Re: Pets chit chat thread
Well, I've changed the diffuser so used one full vile and seen no change in Dolly's behaviour. I read dozens of articles and discussions about the condition and one said that something as small as changing the location of her cat litter could cause stress. I didn't change the location, but just before Christmas I got a corner tray with a lid that fit the space better and was much larger. So I took the lid off in case it was that. Since then we've noticed Dolly visits the tray a lot more than before. Often not actually doing anything. She might force out a tiny wee, or she might just kick the litter about as though burying something. So maybe it was that and she's enjoying the novelty of the tray being 'normal'.
Yet the licking and biting continues. She's starting to get a rash now too, and every week or so she makes her ankle bleed again
On my way out last night, Dolly was on the windowsill and one of the 'ginger kids' was in the street. So I can't rule out that those cats are to blame.
I'm so desperate that I did a meditation journey to ask Dolly's supporting spirits what I can do to help. I don't think the answer was correct though. I was shown Dolly hiding under the bed during the fireworks. We usually stay home with her on Guy Fawkes but last year we went out to see a display and took my mum, who would normally be our kitty-sitter. We closed the blackout curtains and left chill out music for cats playing on a loop. The reason I don't think it is that, is that the articles I've read say that the stress will be caused by something on-going, rather than a one-off event (although fireworks go off at any time from October to December, then again at new year here). All the same, a message is a message, so I won't be leaving Dolly alone during a fireworks display again.
The vet did say there are other options, but I don't know what else we could do without finding out the cause of Dolly's anxiety. It doesn't help that Dolly hates going to the vets. I'm worried taking her back and forth is just going to make her anxiety worse.
I also changed her diet like the vet suggested to see if it would stop her vomiting. It didn't, and once she was on 100% Purina, she became so distressed that she started to cry. Dolly never cried for food and short of being locked behind a door or in some place shed snuck into when our backs were turned, she never used her voice to communicate. She never had to because we just always responded when she rubbed against our legs. I of course reintroduced her wet food, but she now knows crying gets a response. She cries constantly now, and we can't always tell what she wants.
So now we have a depressed kitty who also cries constantly, asking us for who knows what. I know the vet was just trying to help, but I wish I'd had the sense to realise that this is not the time to be messing with any aspect of Dolly's routine.
Well, I've changed the diffuser so used one full vile and seen no change in Dolly's behaviour. I read dozens of articles and discussions about the condition and one said that something as small as changing the location of her cat litter could cause stress. I didn't change the location, but just before Christmas I got a corner tray with a lid that fit the space better and was much larger. So I took the lid off in case it was that. Since then we've noticed Dolly visits the tray a lot more than before. Often not actually doing anything. She might force out a tiny wee, or she might just kick the litter about as though burying something. So maybe it was that and she's enjoying the novelty of the tray being 'normal'.
Yet the licking and biting continues. She's starting to get a rash now too, and every week or so she makes her ankle bleed again
On my way out last night, Dolly was on the windowsill and one of the 'ginger kids' was in the street. So I can't rule out that those cats are to blame.
I'm so desperate that I did a meditation journey to ask Dolly's supporting spirits what I can do to help. I don't think the answer was correct though. I was shown Dolly hiding under the bed during the fireworks. We usually stay home with her on Guy Fawkes but last year we went out to see a display and took my mum, who would normally be our kitty-sitter. We closed the blackout curtains and left chill out music for cats playing on a loop. The reason I don't think it is that, is that the articles I've read say that the stress will be caused by something on-going, rather than a one-off event (although fireworks go off at any time from October to December, then again at new year here). All the same, a message is a message, so I won't be leaving Dolly alone during a fireworks display again.
The vet did say there are other options, but I don't know what else we could do without finding out the cause of Dolly's anxiety. It doesn't help that Dolly hates going to the vets. I'm worried taking her back and forth is just going to make her anxiety worse.
I also changed her diet like the vet suggested to see if it would stop her vomiting. It didn't, and once she was on 100% Purina, she became so distressed that she started to cry. Dolly never cried for food and short of being locked behind a door or in some place shed snuck into when our backs were turned, she never used her voice to communicate. She never had to because we just always responded when she rubbed against our legs. I of course reintroduced her wet food, but she now knows crying gets a response. She cries constantly now, and we can't always tell what she wants.
So now we have a depressed kitty who also cries constantly, asking us for who knows what. I know the vet was just trying to help, but I wish I'd had the sense to realise that this is not the time to be messing with any aspect of Dolly's routine.
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