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My 11 year old Cat has been diagnosed with Hyper thyroid. we need to moniter her weight to get her on the right maintenance level of meds. . The vet wants me to bring her in for a weigh vs me calling in the weight. She will no longer eat kibble and needs dental work but we need her weight up and stable before we can even think about dental work.
I want to weigh her at home and call it in, but my weigh scale is not as accurate. She gets extremely stressed in the car. Allot of people will suggest ways to get her used to being in the car, but....she has been in the car many many times to the vet, my previous vet was a drive on the highway at 100km per hour. She always hated the car but has become much much worse with age! I believe it is related to her poor eyesight perhaps. So it is not because she is not used to going to the vet.
Last drive which is only 5 minuets! to my new vet. I cover her, she is seat belted in her carrier in the front seat which is better than the back seat. Noises of other vehicles freak her out so I have the fan on to drown them out. This time I was going 40km per hour with my 4ways to alert people to go around, and a big truck who apparently could not see my four ways were on until the last minuet :-/ quickly passed around and by and his air brakes went off, she was freaking out so bad she was hitting the sides of the crate! She vomited twice on the way their, she yowells like she is going to die, and I made sure not to feed her before we went, also I have one hand in the crate trying to calm her talking to her,. Feliway spray was sprayed in the crate per the directions for travel. No affect.
I have heard of some people using 1/2 a childrens tab of gravol, has anyone heard of that and know if it is safe?
I have asked the vet and he does not recommend anything! Even after explaining the above situation he still wants me to bring her in to weigh her instead of phoning in the weight- I'm beginning to question if he is the right vet, but he is 5min away cant see her handling a car ride any further than that! He did not even comment on the stressful ride, like he didn't care..and still wants me to bring her in. She has been poked and prodded so much lately I am trying to save her from whatever stress I can.
If anyone knows if gravol is safe to give to a cat please let me know, the vet would not answer. Or if they know of something else other than feliway which I have tried and no results. I think it is actual motion sickness as well as stress.
I want to weigh her at home and call it in, but my weigh scale is not as accurate. She gets extremely stressed in the car. Allot of people will suggest ways to get her used to being in the car, but....she has been in the car many many times to the vet, my previous vet was a drive on the highway at 100km per hour. She always hated the car but has become much much worse with age! I believe it is related to her poor eyesight perhaps. So it is not because she is not used to going to the vet.
Last drive which is only 5 minuets! to my new vet. I cover her, she is seat belted in her carrier in the front seat which is better than the back seat. Noises of other vehicles freak her out so I have the fan on to drown them out. This time I was going 40km per hour with my 4ways to alert people to go around, and a big truck who apparently could not see my four ways were on until the last minuet :-/ quickly passed around and by and his air brakes went off, she was freaking out so bad she was hitting the sides of the crate! She vomited twice on the way their, she yowells like she is going to die, and I made sure not to feed her before we went, also I have one hand in the crate trying to calm her talking to her,. Feliway spray was sprayed in the crate per the directions for travel. No affect.
I have heard of some people using 1/2 a childrens tab of gravol, has anyone heard of that and know if it is safe?
I have asked the vet and he does not recommend anything! Even after explaining the above situation he still wants me to bring her in to weigh her instead of phoning in the weight- I'm beginning to question if he is the right vet, but he is 5min away cant see her handling a car ride any further than that! He did not even comment on the stressful ride, like he didn't care..and still wants me to bring her in. She has been poked and prodded so much lately I am trying to save her from whatever stress I can.
If anyone knows if gravol is safe to give to a cat please let me know, the vet would not answer. Or if they know of something else other than feliway which I have tried and no results. I think it is actual motion sickness as well as stress.