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I’m looking for practical advice and/or reassurance - I really hope someone can help.
We have two cats, Elsa (5) and Mo (6) who have lived happily together practically their whole lives. Just over a fortnight ago, following what had been a pretty stressful week, Elsa went to the vet, where she was given some intralesional steroid shots for a nasty flare up of her skin allergies. 24 hours later, she - entirely unprovoked - launched the most vicious attack on Mo I have ever seen from a cat. Since then, she has continued to charge at her whenever she sees her. Spitting, snarling, biting, claws out - it is horrible. Both my partner and I have cuts all over our feet and ankles - once we have helped Mo to escape we invariably become the next targets. It is like we are living with a completely different, strange, psychotic cat. I see very brief flashes of ‘my’ Elsa, but only when the two of us are alone.
We are trying to keep them completely separate with a view to trying a reintroduction as soon as Elsa seems calmer.
The vet has given me a prescription for Prozac (for Elsa, not me - though I bl**dy need it now) but I can not get her to take it. I have tried everything.
OTC treatments I have tried / am currently using:
Zylkene
Royal Canin Calm
Felliway diffusers
Composure
Mo seems pretty chilled - when Elsa is safely in the spare room - thanks to the Zylkene, but Elsa is still totally wired.
I’ve contacted a cat behaviourist, but it looks unlikely that I will be able to get things moving with her before Christmas. And speaking of Christmas, we will have guests for two weeks - so we will no longer have the option of using the guest room as our primary containment zone / sanctuary space.
I love them both with all my heart and really can not bear this. Any advice greatly appreciated.
We have two cats, Elsa (5) and Mo (6) who have lived happily together practically their whole lives. Just over a fortnight ago, following what had been a pretty stressful week, Elsa went to the vet, where she was given some intralesional steroid shots for a nasty flare up of her skin allergies. 24 hours later, she - entirely unprovoked - launched the most vicious attack on Mo I have ever seen from a cat. Since then, she has continued to charge at her whenever she sees her. Spitting, snarling, biting, claws out - it is horrible. Both my partner and I have cuts all over our feet and ankles - once we have helped Mo to escape we invariably become the next targets. It is like we are living with a completely different, strange, psychotic cat. I see very brief flashes of ‘my’ Elsa, but only when the two of us are alone.
We are trying to keep them completely separate with a view to trying a reintroduction as soon as Elsa seems calmer.
The vet has given me a prescription for Prozac (for Elsa, not me - though I bl**dy need it now) but I can not get her to take it. I have tried everything.
OTC treatments I have tried / am currently using:
Zylkene
Royal Canin Calm
Felliway diffusers
Composure
Mo seems pretty chilled - when Elsa is safely in the spare room - thanks to the Zylkene, but Elsa is still totally wired.
I’ve contacted a cat behaviourist, but it looks unlikely that I will be able to get things moving with her before Christmas. And speaking of Christmas, we will have guests for two weeks - so we will no longer have the option of using the guest room as our primary containment zone / sanctuary space.
I love them both with all my heart and really can not bear this. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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