Hi, everyone:
We have 2 cats. Olivia is our newer one and she's 5,6,7 years old. The shelter didn't have much info on her b/c she was abandoned. Olivia has been with us since Jan 2008. CJ is our older cat and is 12. We've had CJ since kittenhood.
Olivia is EXTREMELY aggressive toward CJ to the point where we have to keep them separate all the time. Olivia stays with me in my home office and CJ has the run of the house. No amount of training or acclimation has helped. Olivia is always the aggressor.
Anyway, so Olivia is Prozac, which is an SSRI. And even THAT isn't working! The vet wants to switch her to Paxil, another drug in the same class. That makes no sense to me. I would rather try a different class of drugs like tricyclics, of which amitriptyline is one. The vet says he doesn't prescribe amitriptyline any more.
My question is: Does anyone have experience or suggestions for meds that will help Olivia acclimate to CJ? I'm hoping the med use will be temporary. TIA.
Jainagirl
We have 2 cats. Olivia is our newer one and she's 5,6,7 years old. The shelter didn't have much info on her b/c she was abandoned. Olivia has been with us since Jan 2008. CJ is our older cat and is 12. We've had CJ since kittenhood.
Olivia is EXTREMELY aggressive toward CJ to the point where we have to keep them separate all the time. Olivia stays with me in my home office and CJ has the run of the house. No amount of training or acclimation has helped. Olivia is always the aggressor.
Anyway, so Olivia is Prozac, which is an SSRI. And even THAT isn't working! The vet wants to switch her to Paxil, another drug in the same class. That makes no sense to me. I would rather try a different class of drugs like tricyclics, of which amitriptyline is one. The vet says he doesn't prescribe amitriptyline any more.
My question is: Does anyone have experience or suggestions for meds that will help Olivia acclimate to CJ? I'm hoping the med use will be temporary. TIA.
Jainagirl