I'm going to broach a very unpopular topic with pet parents, one that I have been slightly critical of myself. But, I am honestly at a point where I think my cat needs to be put on some type of prozac to calm him down.
Harley was a very sweet cat until he was fixed. Then he became skittish and scared of everything. Typically I could manage a couple times of day to get him and pet him to purring and calm him down.
About a month ago he began defecating and urinating outside the litter box. I've done everything - and I mean everything. New litter boxes, Cat Attract, Ultra Cat Attract, No Mark spray, No Stress spray, Feliway, Feliway spray. And when his BM started coming out rock hard, pumpkin and mineral oil as well as switching to a 90% moist food diet. Three weeks ago I took him to the vet, he went on anti-biotics, had some urine in his blood, didn't get better, took him back for an enema, took him back a week later because he is still not using his box. $800 later, his urine and BMs are fine except not in a box (well the urine is the majority of the time).
Well the last couple of nights have just gotten worse. As I said, everyday we spend (at least once) 20 minutes cuddling. I brush and pet him, he purrs and rubs his face against me, normal... Except twice now he has gotten spooked for no reason each time, flipped out, and urinated all over me, the couch, the floor, etc. And then he just runs to a corner and trembles.
I just don't know what to do at this point. 75% of the time he will use the litter boxes to urinate. We've kept a box just for him to use (which he does to urinate in as well) but we can never get him to defecate in the box.
And this new freak out he's doing where he ends up urinating in fear... I just don't know what to do.
Is there some kind of cat meds I can put him on for awhile that will calm his behavior? I've never wanted to resort to this, truly believing time and patience would solve everything, but he is regressing and I'm really worried for him and the discomfort/unhappiness he is going through.
Harley was a very sweet cat until he was fixed. Then he became skittish and scared of everything. Typically I could manage a couple times of day to get him and pet him to purring and calm him down.
About a month ago he began defecating and urinating outside the litter box. I've done everything - and I mean everything. New litter boxes, Cat Attract, Ultra Cat Attract, No Mark spray, No Stress spray, Feliway, Feliway spray. And when his BM started coming out rock hard, pumpkin and mineral oil as well as switching to a 90% moist food diet. Three weeks ago I took him to the vet, he went on anti-biotics, had some urine in his blood, didn't get better, took him back for an enema, took him back a week later because he is still not using his box. $800 later, his urine and BMs are fine except not in a box (well the urine is the majority of the time).
Well the last couple of nights have just gotten worse. As I said, everyday we spend (at least once) 20 minutes cuddling. I brush and pet him, he purrs and rubs his face against me, normal... Except twice now he has gotten spooked for no reason each time, flipped out, and urinated all over me, the couch, the floor, etc. And then he just runs to a corner and trembles.
I just don't know what to do at this point. 75% of the time he will use the litter boxes to urinate. We've kept a box just for him to use (which he does to urinate in as well) but we can never get him to defecate in the box.
And this new freak out he's doing where he ends up urinating in fear... I just don't know what to do.
Is there some kind of cat meds I can put him on for awhile that will calm his behavior? I've never wanted to resort to this, truly believing time and patience would solve everything, but he is regressing and I'm really worried for him and the discomfort/unhappiness he is going through.