Bea

Originally Posted by xocats

I wonder if a mood altering medication, prescribed by your vet, would help.
It is time for desperate measures.

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I was thinking of this as well... my two are on Prozac, and it's helped Jack's inappropriate peeing, not to mention the heightened aggression between them...

talk to the vet and see.. she may not have to be on it forever, either... Just until her behavior is altered...

A.

The vet will not prescibe Prozac, he is not comfortable doing so, he doesn't have the knowledge of it to be comfortable doing so. Amitrityline is useless in this case. I doubt Buspar will help. And the shelter can't afford it.

Is it possible she just doesn't like the multiple cat environment?

Originally Posted by littleraven7726

Is it possible she just doesn't like the multiple cat environment?

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I thought about it, but she never even really sees the other cats. She got ahold of Dorian & no one dares even be near that room. No other animals are in there, but me. There are blankets jammed firmly on either side of the door, so no "pawsies" are going on. I've got a Feliway diffuser going 24/7.

There isn't another foster home, if I take her to the shelter she'll be euthanized for sure because she doesn't use her LB & won't get any better there.

We fear this is WHY she was dumped, not the claw re-growth, but rather bad litterbox habits. In a week, once I get the cat attract litter additive, if she's still doing this, we'll test her for a UTI.

I'd just like to thank you guys for listening.....I get so frusterated. Because it's hard for me......I get more attached every day & also fear that she won't be adoptable. What makes it so hard is that there is NO WAY I can keep this foster, either. I'm ready to call it quits & keep her furr-ever.....but she can't live in my 13x13 bedroom her entire life.

Twitch's declawed cause LB issues were easy to solve. I'm hoping I can easily solve Bea's.

I hope you can find a way to solve this, I know how you feel with spraying cats, Tom did it for 14 months, and Rolo has started now, his is behavioural, as he likes to stand and look at me, and it is always after I have either stopped him doing something (i.e. fighting) or ignored him. I wish these cats woudl realise we want them to stay, but they cant if they do things like this, it isn't fair on them.

I hope you can solve it. The poor cat.

Nat, if she's spraying it doesn't sound like a UTI, though you never know.

I know you're still waiting on the litter box additive, but if that doesn't work, I agree that drastic measures are in order.

I know you don't like amitryptaline, but our vet prescribes it for two reasons: 1) litter box issues, and 2) multicat households with cat agression problems. He's had no luck with Buspar in either instance. He prescribes it with litterbox issues because it not helps address stress, but it causes them to retain their urine, which somehow does seem to encourage them to use the box when they have to go. When Spooky was on it, she went pee like once a day - and it was just huge. But it worked pretty much right away (even though it takes two weeks to fully get into the system). I know it requires weaning them off of it, but I really wouldn't rule it out - especially if the litter box additive doesn't help.



Laurie

I'm going to try stuff one thing at a time. Because not she's a brat to medicate....I did not know Ami could be used for LB issues. I've never seen it actually work, but that was for depressed kitties in cages.

First, litter additive. Then meds.

i have had a foster who's cystitis caused him to spray, but his was stress related cystitis.

Bea just did the unthinkable. She bit me. With intent & broke the skin. I bumped her paw, & she turned on my arm. We were snuggling in bed, she crawled right up against me.

No kids, no cats, no dogs. She doesn't really use the LB. I should've made the call to just euthanize her. It wasn't fair to mutialte her further yet....she might've been good with kids pre-op.....but now her feet will furr-ever be so senstive.

I do wonder, the stopping use the LB so reliably, then this......it's all in correlation with when I stopped her Metacam(pain meds). Within a day after I stopped the meds she stopped using the box. But she can't be on the meds furr-ever.

Oh yeah....she's also got an overgrooming spot at the base of her tail! This kitty has a lot of "baggage".....all the result of being declawed.

Showing off her fat tummy & nasty coat



I can rub her tummy no issues! (See the dark by her....you know....that's all urine burn )



" Oh please, oh please rub my tummy!"



I just gave her a new write-up....adding the no kids thing:

Bea is above & beyond “special needs”. This girl needs a miracle, that purr-fect home who will love her with all the “baggage” she comes with.

Bea was a stray, already spayed & front declawed. The problem? Her claws were growing back in. It was decided the only thing to do would be to re-declaw her. Now just imagine the recovery of a 15 lb. kitty, having her feet re-declawed. It was not fun for her, to say the least.

Bea is now recovering. She is in a foster home, as she is miserable in a cage. She has a very strong dislike for cats and dogs, even small dogs or puppies. She is very very very sensitive about her paws being touched, understandably so as she has a very extensive and painful surgery, so she also needs a home without young kids. She is a larger kitty, so requires a very large litterbox to accommodate her large behind!

Bea literally spends all day lounging on the bed. She enjoys a nice laser light play session for a few minutes before bed, then hops right up waiting for her foster meowmy to snuggle. She curls up (or rather, out) next to her foster meowmy, purring like mad.

This big girl has a lot of love to give. She just needs someone to understand the extent of her surgery, and that it will take her many months to recover and that she will always be sensitive about her paws.

You gave her that chance though Nat, and if you hadn't, you would have been forever wondering if she could have had a good chance at life. While she can't be on MEtacam forever, maybe she needs longer on it, and it might be worth giving her another dose. I do hope things work out for the best.

Originally Posted by booktigger

You gave her that chance though Nat, and if you hadn't, you would have been forever wondering if she could have had a good chance at life.

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I agree, and you just have to look at her in that last lot of pictures getting her tummy rubbed to see that she's loving the love and attention.

Theres someone out there who will understand what she's went through and have the patience to ride the storm with her

If the pain meds helped maybe you can talk the vet into prescribing the anti-depressant meds...
If she is going to be euthanized, why would it hurt?
I read that it takes a couple of weeks for the meds to build up in a cat's system.
Do you know if they are expensive?

Bea

Originally Posted by booktigger

You gave her that chance though Nat, and if you hadn't, you would have been forever wondering if she could have had a good chance at life. While she can't be on MEtacam forever, maybe she needs longer on it, and it might be worth giving her another dose. I do hope things work out for the best.

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Is it possible to put her on a low dose of pain meds to see if it helps? The biting in particular seems to be pain related...if she was really hostile she wouldn't let you put her in such a vulnerable position. She hasn't really had that long to heal from some pretty serious surgery.

I forget...did WBCL work for her litter-wise? It seems to be softer than most litters. Maybe she needs sand? like playground sand...I seem to recall cats loving that from when we had a sandbox

Let me know if you could use any donations for her...I have lots of decent food and non-clay litter from the "great food search" and the "great litter search" that I was thinking of sending off to a couple of rescue groups anyway...

I'm using Swheat for her. It seems soft enough. She's kinda sorta using the litterbox again.

I hate the idea of pain meds any longer, I don't like metacam & the vet is very uncomfortable prescribing them long-term in any cat that isn't terminal.

The Amitrityline I wasn't aware was used for LB issues until Laurie pointed it out....I believe it is more $$ than the Buspar, but I'll make it happen. I have to wait until the vet is in on Thursday, though, I think. I want to talk to him first.

She caught me completely off guard last night, I just couldn't believe it. I told her she was only hurting herself......I'll continue to work with her & foster her as long as she isn't a total hazard to me, or my other animals. I can deal with the biting....I've lived with Ophelia for 3 years, Bea is a saint next to her!

Oh Bea, -- feel better....

Just got caught up in this thread. That poor sweet kitty. If I had the room and funds for another cat, I would love to take it home with me. I wish her much luck.

Originally Posted by white cat lover

The vet is very uncomfortable prescribing them long-term in any cat that isn't terminal.

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Maybe you can explain to the vet that Bea is terminal unless this is resolved.

Bea

Originally Posted by xocats

Maybe you can explain to the vet that Bea is terminal unless this is resolved.

Bea

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I thought about that Lei, but the risks of the pain meds worry me, if they do solve her issues, they could cause more later down the road(which could result in her being dumped again!). As long as she's at my house, nothing will happen. And she's not going anywhere anytime soon, I'm giving her at least a month, if not more. Depends on how soon I can get things to try for her.

Damita needs to go back to the vet as soon as the vet is back, I'll probably Bea in as well, first logical step is a vet exam. I skipped that one & I shouldn't have.

If I have to, I'll do for Bea what I did for Squishy! They're mine....and then I can try to re-home them once I've re-habbed them.