My poor cat Pi is scared of me after I tried to forcefully pill her a few times. She hates being restrained. She scratched me to pieces, and I know the experience traumatized her. (Me, too. I have never restrained her because I know how scared she gets. I never pick her up.) I personally think she has a form of PTSD. She has always had a high strarttle relfex since she was a kitten. Before the incident (and the new kitten) she would bolt if there is sudden movement, or I stood up too quickly. She was a rescue kitten, and had been quite badly abused. But she used to come back. She also used to talk a lot. Nothing now.
On top of this, she's dealing with a very aggressive kitten. I keep them apart for the most part because he will bowl her over. He stalks her constantly and is very rough and tumbled. It's play, but it terrifies her. She hisses and growls, but he can't hear it because he's deaf. He's quite strong for a kitten at 5 months. So, Pi's taken to hiding under the bed. I just close the door to keep him out, but it locks her in. So, I don't know that's making her feel better at all. The point was she would have a safe place to go to where she could feel safe...but she's under the bed 23 hours a day. It's not lowering her stress.
And yes I have the pheromone diffuser. It's not helping.
We had a very loving and affectionate relationship before the kitten and the pilling incidents. I've had the kitten about a month now.
I told the vet I couldn't pill her. She has hyperthyroidism. So, the vet gave me gel to put in her ear. It's very hard to get her to come out of the bed for the treatment. Almost impossible. The gel seems to traumatize her, too. All I have to do is touch her ear. I've started putting the gel on my fingertip instead of using the applicator, but it's no go. She won't come when I call her even when the kitten is locked up. She used to come running.
Today she came out after I'd been calling her for 15 minutes. She stared at me from the hall looking so sad, and then went back in her room under the bed. She used to be out all the time, a happy cat. It seems the only contact I have with her now is putting gel in her ear because she won't come to me.
I'm very sad about this. I just had to had my beloved cat Ra put down in early September. I feel like I've lost her companionship, too.
Can you suggest anything that I can do to help win her trust back? The only time I seem to spend time with her now is after I force her out from the under the bed to give her her gel. I have to give her her medicine or she'll die. But what kind of life is this for her?
On top of this, she's dealing with a very aggressive kitten. I keep them apart for the most part because he will bowl her over. He stalks her constantly and is very rough and tumbled. It's play, but it terrifies her. She hisses and growls, but he can't hear it because he's deaf. He's quite strong for a kitten at 5 months. So, Pi's taken to hiding under the bed. I just close the door to keep him out, but it locks her in. So, I don't know that's making her feel better at all. The point was she would have a safe place to go to where she could feel safe...but she's under the bed 23 hours a day. It's not lowering her stress.
And yes I have the pheromone diffuser. It's not helping.
We had a very loving and affectionate relationship before the kitten and the pilling incidents. I've had the kitten about a month now.
I told the vet I couldn't pill her. She has hyperthyroidism. So, the vet gave me gel to put in her ear. It's very hard to get her to come out of the bed for the treatment. Almost impossible. The gel seems to traumatize her, too. All I have to do is touch her ear. I've started putting the gel on my fingertip instead of using the applicator, but it's no go. She won't come when I call her even when the kitten is locked up. She used to come running.
Today she came out after I'd been calling her for 15 minutes. She stared at me from the hall looking so sad, and then went back in her room under the bed. She used to be out all the time, a happy cat. It seems the only contact I have with her now is putting gel in her ear because she won't come to me.
I'm very sad about this. I just had to had my beloved cat Ra put down in early September. I feel like I've lost her companionship, too.
Can you suggest anything that I can do to help win her trust back? The only time I seem to spend time with her now is after I force her out from the under the bed to give her her gel. I have to give her her medicine or she'll die. But what kind of life is this for her?
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