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Hello, I'm new to this site and probably should go make an intro post but I want to get some advice first.
So I adopted a Domestic Shorthaired from my local animal shelter/control two months ago. She's about 4 years old and have quite the overgrooming problem. Sophie, her name, basically look like she's not wearing any pants. The people at the shelter said that her fur hasn't been growing back and said it could possibly be from stress from living in the shelter for a few months. She also tends to eat really fast and regurgitating afterwards. I took her to the vet and he said that her excessive grooming could of possibly happened before she got entered at the control, and suffered from a massive environmental change as she used to have a family then she only had her sister, then it was just her in the end. I came back to him about a month later after seeing her fur still the same, or worst, seeing how she has a lighter spot now. (She has "blue" fur.) He wants to rule out any possible allergies so he told me to put her on a single protein diet, though he didn't explain how. Since Sophie loves duck, I started to put her on duck, with NV's Instinct LID Duck.
For her behavior most of the time, she always seems like something's out to get her or just lazes around. Most of the time I see her, she's always licking herself. I researched a bit and suspect that it could be a compulsive behavior. So I try to play with her more, spend more time, keep on a specific schedule of her feeding (1/3 of a can of LID Duck 3 times a day). Her frantic running at night has slowed, but she still grooms herself too often. I set up a place for her to climb, but she doesn't go up. I tried to play some bird videos for her to watch, Not interested other than relaxing to the sounds. She likes to play with the string toy I drag around that's about it. But she doesn't like to pounce on things, go under cardboard boxes. I'm also trying to get her to scratch on the curved scratcher I bought for her, it's taking it's time but she still likes my carpet.. Sometimes she will bite me twice after I stop petting her on her flank.
I'm just mostly loss on what I can do for her. I will get her a cat tree once I organize my room. And her eyes always seem dilated.
This is Sophie (say hi~)
And... this is her backside.
I'm really sorry for the long and boring post, any advice would be great.
So I adopted a Domestic Shorthaired from my local animal shelter/control two months ago. She's about 4 years old and have quite the overgrooming problem. Sophie, her name, basically look like she's not wearing any pants. The people at the shelter said that her fur hasn't been growing back and said it could possibly be from stress from living in the shelter for a few months. She also tends to eat really fast and regurgitating afterwards. I took her to the vet and he said that her excessive grooming could of possibly happened before she got entered at the control, and suffered from a massive environmental change as she used to have a family then she only had her sister, then it was just her in the end. I came back to him about a month later after seeing her fur still the same, or worst, seeing how she has a lighter spot now. (She has "blue" fur.) He wants to rule out any possible allergies so he told me to put her on a single protein diet, though he didn't explain how. Since Sophie loves duck, I started to put her on duck, with NV's Instinct LID Duck.
For her behavior most of the time, she always seems like something's out to get her or just lazes around. Most of the time I see her, she's always licking herself. I researched a bit and suspect that it could be a compulsive behavior. So I try to play with her more, spend more time, keep on a specific schedule of her feeding (1/3 of a can of LID Duck 3 times a day). Her frantic running at night has slowed, but she still grooms herself too often. I set up a place for her to climb, but she doesn't go up. I tried to play some bird videos for her to watch, Not interested other than relaxing to the sounds. She likes to play with the string toy I drag around that's about it. But she doesn't like to pounce on things, go under cardboard boxes. I'm also trying to get her to scratch on the curved scratcher I bought for her, it's taking it's time but she still likes my carpet.. Sometimes she will bite me twice after I stop petting her on her flank.
I'm just mostly loss on what I can do for her. I will get her a cat tree once I organize my room. And her eyes always seem dilated.
This is Sophie (say hi~)
And... this is her backside.
I'm really sorry for the long and boring post, any advice would be great.
