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My bad - left out a key word - natural serotonin enhancers, such as L-tryptophan, melatonin, valerian root, even chamomile tea...Yes, Prozac is a SSRI.thanks. Going to try 1/4 once a day...I'm not a pill person myself so feel the same way for my cat. due to all the side effects etc....I read catnip may help!!! Isn't Prozac a serotonin uptake?
You could ask the pharmacy if compounding the med in a different form/flavor is possible. I know some meds can even be compounded into a transdermal gel, but I have no idea if that is possible with Prozac. It would cost more, but if it can be done, it would likely be worth it.well I have a 10 MG very hard purple pill which vet wants me to only give 1/4 of.. I have a pill cutter and a smasher. Pill cutter is useless. Masher is good but need exact measurement and can a pill be mashed up. I read somewhere not to mash pills with coatings...I wish vets would give better options knowing what the pills were like...May go back to the pharmacist. it needs to be put in his food...Things need to be made easier for cats...well called pharmacy...He said if you divide it at the 5mg line then half that that would be a quarter.. 2.5mg == a quarter tab..!! Oh well just want to be careful
Just be aware that not all calming products work on all cats. So, you might have to experiment with a few different ones...That is a lot of 'stuff' you and he have been through, one thing after another has likely been why things have escalated with him. He (and you) has likely never had a chance to recover from one thing before another situation arose. Easier said than done, especially now, but try to work on your own anxiety - for the sake of both of you!!do you feel diffusers work better than just spraying here and there? yes anxiety. since 2017 mom died, brother died, I had to move from my house of 35 years and a screened in porch he adored!!! then move again and now again.. it started way back then and has progressed to this... he needs to be cuddled up around me all the time.... .he feels my anxiety even if I'm talking on the phone...What a sensitive sweet cat!!!!!