Hunter and Sammy - Help!

Hunter is at the S.N.A.P clinic getting his "snip" - they're going to call
me between 2 and 4 today to let me know how he did and when to come pick him
up. Again, purrs for his uneventful surgery would be greatly appreciated.

Sammy is going to be a problem. *NOT* because she is so big and could bully
Hunter but because she is such a big *WUSS*! She has been very, very edgy
since hunter has been in the house, even though she hasn't seen him (I'm
sure she can still smell and hear him). She won't eat because she's afraid
to stay upstairs (I had to sit down next to her this morning to even get her
to take a few bites - the whole while she kept stopping to look around
nervously).

I don't want her to get sick from nerves as she did when we tried to home
Tayla, but I am determined that sweet little Hunter will have a home with us
(actually Tayla would have too if she hadn't been so dangerously aggressive
with the (then) 10 week old boys). It's going to be 2 more months before
Sammy will even be able to see Hunter, then more time being separated by
screen or cage. However, I want to start taking care of her nerves *now*
before she has a chance to make herself sick. I'm thinking of getting
something for her nerves from the vet this weekend.

Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

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Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

I have no direct experience with this issue, but I do recall that others
have advocated Feliway as being helpful with issues like these. Do you
have Feliway diffusers in place?

Dan

Daniel Mahoney wrote:
Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

I have no direct experience with this issue, but I do recall that others
have advocated Feliway as being helpful with issues like these. Do you
have Feliway diffusers in place?

Dan

I'd be leery of Feliway. While they calmed Lizzy's aggressiveness, they
freaked out Weeble - he kept looking for that "other cat" that he
couldn't see/hear, but could smell! Took him six months to get back to
"normal" after we removed then diffusers completely from the house.

And Lizzie has now calmed her aggressiveness on her own. She's Queen
Elizabeth now

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"Daniel Mahoney" wrote in message
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Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have
you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

I have no direct experience with this issue, but I do recall that others
have advocated Feliway as being helpful with issues like these. Do you
have Feliway diffusers in place?

Dan

I haven't yet - since it's *SO* expensive that will be a last resort. My
vet recommended Homeopet Anxiety (an OTC medication). It's only $17 so I'm
going to give that a try (unless someone here has had an adverse experience
with it).

Hugs,

CatNipped

CatNipped wrote:
Hunter is at the S.N.A.P clinic getting his "snip" - they're going to call
me between 2 and 4 today to let me know how he did and when to come pick him
up. Again, purrs for his uneventful surgery would be greatly appreciated.

Sammy is going to be a problem. *NOT* because she is so big and could bully
Hunter but because she is such a big *WUSS*! She has been very, very edgy
since hunter has been in the house, even though she hasn't seen him (I'm
sure she can still smell and hear him). She won't eat because she's afraid
to stay upstairs (I had to sit down next to her this morning to even get her
to take a few bites - the whole while she kept stopping to look around
nervously).

I don't want her to get sick from nerves as she did when we tried to home
Tayla, but I am determined that sweet little Hunter will have a home with us
(actually Tayla would have too if she hadn't been so dangerously aggressive
with the (then) 10 week old boys). It's going to be 2 more months before
Sammy will even be able to see Hunter, then more time being separated by
screen or cage. However, I want to start taking care of her nerves *now*
before she has a chance to make herself sick. I'm thinking of getting
something for her nerves from the vet this weekend.

Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

Just sending out purrs, since I've never had one on meds. I do have a
couple of very neurotic cats, though. They're only neurotic part of the
time, so I don't worry about it too much. (Arthur, Wolfie and Merlyn
are the Neurotic Three).

Have you tried introductions yet (very, very SLOW introductions, of course)?

I wish I was of more help, but I hope things get worked out okay.

Ginger-lyn

Nocturne didn't take the move well at all. It took her six months to
stop hanging out in the closet most of the time and she pees the
floor. We tried Feliway and it helped a little, and we had to throw
out our cat bed and make sure nothing else soft (clothes, rugs,
pillows) ever got onto the floor. We need to hang them up or keep
them on the furniture at all times...rugs are useless. Finally she
started just peeing by the door, and when no-mark spray, tinfoil and
stickytape all failed, we just put a litter box in her pee spot.

I don't really know what to say other than introduce them very slowly,
use Feliway or one of those others (maybe try the spray?) and realize
Sammy may need a lot of time and encouragement to adjust . Make sure
she gets the lions' share of attention.

We didn't medicate Nox. When we moved the cat post closer to the
closet during Yule to put the tree up, she started to hang out on it
so we left it in the dining room. She now sleeps on the couch too if
I have my decorator pillows in the corners for her to poly on. We had
to accommodate her with the litter box too and...she meatloafs on the
dining room table. I don't like a cat on the table, but if I put her
on the floor, Smokey runs up and starts harassing her. I've noticed
that if one of the kittens is on HER cat tree, she loafs on the table
to stay up out of Smokey's reach. It seems the lesser of two evils to
let her sit on the table.

Purrs,

Fil



Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have you
used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter has
been successfully integrated?

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Hunter is at the S.N.A.P clinic getting his "snip" - they're going to
call me between 2 and 4 today to let me know how he did and when to come
pick him up. Again, purrs for his uneventful surgery would be greatly
appreciated.

Sammy is going to be a problem. *NOT* because she is so big and could
bully Hunter but because she is such a big *WUSS*! She has been very,
very edgy since hunter has been in the house, even though she hasn't seen
him (I'm sure she can still smell and hear him). She won't eat because
she's afraid to stay upstairs (I had to sit down next to her this morning
to even get her to take a few bites - the whole while she kept stopping
to look around nervously).

I don't want her to get sick from nerves as she did when we tried to home
Tayla, but I am determined that sweet little Hunter will have a home with
us (actually Tayla would have too if she hadn't been so dangerously
aggressive with the (then) 10 week old boys). It's going to be 2 more
months before Sammy will even be able to see Hunter, then more time being
separated by screen or cage. However, I want to start taking care of her
nerves *now* before she has a chance to make herself sick. I'm thinking
of getting something for her nerves from the vet this weekend.

Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have
you used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter
has been successfully integrated?

Hopefully she will be better when his hormone levels drop.

Jo

"Ginger-lyn" wrote in message
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CatNipped wrote:
Hunter is at the S.N.A.P clinic getting his "snip" - they're going to
call me between 2 and 4 today to let me know how he did and when to come
pick him up. Again, purrs for his uneventful surgery would be greatly
appreciated.

Sammy is going to be a problem. *NOT* because she is so big and could
bully Hunter but because she is such a big *WUSS*! She has been very,
very edgy since hunter has been in the house, even though she hasn't seen
him (I'm sure she can still smell and hear him). She won't eat because
she's afraid to stay upstairs (I had to sit down next to her this morning
to even get her to take a few bites - the whole while she kept stopping
to look around nervously).

I don't want her to get sick from nerves as she did when we tried to home
Tayla, but I am determined that sweet little Hunter will have a home with
us (actually Tayla would have too if she hadn't been so dangerously
aggressive with the (then) 10 week old boys). It's going to be 2 more
months before Sammy will even be able to see Hunter, then more time being
separated by screen or cage. However, I want to start taking care of her
nerves *now* before she has a chance to make herself sick. I'm thinking
of getting something for her nerves from the vet this weekend.

Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have
you used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter
has been successfully integrated?

Just sending out purrs, since I've never had one on meds. I do have a
couple of very neurotic cats, though. They're only neurotic part of the
time, so I don't worry about it too much. (Arthur, Wolfie and Merlyn are
the Neurotic Three).

Have you tried introductions yet (very, very SLOW introductions, of
course)?

I wish I was of more help, but I hope things get worked out okay.

Ginger-lyn

He's still in a room all by himself behind a solid door. He's going to stay
there until we get his second FIV and FeLV test 7 weeks from now. After
that we'll put up the door that has the cut-out bottom half that's screened
so they can see and smell each other for a while. We're also going to use
the large dog kennel we had to buy when Archer broke his leg so that Hunter
can hang out with us in the great room without being able to engage anybody
physically.


So far (fingers crossed) the Homeopet Anxiety drops seem to be working on
Sammy.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Enfilade" wrote in message
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Nocturne didn't take the move well at all. It took her six months to
stop hanging out in the closet most of the time and she pees the
floor. We tried Feliway and it helped a little, and we had to throw
out our cat bed and make sure nothing else soft (clothes, rugs,
pillows) ever got onto the floor. We need to hang them up or keep
them on the furniture at all times...rugs are useless. Finally she
started just peeing by the door, and when no-mark spray, tinfoil and
stickytape all failed, we just put a litter box in her pee spot.

I don't really know what to say other than introduce them very slowly,
use Feliway or one of those others (maybe try the spray?) and realize
Sammy may need a lot of time and encouragement to adjust . Make sure
she gets the lions' share of attention.

We didn't medicate Nox. When we moved the cat post closer to the
closet during Yule to put the tree up, she started to hang out on it
so we left it in the dining room. She now sleeps on the couch too if
I have my decorator pillows in the corners for her to poly on. We had
to accommodate her with the litter box too and...she meatloafs on the
dining room table. I don't like a cat on the table, but if I put her
on the floor, Smokey runs up and starts harassing her. I've noticed
that if one of the kittens is on HER cat tree, she loafs on the table
to stay up out of Smokey's reach. It seems the lesser of two evils to
let her sit on the table.

Purrs,

Fil

{{{{{{{{{{Nocturne}}}}}}}}}} Moves are especially hard on older cats.
Purring that she'll soon feel comfortable in her new home.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Jo Firey" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Hunter is at the S.N.A.P clinic getting his "snip" - they're going to
call me between 2 and 4 today to let me know how he did and when to come
pick him up. Again, purrs for his uneventful surgery would be greatly
appreciated.

Sammy is going to be a problem. *NOT* because she is so big and could
bully Hunter but because she is such a big *WUSS*! She has been very,
very edgy since hunter has been in the house, even though she hasn't seen
him (I'm sure she can still smell and hear him). She won't eat because
she's afraid to stay upstairs (I had to sit down next to her this morning
to even get her to take a few bites - the whole while she kept stopping
to look around nervously).

I don't want her to get sick from nerves as she did when we tried to home
Tayla, but I am determined that sweet little Hunter will have a home with
us (actually Tayla would have too if she hadn't been so dangerously
aggressive with the (then) 10 week old boys). It's going to be 2 more
months before Sammy will even be able to see Hunter, then more time being
separated by screen or cage. However, I want to start taking care of her
nerves *now* before she has a chance to make herself sick. I'm thinking
of getting something for her nerves from the vet this weekend.

Has anyone here had problems with a nervous cat? What medications have
you used, if any? How long should I keep her on medication after Hunter
has been successfully integrated?

Hopefully she will be better when his hormone levels drop.

Jo

I hadn't thought of that! Maybe between that, the Homeopet Anxiety drops,
and his very laid-back nature (what is it about orinj-stripey boy cats that
make them so mellow??!) she'll be OK during the sloooooooow introduction.

Hugs,

CatNipped