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Does anyone here have experience using flower essences in their cat's water?
I'm asking, because I spoke to my vet this morning about how quickly Ferris metabolized the Acepromazine (see thread: Grooming Day for Ferris) and asked if going up to 10 mg would be the next step.
The vet says absolutely no, that would be too high a dose for him, and my only options are this:
A.) I trick him into the carrier again (easier said than done) and take him to the vet, where they put him under to groom him. THis is NOT the preferred way to go, as doing this every 6-8 weeks will completely destroy any relationship I hope to build with Ferris. Not to mention that putting him under anesthesia every other month is a really bad idea, for ANY animal.
or,
B.) I use flower essences in his water to help alleviate his anxieties and calm him down enough to allow me to groom him, either using just the flower essences in his water, or using the essesnces with the 5 mg dose of Ace combined.
I'm a bit skeptical about the essences, but I'm willing to give it a try. Anything to avoid furthering Ferris' distrust of me.
I am concerned, however, as the vet's office stated that the essences won't work right if they are put in the drinking fountain water, and that I will have to use a regular water bowl.
That just isn't going to be possible in my home, unless I'm willing to have water all over the floor on a daily basis from the bowl getting knocked over. (You should see the amount of dry food I have to clean up off the floor every day from the roughhousing that goes on while I'm not home - I'm just not willing to add water to the mix.)
I use the Drinkwell, and I can always take out the filter, but the vet's office for some reason says that the essence drops won't work if the water is circulating. HUH???
Please I beg those of you who have experience using essences to share your experience with me. I need to do the right thing for Ferris, and if I don't get his claws trimmed soon, the carpets in my apartment will all be destroyed just from him running over them, as he snags everything now, his claws are SO long.
I just don't want to be forced to vet him for grooming, or he and I will never be able to make friends.
I'm asking, because I spoke to my vet this morning about how quickly Ferris metabolized the Acepromazine (see thread: Grooming Day for Ferris) and asked if going up to 10 mg would be the next step.
The vet says absolutely no, that would be too high a dose for him, and my only options are this:
A.) I trick him into the carrier again (easier said than done) and take him to the vet, where they put him under to groom him. THis is NOT the preferred way to go, as doing this every 6-8 weeks will completely destroy any relationship I hope to build with Ferris. Not to mention that putting him under anesthesia every other month is a really bad idea, for ANY animal.
or,
B.) I use flower essences in his water to help alleviate his anxieties and calm him down enough to allow me to groom him, either using just the flower essences in his water, or using the essesnces with the 5 mg dose of Ace combined.
I'm a bit skeptical about the essences, but I'm willing to give it a try. Anything to avoid furthering Ferris' distrust of me.
I am concerned, however, as the vet's office stated that the essences won't work right if they are put in the drinking fountain water, and that I will have to use a regular water bowl.
That just isn't going to be possible in my home, unless I'm willing to have water all over the floor on a daily basis from the bowl getting knocked over. (You should see the amount of dry food I have to clean up off the floor every day from the roughhousing that goes on while I'm not home - I'm just not willing to add water to the mix.)
I use the Drinkwell, and I can always take out the filter, but the vet's office for some reason says that the essence drops won't work if the water is circulating. HUH???
Please I beg those of you who have experience using essences to share your experience with me. I need to do the right thing for Ferris, and if I don't get his claws trimmed soon, the carpets in my apartment will all be destroyed just from him running over them, as he snags everything now, his claws are SO long.
I just don't want to be forced to vet him for grooming, or he and I will never be able to make friends.