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Just got back from vets with a 48 hour supply of Onsior to see if that makes a difference. If not, its back in for blood tests, x-rays, etc.... :( Keeping fingers crossed!

Thanks for your response! Mickey is a young cat, just turned 2 in June, so am very mystified...and very worried. :( Still waiting to hear back from vet.

Hello! After getting our two quarreling felines finally able to cohabitate, I finally felt like things were smooth sailing until about a week ago. My little Mickey started being more lethargic, not racing around, and developed a strange habit of routinely sitting up on his haunches for a...

Hello! Yes, please don't be impatient with the prozac. My guy is still on it, about one year later, but we plan on weaning him off soon! Did the vet put them on a starting dose where there is room to increase over time if necessary? My guy is at maximum, with .1 ml in the morning and .05 ml...

We have been using fluoxetine (Prozac) on our cat for 6 months now to help get he and our resident cat to be able to live under the same roof, and it is working!! He only would do pills briefly, so we now use the compounded cream form that we simply apply to the skin area of his ear flap. We...

Hi Kashurr! First, I am very impressed by your stick-to-it-ive-ness! I can relate to how you are feeling, as I have had a similar path with my two boys, Pesto and Mickey. It will be a year on February 6th since we added Mickey to our household, and I am happy to say, finally, that I think it...

I don't know if someone has already suggested this, but have you tried talking to a vet about possibly using drug therapy? We have gotten to a place where we finally have both cats loose in the house 24/7 with fewer and fewer altercations for the most part. Any changes in the house will stir...

My vet just prescribed Prozac for our guy in a transdermal cream. I just dispense the correct amount and apply to the inside of the ear. Any compounding pharmacy can do this

Thanks for your responses. I have answered your additional thoughts in bold after each statement. I think the takeaway for us is to spend more time with each cat (separately) engaged in play time. I'll keep you posted! :)

Thank you for your response! I will try to answer all line by line the best I can: 1. As this has been an evolving and continuing issue since we brought Mickey home, I would say it's a bit of a mixed bag as to how Pesto acts when being chased. Originally, he would just take off and hide under...

Hello and good morning all, We are now five months in to the introduction of Mickey to Pesto, our resident cat, and it has been a roller-coaster ride. I am looking for any kind of advice or encouragement because I am not really sure where we are now! :) After 2 1/2 months of slow intro, we...

Thanks! I will check these out as well. :)

Thanks for your responses! I will go check this holster out! The weather is getting so nice, I am sure he would love to go chase a couple bugs around. :)

Hi Margret, and thanks for your response! We adopted Mickey in early February, and while we were working on integrating the two cats, I started harness training him in late February. We only got to the point of him having it completely on him and I had just started trying to get him used to the...

Good afternoon all, I am trying to find a good harness for our kitty Mickey. When we first adopted him, I had started harness training him while waiting for he and our resident cat to become integrated. He seemed to enjoy the training and it became part of our activities in addition to play...

So, it's taken a little less than three weeks since my last update on this journey, but think we are closer to thinking we will finally be able to integrate Mickey and Pesto! There continues to be roller-coaster-ride days, but more and more I think they are resolving their pecking order and...

This is so true! I think sometimes it is easy to just keep doing the cat training steps and we forget that animals, and I think especially cats, are very capable of jealousy. I have had everything from seahorses to the full sized land versions, and I think every one of them displayed jealousy...

I spent a lot of time on Wednesday thinking about that mornings discussion with my vet and her opinion that my new guy only had about a 30% chance of being able to cohabitate with my resident cat at best, and only if Pesto was also put on the same meds. I spent a huge part of the day crying at...

Thank you! My heart is feeling pretty beat up right now, as I saw the vet this morning, and she only gives my guys about a 30% chance of ever getting along at all at this point. Not very heartening, and feeling like I need to make a decision very soon about bringing our new boy back. We are...

I am so sorry about your dilemma. We are in the same boat, have tried everything including onsite visits with a behaviorist and putting the new kitty on anti depressants per the vets advice. Nothing is working and it's maddening to have them seemingly get along with a baby gate between them...