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Little Cat was fine up until a couple weeks ago, where she started showing symptoms of hyperesthesia. At first she would just once in a while lash her tail and stare at it. We have another cat who has this disorder but she’s never needed any treatment, as long as we only pet her head she doesn’t usually have any episodes and if she does they’re mild. So we kind of expected a similar thing with Little Cat, but now we know it can get much worse.
She has an appointment at the vet but is now having episodes where she growls, hisses, attacks her tail and back, and people too (she would never attack someone so this is VERY unusual and shows how uncomfortable and scared she must be).
I have two questions if anyone can help before her appointment.
1. Is this always treatable?
2. Is it possible matted fur could be causing this? She has some mats above her tail that we didn’t think were an emergency but planned on having the vet shave off. I bought a cat shaving kit but then we were scared we might hurt her. I’m not sure how the mats formed since she’s short-haired.
She has an appointment at the vet but is now having episodes where she growls, hisses, attacks her tail and back, and people too (she would never attack someone so this is VERY unusual and shows how uncomfortable and scared she must be).
I have two questions if anyone can help before her appointment.
1. Is this always treatable?
2. Is it possible matted fur could be causing this? She has some mats above her tail that we didn’t think were an emergency but planned on having the vet shave off. I bought a cat shaving kit but then we were scared we might hurt her. I’m not sure how the mats formed since she’s short-haired.