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The cat is not fearful, aggressive, anxious or even happy. They just don't care. Vet visits are pleasant again. For safety, owners should know that a cat treated with gabapentin may be woozy or uncoordinated until the medication wears off. Your cat should be confined away from stairs, high cat trees or other fall hazards until he is back to normal. My 12 year old cat is due another attempt at the vets for blood tests tomorrow. We've had two aborted attempts so far, mainly due to her going ballistic at the vets. For the second attempt, I had to give her 0.4ml of drops of liquid gabapentin in her food twice a day for 7 days before taking her again. Gabapentin is a medication commonly used in veterinary medicine to treat various conditions in cats. It is an anticonvulsant drug that was initially developed to control seizures in humans. However, its use in cats has expanded due to its effectiveness in managing pain, anxiety, and behavioral issues. Gabapentin as you may know is a strong medicine that can be used to treat cats for pain, seizures, and is sometimes also prescribed for anxiety. GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) is an ingredient in Nutracalm, a calming supplement. My cat died in my arms after taking GABAPENTIN with a dose that was too high for her. My heart hurts everyday that she's gone. I do understand it helps with pain for certain pets but I lost mine at only 7 years old. Our Lab-Rottweiler mix had gabapentin for the last 18 months of her life and it definitely helped her. She also tolerated it much better (GI) than conventional pain killers and NSAIDs. In fact she didn’t show any signs of side effects. Gabapentin is widely prescribed for pain related conditions in both humans and animals. My cat is now on regular gabapentin to treat FHS. When he needed to have bloods taken the vet told me to give him the pills two hours before the appointment to calm him. The easiest way to get him to take the pills is to use pill putty/easy pill - a tiny bit no bigger than a pea- and wrap it around the pill. My cat was given gabapentin after an operation - and I don't think he tolerated it well at all, he was really increasingly spacey, floppy and wobbly. Not interested in food. He was on the correct dosage based on weight, but it was clearly too much for him. Gabapentin is used in cats to treat chronic pain, especially of neuropathic origin and anxiety. For pain, this drug seems to be most effective when combined with other types of analgesics (for 50mg seems a biggish dose for a 3kg cat, how many times a day does she have it? My elderly girl has 25mg gabapentin every day for arthritis. Gabapentin, a medication commonly used in cats for various conditions such as chronic pain and anxiety, offers two different forms of administration: oral and transdermal. Each form has its own unique benefits, and understanding the differences can help you make an informed decision about which option is best for your cat. Cat loxicom is 0.5mg/ml. Dog Loxicom is 1.5mg/ml. For a dog on a maintenance dose, dog loxicom is 0.1mg/ml per kg of bodyweight. Cat maintenance is 0.05 mg per kg of bodyweight. I don't know your dogs body weight but you can work out a dose from that. Our cat was soothed by Spotify calming cat music playlists (yes, they exist!) and also by watching HD tropical fish on YouTube. We didn’t try sedatives, but others on my thread used them so don’t be afraid to go back to your vet if you feel like nothing is working and she’s in danger of hurting herself. Thanks so much everyone, you’ve really helped to put my mind at rest. Fingers crossed it suits him. @Scattyhattie thanks for the links, I’ll look now.. @toooldtobeamum that’s good to hear about your pup being on it for 4 years. He won’t be happy about that, he’s a very nervous and anxious cat and gets very stressed at the vets (hence why they prescribe gabapentin for him) so another trip to the vet tomorrow will affect him 😔 but of course I will take him if needs be. I keep telling myself, it’s just a bit of vomit, cats vomit sometimes. The vet wants to see Mr Cat in the New Year. Mr Cat is 6kg of suspicious timidity. I have never been able to get him into the carrier. I know that travelling in a carrier distresses him severely: last time he travelled was when CPL brought him to us 8m ago and he was so distressed that he pooed and weed himself in the carrier. In cats, gabapentin is most often used as a pain medication for chronic pain, such as from arthritis. Gabapentin is also recognized as beneficial in reducing the fear responses that a kitty may have to the stress of handling and being examined at the vet. Gabapentin is a popular anticonvulsant medicine among humans and pets, especially for cats and dogs. Humans use the drug for mild and chronic pain and control seizure conditions. However, in cats, gabapentin is used for chronic musculoskeletal neuropathic pain and mild sedation in stressful situations such as vet visits, travel sickness etc. Knowing about the [] Two of my cats have had gabapentin. It does help with pain, but in one of my two cats it turns him into a total zombie. The good news is that within 48hrs of stopping the gabapentin, both my cats are back to normal. At first I thought it was the baby food I gave him the pill in (because I had to give a lot to get a high dose in him) but I have given my cat baby food before with other medication and never had an incident like today. Has anyone heard of a dose that high of Gabapentin?
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