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My 2 yr old mochi has never been the type of cat to be overly sweet/affectionate. He’s nice on his own terms but is never mean to us. He doesn’t bite unless he gets over stimulated.
he’s also always done very well in the car, never meows, never cry’s, and he likes his carrier so much he sleeps in it.
today I took him to the vet and the whole way there he cried and scratched his carrier trying to get out. He’s never done that ever. At the vet, he was terrified and super aggressive and stressed. He bit and scratched the vet, hissed, growled, shook, and his hair was shedding like crazy. I’ve never seen him that way and it was so distressing. I feel absolutely awful about it because he has to go back this week to have a biopsy done due to a lump on his face (most likely a cyst.) he’ll have to be sedated which means he can’t eat tomorrow night, and I have to give him the “happy pills” (gabapentin) before I bring him in. I’ve never drugged my cat, I’ve never experienced him so scared at the vet.I am so sad and don’t know what to do.
he seems fine now that he’s home. He’s laying in the living room being a kitty loaf and is letting us pet him.
I’m so worried about taking him back to the vet. What if it traumatizes him so bad that he no longer trusts me? What if he has redirected aggression towards me? Ugh. Anyone else have this issue?
he’s also always done very well in the car, never meows, never cry’s, and he likes his carrier so much he sleeps in it.
today I took him to the vet and the whole way there he cried and scratched his carrier trying to get out. He’s never done that ever. At the vet, he was terrified and super aggressive and stressed. He bit and scratched the vet, hissed, growled, shook, and his hair was shedding like crazy. I’ve never seen him that way and it was so distressing. I feel absolutely awful about it because he has to go back this week to have a biopsy done due to a lump on his face (most likely a cyst.) he’ll have to be sedated which means he can’t eat tomorrow night, and I have to give him the “happy pills” (gabapentin) before I bring him in. I’ve never drugged my cat, I’ve never experienced him so scared at the vet.I am so sad and don’t know what to do.
he seems fine now that he’s home. He’s laying in the living room being a kitty loaf and is letting us pet him.
I’m so worried about taking him back to the vet. What if it traumatizes him so bad that he no longer trusts me? What if he has redirected aggression towards me? Ugh. Anyone else have this issue?