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I know I'm supposed to deworm my kitten before the vaccination and regularly afterwards and I thought I could do that at home. I watched some videos and cats seemed totally fine with the procedure. It's supposed to be easy, just give her some supposedly tasty liquid!
But today I did it for the first time and it wasn't good. The kitten became really scared at first and then she started meowing non-stop, eyes full of fear and desperation, as if I was making her suffer horribly. She's never meowed like that before, it almost broke my heart. Afterwards she was wary around me and didn't purr no matter how much I tried to stroke her on her favorite spots to calm her down.
In a while she went to sleep, slept for a few hours and seemingly forgot about it. Now she purrs like normal when I stroke her, but still has no appetite and doesn't want to play. Those, however, are likely side-effects of the dewormer, so I can't say for sure if she's still stressed or not.
I don't want my kitten to stop trusting me and to stop feeling safe! Should I go to a vet every time I need to deworm her, so that she becomes scared of the vet and not myself? Or do you think it's fine and she's always going to forget about it and trust me again (I heard that cats have short memory)? Afaik all people do such procedures at home.
But today I did it for the first time and it wasn't good. The kitten became really scared at first and then she started meowing non-stop, eyes full of fear and desperation, as if I was making her suffer horribly. She's never meowed like that before, it almost broke my heart. Afterwards she was wary around me and didn't purr no matter how much I tried to stroke her on her favorite spots to calm her down.
In a while she went to sleep, slept for a few hours and seemingly forgot about it. Now she purrs like normal when I stroke her, but still has no appetite and doesn't want to play. Those, however, are likely side-effects of the dewormer, so I can't say for sure if she's still stressed or not.
I don't want my kitten to stop trusting me and to stop feeling safe! Should I go to a vet every time I need to deworm her, so that she becomes scared of the vet and not myself? Or do you think it's fine and she's always going to forget about it and trust me again (I heard that cats have short memory)? Afaik all people do such procedures at home.