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My 9 year old cat, Martini, has been a scaredy cat for most of her life. Almost 2 years ago, Martini's sister died suddenly of a heart attack. Martini didn't really seem to grieve and was actually pretty happy. She was overly attached to me though, and I decided to get her a friend. After speaking with the vet, we decided a male kitten would be best because the kitten could adapt to her personality. Well, instead, Martini has let the kitten bully her. It's been over a year, and in the last few months, things got worse. Martini refuses to come downstairs. She pretty much lives in "her" bedroom. She also spends a lot of time hiding. We've tried rescue remedy and feliway, but neither helped her.
After a lot of thought, I decided to put her on Prozac. When she gets scared, she lashes out (she did that even when she was an only kitty for those 5 months) . I have a 6 month old niece and I don't think my sister in law will ever let her daughter stay at my house with martini (my sister in law is afraid of her, even though I tell her martini is actually really just afraid of her). So combined with her lashing out, and her new refusal to leave her room, I figured it was time to try Prozac.
She has had a full blood panel done and all her tests came back normal. Originally the vet put her on Zoloft, but it had to be compounded into a liquid. Martini did not like the liquid and trying to give it to her stressed BOTH of us out. So we tried Prozac. Today is day 4, and I don't know how I've managed to trick her into eating pill pockets for 4 days but I have!
Most of what I'm finding online is about Prozac helping for inappropriate peeing... but Martini doesn't do that. So I was just curious if anyone else had any success with Prozac helping a scaredy cat and how long it took!
After a lot of thought, I decided to put her on Prozac. When she gets scared, she lashes out (she did that even when she was an only kitty for those 5 months) . I have a 6 month old niece and I don't think my sister in law will ever let her daughter stay at my house with martini (my sister in law is afraid of her, even though I tell her martini is actually really just afraid of her). So combined with her lashing out, and her new refusal to leave her room, I figured it was time to try Prozac.
She has had a full blood panel done and all her tests came back normal. Originally the vet put her on Zoloft, but it had to be compounded into a liquid. Martini did not like the liquid and trying to give it to her stressed BOTH of us out. So we tried Prozac. Today is day 4, and I don't know how I've managed to trick her into eating pill pockets for 4 days but I have!
Most of what I'm finding online is about Prozac helping for inappropriate peeing... but Martini doesn't do that. So I was just curious if anyone else had any success with Prozac helping a scaredy cat and how long it took!