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Hi all. If you go back and read my previous posts you will see that I have been having issues with my blind cat Luna. I have tried every calming product on the market, spent hundreds on a cat behavioralist, taken her to the vet multiple times and nothing has helped. My vet put her on gabapentin to help take the edge off which helps sometimes? But only while shes on it. And when shes on it she just seems very sleepy and just sleeps so… obviously shes not having issues when shes asleep. I keep her separate from my other cat at all times but even when they are in different rooms she sometimes is on edge.
This is an email i sent to my vet this morning explaining what happened today.
‘Luna’s behavior is very inconsistent. Some days she seems very docile and loving and then others she will be prone to hissing/growling at every sound or movement. I have continued to keep her and Toulouse separate but for example this morning after she had slept in the bed all night with us she suddenly started low growling and wouldnt stop. The only thing I did was change positions. I eventually put her off the bed and she walked around the floor. When I got up I pet her and she purred and rubbed against the wall but then hissed and growled and went into a corner and was cowering. Nothing at all was going on. My dog was downstairs and I was the only one in the room and I was just getting dressed. Normally she does not do this but some days she is extra sensitive and disturbed.
I have no explanation for why this might happen. My partner and I say its a ‘bad day’ for Luna when she is like this. And when shes acting normal its a ‘good day.’
Is it possible for her to have a mood disorder? Or, and this is an even crazier speculation, is it possible she could have some sort of brain damage from bumping her head so much. She has bonked her head on walls, tables, chairs, cabinets, ect many times due to her blindness. In times where she is especially frantic and upset she runs away from whatever she thinks is the threat and in her panic will run into something and the noise it makes sounds like it hurts really bad. I’ve thought about keeping a cone on her to prevent her from bumping into things but with her anxiety already being so bad I decided not to’
He hasnt responded yet but he said before if rhe gabapentin didnt work we could try amitriptyline or fluoxitine. I am extremely hesitant to put her on these. Does anyone have any experience putting their cat on these drugs?
it is very difficult for me to keep the cats apart because I have to lock them in one room. i have been switching them so neither one is locked up all day but both of them cry when they are in a room alone. baby gates dont work because luna will sit by them and hiss and growl if my other cat is on the other side of it. she also does this at closed doors. if she is free roaming and he is in a room meowing she will get distressed and hiss and growl at the door.
This is an email i sent to my vet this morning explaining what happened today.
‘Luna’s behavior is very inconsistent. Some days she seems very docile and loving and then others she will be prone to hissing/growling at every sound or movement. I have continued to keep her and Toulouse separate but for example this morning after she had slept in the bed all night with us she suddenly started low growling and wouldnt stop. The only thing I did was change positions. I eventually put her off the bed and she walked around the floor. When I got up I pet her and she purred and rubbed against the wall but then hissed and growled and went into a corner and was cowering. Nothing at all was going on. My dog was downstairs and I was the only one in the room and I was just getting dressed. Normally she does not do this but some days she is extra sensitive and disturbed.
I have no explanation for why this might happen. My partner and I say its a ‘bad day’ for Luna when she is like this. And when shes acting normal its a ‘good day.’
Is it possible for her to have a mood disorder? Or, and this is an even crazier speculation, is it possible she could have some sort of brain damage from bumping her head so much. She has bonked her head on walls, tables, chairs, cabinets, ect many times due to her blindness. In times where she is especially frantic and upset she runs away from whatever she thinks is the threat and in her panic will run into something and the noise it makes sounds like it hurts really bad. I’ve thought about keeping a cone on her to prevent her from bumping into things but with her anxiety already being so bad I decided not to’
He hasnt responded yet but he said before if rhe gabapentin didnt work we could try amitriptyline or fluoxitine. I am extremely hesitant to put her on these. Does anyone have any experience putting their cat on these drugs?
it is very difficult for me to keep the cats apart because I have to lock them in one room. i have been switching them so neither one is locked up all day but both of them cry when they are in a room alone. baby gates dont work because luna will sit by them and hiss and growl if my other cat is on the other side of it. she also does this at closed doors. if she is free roaming and he is in a room meowing she will get distressed and hiss and growl at the door.