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Health & Behaviour General / Omeprazole for nausea
« Last post by Kate S on September 23, 2023, 09:56:01 AM »
My Susan has been on this for a week since having a bad vomiting episode. But she was sick and quite distressed last night immediately after taking the medication, and had 2 episodes of sickness earlier in the week.I have e mailed the vets as I don't want to continue with it. Does anyone else have experience with this and any side effects?
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Welcome to Newbies :) / Re: Hello!!
« Last post by MessaCats on September 21, 2023, 09:28:21 AM »
 :Luv:
I hope to learn a lot from this forum.
Take care
MessaCats
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Cat Illness & Health Disorders / Re: Please help - my cat is self-harming
« Last post by MessaCats on September 21, 2023, 09:24:41 AM »
Hi Sam, thank you for your answer.
No not really. I cannot afford to have Sophie in "therapy". We already spent so many resources on her and an animal behaviourist would be an impossible stretch for us.

Since yesterday I tried to hold her in my arms and carry her along with me wherever I move around in the house, to make her feel closer to me. But she claws in on everything she touches so it's not an easy task as well.
I just noticed she is trying to slice up also the new calming vest (she has since last Friday). I am afraid it won't last long and in the 15 days I will have to order another one. Endless story.
Thank you for your advice.
Have a good day.
MessaCats
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Welcome to Newbies :) / Re: Hello!!
« Last post by Sam (Fussy_Furball) on September 21, 2023, 09:22:58 AM »
 :welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

Lovely to have new members .... sadly the forum is a lot less active these days as everyone uses different social media channels.

We are a 2 human, 3 cat (Oliver (16 y/o, Lola 3 y/o and AyJay 14 months) all boys and 1 dog  (Yoda the Frenchie 6 /yo) family. 

I hope you enjoy the forum

Sam
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Cat Illness & Health Disorders / Re: Please help - my cat is self-harming
« Last post by Sam (Fussy_Furball) on September 21, 2023, 09:14:17 AM »
Hi  :welcome:

I'm so sorry to hear about Sophie and her condition. I'm afraid I have no advice :(  Have you tried speaking to an animal behavourist?
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Cat Illness & Health Disorders / Please help - my cat is self-harming
« Last post by MessaCats on September 21, 2023, 00:19:20 AM »
Hi everyone,
we are a family of 6 humans of different ages and 3 cats. All our cats have been rescued.
The first cat, Misty, 16 y/o, 3 years ago decided to take a long vacation away from us as she thought there were too many proletarian felines in the household and, as she considered herself Royalty (who knows why), she decided to temporarily leave our house and get spoiled by all our neighbours. We miss her dearly, but she doesn't, apparently.
The two other cats are Stella and Sophie. Both females, both 8y/o, have very different temperaments. Stella doesn't have a worry in the world and adores my GrandDaughter (7 years and 10 months). Stella has assumed that she is my GD's babysitter and her guardian angel. Her total devotion is recompensed by my GD's adoration towards her.

Sophie is our serious, clinical case. We adopted her when she was 3 months old, from a family who kept her locked in a room, alone, without anyone getting close to her as, apparently, they were afraid of her.
She is the most harmless cat that anyone can imagine and she is small in size.
She is a very anxious cat and she has periods when she is "sort-of-quiet" and others when she self-harms. After years of trying every spray, tablet, ambience diffuser on the market, I resorted to keeping her sleeping pillow next to me on my bed, next to my head and pillow, to help her relax. From time she used to wear the calming. For over a year, the experiment worked perfectly but now she is again slicing herself open. As she back wearing the calming vest (to stop her from scratching on her shoulder blades/back), she manages to self-harm inside her ear, under her throat and wherever she can reach with her paws.
Our Vet (better say Vets as we tried more than one), have no clue on how to stop her from injuring herself. She is a quiet cat, always with me and she is very happy when she is with me. I work from home so she stays with me most of the time, although sometimes I have to go out for shopping or errands.
Sophie doesn't want to have anything to do with Stella. Or, previously, with Misty. When Stella gets closer to her or tries any friendly approach, Sophie hisses and tries to attack her.

I am extremely worried. In fact, I am scared, that she could cause herself too many injuries and die of a related infection's illness.
Is there anyone who went through the same terrible experience and found a miraculous way out?
Extremely grateful for your help and advice.
Thank you for reading my long message.
MessaCats

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Welcome to Newbies :) / Hello!!
« Last post by MessaCats on September 21, 2023, 00:05:49 AM »
Thank you for accepting us and our cats.
Our family is made up of 6 humans of different ages and 3 rescued cats: Misty, 16 y/o - Stella and Sophie both 8 y/o.
I wish you a lovely time and a happy life with your feline friends.
MessaCats
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Health & Behaviour General / Re: Kidney food help
« Last post by Lyn (Slugsta) on September 17, 2023, 21:14:15 PM »
It's so hard when our beloved cats don't understand that this food is what's best for them!  :( It's no use saying that Susan will eat it if she is hungry, because cats haven't read that memo. I agree with Desley that it is better for Susan to eat something, even if it does shorten the time you have with her - quality of life is more important than quantity, IMHO  :hug:
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Health & Behaviour General / Re: Kidney food help
« Last post by Kate S on September 17, 2023, 13:24:14 PM »
I agree. Susan will eat a few of the dry renal and I'm mixing it with senior biscuits. I'm amazed that so many of the specialist diet foods are unpalatable.  I just feel guilty in case she gets unwell again, but it is better that she eats food that she wants
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Health & Behaviour General / Re: Kidney food help
« Last post by Desley (booktigger) on September 17, 2023, 09:31:44 AM »
Lucy has stopped eating renal wet food, but is fine with renal dry food, so she has that for tea, her wet food is a mix of senior and adult, and her numbers are fairly stable. Honestly, I would just feed her what she is happy to eat, yes, renal food is better, but I'd rather them have less time and be happy than make them unhappy forcing food they don't like on them to buy them extra time.
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