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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
Lately Luna has been getting crankier and crankier and often urinating outside of the litter boxes. Especially the neighbourhood cats getting in a screaming match will set her off. The vet suggested putting her on anti-anxiety meds permanently. We already have it to give to her when we know a stressful event for her will occur (nobody's at home for a while, noisy festival, etc) and it works, but it makes her a bit woozy for a while after giving it to her.
We asked if we could try CBD, at my suggestion my mother researched it and we thought it might be an option. The vet said we could and recommended a brand that would cause no problems with her UTI/pain medicine.
For two weeks she's been on 1 gram a day and despite the warning it could take five or more weeks to take effect we're already noticing changes in the past week. She's become a lot more playful (to Maru's delight), she's a lot less cranky and a lot more cuddly (and she already loved cuddles) and it generally seems she's just feeling happier.
She still has her weird things. When sitting on the coffee table she doesn't like it when someone grabs a glass, remote or anything else. But where she used to be just mean and swat at you with her nails it now has become more of game to her. No more nails until you really get into it with her, which is normal for her.
I'm glad we tried this instead of going to the heavy duty meds. Hopefully it keeps working for her.
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