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Update: 01/11/17 I realize no one is really following this thread anymore but I wanted to give an update on Rue.  It gives me great joy to say he has made a miraculous recovery.  Once the new vet diagnosed a spine injury/problem he has SLOWLY improved a bit each day.  We kept him quiet and...

Hi foxxycat.  Yes the vet gave us a laxative gel for daily use along with joint supplement.  They did not send us home with any pain meds but I think he definitely needs some. He was active when we got him back home from vet, was walking around my bathroom and rubbing against us purring etc. By...

UPDATE OF MY UPDATE:  Vet just called and he does have a disc problem in his spine.  Its a degenerative thing and not an impact or sudden injury which I knew was highly unlikely.  She sent his xrays to an orthopedist for their opinion.  For sure I will not put him through a spine surgery.  I've...

UPDATE 12/12/16 - So we moved Rue into our bathroom/bedroom and for a few hours he seemed to be doing a little better but then went back to same reclusive/fearful appearing behavior.  He sat in his litter box for two days basically.  We were giving him water with the dropper still since he will...

When doing the laundry it doesn't seem to bug him.  He stays in the same spot and looks the same whether the dryer is running or not.  Point well-taken though, the noise etc certainly cant be helping the situation. Good to know about the valium, will keep that in mind.  I'm going to break him...

Appreciate and agree with all your suggestions, thanks.  As far as the Prozac we will probably go the full 30 days and then stop if no help.  I'm checking out the Feliway as we speak!

I'm going to try sleeping with him in my room or elsewhere and see what that does.  If not the first night, maybe after a few nights he will start to chill out, hopefully.

The vet thinks its all mental and was his idea to try the Prozac since the physical exam and blood work were all fine.  I spoke to the vet yesterday and he said lets try the Prozac for full 30 days and see what happens.  I asked him what the plan would be then if no improvement and he seemed...

Yes that's certainly possible and something we've considered.  Still, we haven't seen him interested in the water bowl, only the food bowl so just making sure by giving him water via dropper. 

We moved all of the furniture in and got the new house ready, then brought the pets over.  We kept the cats in the laundry room with door closed for the first few days, as that's how we always did it when we've moved previously.  We read that's the proper way to acclimate pets to new residence. ...

I didn't take any of your questions the wrong way.  Very much appreciate your input.  Thank You.

Sleeping with him isn't a bad idea. To be clear, we are not "keeping him in a room with no interaction".  Read my post(s) - he interacts (or used to) with humans and other pets all day long.  The door to that room isn't padlocked shut, its wide open at all times.  Forgive me but you sound...

We moved into the new house about 2 months.  We have spent time with him daily and like I said, he used to enjoy our presence and would come to us and let us pet him etc.  Now he's panicked by the site of us.  His posture is fearful, tail tucked down between his legs, hair standing up on his...

He's lived with those dogs his entire life and never had any issues.  We have thought about moving him to a new room completely so thanks for that suggestion.

We have 3 indoor cats, rue is 4 and the other two are 8'ish. Rue has always been anti-social with the other two cats and is/was the alpha. They've easily coexisted with no issues really. Rue was always social with humans.  Recently we moved to a new house which was a couple of years old and a...