Think I Need to ReHome My Civvie

FYI, Amitryptiline is another option - our cat was less "stoned" on it than on Prozac, and it did wonders for his anxiety, peeling out of the box and spraying. In our experience, the pills worked better than having it compounded into a transdermal that you rub in the ear.
 
Sandi & Whisper said:
FYI, Amitryptiline is another option - our cat was less "stoned" on it than on Prozac, and it did wonders for his anxiety, peeling out of the box and spraying. In our experience, the pills worked better than having it compounded into a transdermal that you rub in the ear.
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thanks!
 
Ozzy Pawzbourne said:
Ok-we just got back from the vet and guess what? Our almost 16 year old kitty who has been healthy as a horse his entire life now has a heart murmur and was slightly dehydrated. I was surprised by both findings. the heart murmur is new. He didn't have it at his last check up last year. And the dehydration was surprising as well since he eats all wet food. 80% of his calories comes from Darwin's raw food and the rest is canned cat food that we leave in the feeder during the day while at work since we don't leave out raw food for that long. We usually mix the raw food with a little water to break it up better since Figgie has problems chewing it sometimes and Ozzy is prone to ketones so water helps flush them.

The vet said the dehydration could be an early sign of kidney disease. And the murmur could be from early heart disease or could be from untreated hyperthyroidism which is something we had him tested for a year ago out of suspicion (he was in the gray area on the range).

So we got some tests ordered and will wait for the news. In the meantime, she prescribed him gabapentin (a pain med) which the vet said could help with the anxiety and aggression while we wait for his test results to come back. She said he has to be healthy enough to take the kitty Prozac and also that it can take a few weeks to build up in the system so we could use both until the kitty Prozac has taken effect. The gabapentin was expensive ...$50 for 15 days Think we might start with half a dose and stretch it. Anyone try this med and have any luck?
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you can get Gabapentin much cheaper online!!!! I give it for arthritis pain. I get 100 Gabapentin capsules (I give 1/2 a capsule twice a day) is $28 on 1800petmeds.com
 
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