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Since October 2014 I adopted a cat from the shelter. She initially came here with me from for a only a short period, because I socialize kittens and she was my foster mommy cat and had her kittens here too.
I decided to keep her. I don't know much about her history. She is estimated around three years, and this was her second litter in a short time.
So she has been through a lot.
I lately started to notice that she has often those ripplings down her coat in her lower back. The rippling of the skin sometimes comes out of nowhere, which means I don't see any cause. Sometimes I also see her doing it after seeing a dog in front of her, for example. She is doing it a couple times a day.
She didn't jump easily for two days or so. I went to the vet and she exerted some pressure on the back and it hurt, because she started growling softly.
On the advice of the vet we did a X-ray of her back to see if any vertebrae had shifted. Her back looked basically good, no displaced vertebrae. Only the piece at the lower back and the sacrum was a bit 'whiter' than usual. It may be that this has been too much forced, also possible due to the fact she had given birth at least two times.
She now has to take Novacam for two weeks (only two days left now) and my vet said she had to make progress in those two weeks. So no more rippling, unless there was a real reason, such as a stress situation.
She has no problems with jumping for as far I can see. However, I don't see any change of the rippling of the skin. I wonder whether this is a sign of pain or stress, or both? She obviously has been through quite a lot and the x-ray showed normal, except that part around the sacrum which was whiter than usual.
I have quite much stress myself now, and she is quite sensitive, so see possibly feels this and get stressed too?
What would you advice me? Could it be FHS? She has no other symptoms such as biting, licking, chasing her tail etc. Occasionally she sometimes has a hyper-attack and then she runs behind my other cat, but then they just play. She eats well too.
Anyone any idea if this is FHS or just stress or perhaps something else?
Also a question in general : What works really well against stress in cats? I have looked for Zylkene and some other medication but I do not know what works well and is harmless as well. I also have valerian cushions and I try to provide as much rest as possible with minimal changes.
This week I should contact my vet again to tell her how things are going. She is doing fine though except for the ripplings. I don't want her any longer on novacam or similar medication because of the side effects it can have.
I decided to keep her. I don't know much about her history. She is estimated around three years, and this was her second litter in a short time.
So she has been through a lot.
I lately started to notice that she has often those ripplings down her coat in her lower back. The rippling of the skin sometimes comes out of nowhere, which means I don't see any cause. Sometimes I also see her doing it after seeing a dog in front of her, for example. She is doing it a couple times a day.
She didn't jump easily for two days or so. I went to the vet and she exerted some pressure on the back and it hurt, because she started growling softly.
On the advice of the vet we did a X-ray of her back to see if any vertebrae had shifted. Her back looked basically good, no displaced vertebrae. Only the piece at the lower back and the sacrum was a bit 'whiter' than usual. It may be that this has been too much forced, also possible due to the fact she had given birth at least two times.
She now has to take Novacam for two weeks (only two days left now) and my vet said she had to make progress in those two weeks. So no more rippling, unless there was a real reason, such as a stress situation.
She has no problems with jumping for as far I can see. However, I don't see any change of the rippling of the skin. I wonder whether this is a sign of pain or stress, or both? She obviously has been through quite a lot and the x-ray showed normal, except that part around the sacrum which was whiter than usual.
I have quite much stress myself now, and she is quite sensitive, so see possibly feels this and get stressed too?
What would you advice me? Could it be FHS? She has no other symptoms such as biting, licking, chasing her tail etc. Occasionally she sometimes has a hyper-attack and then she runs behind my other cat, but then they just play. She eats well too.
Anyone any idea if this is FHS or just stress or perhaps something else?
Also a question in general : What works really well against stress in cats? I have looked for Zylkene and some other medication but I do not know what works well and is harmless as well. I also have valerian cushions and I try to provide as much rest as possible with minimal changes.
This week I should contact my vet again to tell her how things are going. She is doing fine though except for the ripplings. I don't want her any longer on novacam or similar medication because of the side effects it can have.