A quick tip for people who, like me, have an FHS kitty who gets violent and attacks you when they have an episode. We keep a thick blanket in almost every room of the house here, when Bair has a bad episode and looks like he is going to start tearing into everyone (all our other cats and even our two large dogs will RUN out of the room and hide when he has an episode) I will grab a blanket and throw it over the top of him. Oh he throws a fit of course and makes all sorts of horrible noise about it but this way I can safely pick him up and put him in his quiet room until he calms down and is back to his sweet self. The thick blanket keeps me from getting hurt (Ive got scars on my arms from him) and it keeps him from being hurt because I can just scoop him up instead of trying to grab him by the scruff and hold him down. I went down to Goodwill and bought up 5 nice thick blankets for only $4 each. This way Im not out a lot of money when he tears up one of them. I really advise you to get the thickest blankets you can find, and get at least a queen sized blanket, Ive had Bair manage to get me around a small blanket. By the way, I dont recommend grabbing a very angry cat, even if you can get them by the scruff of the neck they are very flexible and can and will use their front and back legs to reach around and do some serious damage to your arm. Working 10 years at a veterinarian office has taught me to be very respectful of angry or scared cats, they can inflict serious damage very very quickly. Personally Id rather deal with an aggressive dog than a cat haha. The scary thing with an aggressive FHS kitty is that they will not stop attacking. Fighting back only makes the episode last longer and only serves to make them more violent. My theory is that, somehow they go into a flight or fight mode except their flight gets turned off. The medication Bair is on (tramadol) has reduced his violent episodes from 4 to 5 a week to maybe 1 to 2 a month. He is usually set off if something startles him, Ive also had him get set of by simply scolding the dog. He seems to think that I need his backup and will violently attack any animal or person that he thinks I am even annoyed with. I have to be very careful about how I interact with everyone around me. He is so protective of me, my husband jokes that if Im ever home alone and someone breaks in that I should scold them so Bair will try to kill them lol. I bottle raised him from 2 days old so he is very much a mamas boy. I even have to keep him out of the bedroom at night, he has attacked my husband several times thinking he was hurting me. Im so grateful that my husband loves cats as much as I do. Bair was 4 years old and had FHS already when I met my husband and he knew from the start that we were a package deal since I could never give up my Bair, not just because I love him but also...who would take him? Hed end up being abused, throw outside or just put down by most other people. As we all know here, dealing with an FHS cat can be very hard, many people just wont do it, not when they can just give up on them and go get another kitty. Im sure all of your kitties appreciate you guys so much, even if they cant always show it.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:07:36 +0000
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