tufts and her vet, she received very detailed instructions from Tufts and a prescription for Prozac from her vet. The results were remarkable. She used this in combination with Feliway, and a cat that had suffered for several years became stress-free in a fairly short period of time. I don't remember what the Tufts program cost (it was a number of years ago), but it was reasonable--and certainly far less than what you have been paying. This is something that you might consider. MaryL Thanks a lot, I will keep that in mind. Actually, most of the cost was for the dental work. I was hoping that maybe fixing the teeth would stop her from overgrooming but it looks like drugs are the only answer. Ok if it works. |
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On 7/16/2016 3:26 PM, dgk wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 04:17:15 -0500, MaryL wrote: On 7/14/2016 4:05 PM, dgk wrote: Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. Some years ago, my sister had a cat with behavioral issues that seemed to be related to anxiety. She and her vet tried everything they could think of, with no solution. She finally contacted Tufts Veterinary College. They have a PetFax program where she could communicate with them via phone and fax/email. The results were remarkable. In her case, they recommended Prozac. Working in coordination with Tufts and her vet, she received very detailed instructions from Tufts and a prescription for Prozac from her vet. The results were remarkable. She used this in combination with Feliway, and a cat that had suffered for several years became stress-free in a fairly short period of time. I don't remember what the Tufts program cost (it was a number of years ago), but it was reasonable--and certainly far less than what you have been paying. This is something that you might consider. MaryL Thanks a lot, I will keep that in mind. Actually, most of the cost was for the dental work. I was hoping that maybe fixing the teeth would stop her from overgrooming but it looks like drugs are the only answer. Ok if it works. Yes, my sister only wanted to use drugs as a last resort. She waited for several years before turning to Tufts, but it was like a miracle for her cat. They recommended Prozac and provided a great deal of information. She took the information to her vet, and he prescribed the dosage of Prozac that Tufts had recommended. Solution found! MaryL |
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:05:50 -0400, dgk wrote:
Not really good news on the overgrooming. She's alreadly licked the middle of her abdomen bare, all the way to her butt, and she even has fairly well denudded the inside of her rear legs. The cone is supposed to prevent that but I noticed yesterday that she's managing to lick the very lower abdomen and legs even with the cone on. Of course, that's the only area that che can lick since the cone blocks all lf the rest of her. She's now on some kind of behavioral drug - one capsule per day sprinkled on her food. Luckily she seems to like her new Hills I/D diet food and doesn't seem to object to the medicine, but of course it means that I can't let the other cats eat her food. She goes back to the vet for a check next week but I'm not really hopeful that anything is helping. The drug won't start working for six weeks. I just got and plugged in a felliway diffuser, but that also won't work for weeks. Well, maybe the felliway willl at least make Baby more comfortable (she's the feral). And, the ver said that I'll probably have to call in a specialist who comes to your house and evaluates the environment to try to identify what is causing the overgrooming. Sure, that's likely to work. Not. But it is likely to be costly. Eh. Well, she's 12 1/2. If she keeps this up, she won't make 13 because I just can't keep paying for this stuff and if she keeps overgrooming she'll start getting sores and infections. It's very depressing. I'm working on getting a fence installed so I can let the cats go out. Maybe Marlo will be happy if she can prowl around outside. I don't know what else to try. I hope that works out for you and Marlo :/ |
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:50:01 -0500, MaryL
wrote: .... Thanks a lot, I will keep that in mind. Actually, most of the cost was for the dental work. I was hoping that maybe fixing the teeth would stop her from overgrooming but it looks like drugs are the only answer. Ok if it works. Yes, my sister only wanted to use drugs as a last resort. She waited for several years before turning to Tufts, but it was like a miracle for her cat. They recommended Prozac and provided a great deal of information. She took the information to her vet, and he prescribed the dosage of Prozac that Tufts had recommended. Solution found! MaryL The (sort of) funny part is that the vet mentoned that I might have to call in a feline behavioral expert. They come to your house and try to figure out what is driving your cat bonkers. Really. I wonder if Jackson is available? Marlo is hardly a Cat From Hell but that sounds like what he does. |
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dgk wrote:
MaryL wrote: Yes, my sister only wanted to use drugs as a last resort. She waited for several years before turning to Tufts, but it was like a miracle for her cat. They recommended Prozac and provided a great deal of information. She took the information to her vet, and he prescribed the dosage of Prozac that Tufts had recommended. Solution found! The (sort of) funny part is that the vet mentoned that I might have to call in a feline behavioral expert. They come to your house and try to figure out what is driving your cat bonkers. Really. I wonder if Jackson is available? Marlo is hardly a Cat From Hell but that sounds like what he does. If Jackson came to your house, he would tell you that your cats need lots of high places to hang out where they would feel safe. And they'd need more play time. This isn't my opinion necessarily, because I don't know how many high perches you already have in your house, or whether you play with them a lot (or they play with each other). But I've watched a number of his shows and he pretty much always says the same thing - especially about the high perches. -- Joyce No one should try to hit another's bumper. But bumper bumpage is a part of life. Yawn and get on with it. -- Gene Weingarten |
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On 7/19/2016 7:12 PM, Bastette wrote:
If Jackson came to your house, he would tell you that your cats need lots of high places to hang out where they would feel safe. And they'd need more play time. This isn't my opinion necessarily, because I don't know how many high perches you already have in your house, or whether you play with them a lot (or they play with each other). But I've watched a number of his shows and he pretty much always says the same thing - especially about the high perches. -- Joyce On some of the shows I've seen, he describes cats that like high places as tree dwellers and cats that don't are cave dwellers. Persia (RB) never really liked getting getting up on high places. Some folks have cats that will snooze on top of the refrigerator. She never showed any interest in getting up on anything taller than the couch or the bed. Buffy seems to be pretty much the same way. I'm not sure it's true they all want to be high up off the ground. Of course, I've only ever had one cat at a time. I do know Buffy hid from her former bully cat-mate, Frankie. When I went over to adopt her she was hiding on a chair under the dining room table. There were no high perches in the house (no toys or anything I could see, either!). I guess that was the only place she felt fairly safe. When I brought her home she hid under the bed. A couple of hours later I couldn't find her. She was on a chair under the dining room table. I guess the table cloth made it feel like sort of a safe "fort". I assured her it was just me and her and she came out and explored. She still startles easily, sometimes, as if she's expecting another cat to jump out at her. Jill |
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:12:46 -0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote: dgk wrote: MaryL wrote: Yes, my sister only wanted to use drugs as a last resort. She waited for several years before turning to Tufts, but it was like a miracle for her cat. They recommended Prozac and provided a great deal of information. She took the information to her vet, and he prescribed the dosage of Prozac that Tufts had recommended. Solution found! The (sort of) funny part is that the vet mentoned that I might have to call in a feline behavioral expert. They come to your house and try to figure out what is driving your cat bonkers. Really. I wonder if Jackson is available? Marlo is hardly a Cat From Hell but that sounds like what he does. If Jackson came to your house, he would tell you that your cats need lots of high places to hang out where they would feel safe. And they'd need more play time. This isn't my opinion necessarily, because I don't know how many high perches you already have in your house, or whether you play with them a lot (or they play with each other). But I've watched a number of his shows and he pretty much always says the same thing - especially about the high perches. There are several cat trees and Baby lives under the bed. But the problem does seem to be Baby. Marlo definitely does not like Baby and lately chases her around the house. I stop it when I see it but I'm not here all the time. I suspect that her overgrooming has to do with Baby. Baby wasn't introduced the way I normally introduce new cats. I literally pulled her off the street a few days before I moved and then off we went to Florida in our carrying cases and suddenly we were all in a new house. I think it's a bit late to do the introduction thing, but maybe I can rub a towel on Baby and then rub it on Marlo until she gets used to the smell. I have a Felliway diffuser running, and Marlo is on some sort of Prozac, but maybe some "reintroduction therapy" will help. Problem is, getting Baby to cooperate in any way is very tough. |
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