I have severe anxiety disorder. Life is a struggle for me to not feel overwhelmed and like the sky is falling in general My cat Rey helps with that. It's been a rough couple years for me with cats, though -- my senior cat died of cancer, then my replacement was too sick too take care of, and now this with Rey.
Rey has something going wrong inside her, and the vet isn't sure what. For now, she has to be given metronidazole twice a day. She's a super picky eater so pill pockets and hiding the pill form in food doesn't seem to work with her. So liquid form it is.
She is 3 and I've adopted her for 1 year. She has never liked being picked up, but she likes to jump on my lap on her own. But I have to grab her and hold her for this med. At first it was just a little whine. After a couple days it was a wail. And now (day 4) it's ears pinned back and starting to growl. I have to do this for 7 more days.
My fear is that at some point she will develop a fear of me, start avoiding me, and hiding under the couch etc all day.
Anyone have thoughts on what to expect or advice to help me emotionally get through this? (And I don't necessarily want to just hear that everything will be fine if it isn't true.)
Thanks <3
Rey has something going wrong inside her, and the vet isn't sure what. For now, she has to be given metronidazole twice a day. She's a super picky eater so pill pockets and hiding the pill form in food doesn't seem to work with her. So liquid form it is.
She is 3 and I've adopted her for 1 year. She has never liked being picked up, but she likes to jump on my lap on her own. But I have to grab her and hold her for this med. At first it was just a little whine. After a couple days it was a wail. And now (day 4) it's ears pinned back and starting to growl. I have to do this for 7 more days.
My fear is that at some point she will develop a fear of me, start avoiding me, and hiding under the couch etc all day.
Anyone have thoughts on what to expect or advice to help me emotionally get through this? (And I don't necessarily want to just hear that everything will be fine if it isn't true.)
Thanks <3