Gabapentin pica in cats1/2/2024 I want to rule out allergies and parasites for his red and itchy twitchy ears before blaming it all on stress. My question was those who use gabapentin for kitty anxiety, what’s the current dose your cat’s on? How are they handling it?ĭid you ever need to increase the dose because it wasn’t working? I see a bit of progress each night and it’s all torn down the next morning with the injection. I’ve bought a feliway diffuser, the spray, catnip to make him engage with toys, a puzzle feeder (that he instantly realised could be beaten by simply knocking the whole thing over) a cat tunnel, a new cat tree with a bloody hammock installed.īird videos are on a loop on my tv while I’m at work. He’s completely fine while he’s mentally stimulated but the moment he’s left to himself the anxiety comes back again. I’ve been trying to adjust his behavior by immediately engaging him in play when he starts to look anxious or the overgrooming starts. Poor thing now has wounds behind his ears and below his chin. The overgrooming and scratching is the worst though. Way more vocalisation and twitching than before during REM sleep. I’m positive he’s terrified of the t-shirt too. He even becomes scared of a reflective door handle in my room that I now cover up with a t-shirt. The day after a vet visit he’s jumping at shadows and the smallest of noises. The first couple of days seemed fine but now his anxiety is back with a vengeance. He’s on 2 capsules of zylkene and two doses of 4mg/kg oral gabapentin I’m not sure the dosage is enough. My vet suggested zylkene and gabapentin after he was basically hyperventilating while there. I think I’ll frame that 2am X-ray and hang it in the living room once this all blows over. There’s also my panic stricken mind that overthinks and rushes to the emergency vet at 02:00 in the morning dreading pleural effusions only to find out that the bugger ate too much and that’s why he was breathing a bit fast. I’ve recently found a vet willing to kindly do daily house calls but he’s still understandably traumatised by it. The stress of the last couple of months filled with blood tests, X-rays, ultrasounds an so have taken their toll and it doesn’t seem like it’ll improve anytime soon because of the remaining 67 days of injections. Unfortunately his emotional well-being has gone directly in the opposite direction. Plays, eats, uses food puzzles, jumps on the fridge and back down etc.Īlmost unimaginable compared to how unwell he was just 2 weeks ago. Currently back at 5.45kg (12lbs) and climbing. We’re on day 17 and he has already put on 450 gr (1lbs) of weight! He’s physically showing immense improvement. It consists of 84 days of daily injections. My kitty Potato is currently undergoing the GS treatment for FIP.
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