How to Treat Feline Anxiety
Just as humans experience stress and anxiety in their lives, so do cats. If you arm yourself with good information on how to recognize stress in our feline friends and how to alleviate it, you will be well on your way toward being able to help your pet.
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Recognizing and Treating Feline Anxiety
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Learn the signs of feline anxiety. Signs of feline anxiety can include hiding, pacing, spraying urine, loss of appetite, biting at the tail or fur, vomiting or meowing more frequently than usual. Monitor your cat's behavior for any significant changes or worsening of symptoms.
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Try to understand the causes of your pet's anxiety. Cats can experience anxiety for a variety of reasons. A new pet or family member can be enough to trigger stress. Also, situations like moving to a new home, changing your cat's meal time or a myriad of other environmental changes or events can trigger an anxiety response in your cat. Believe it or not, something as simple as a change in your own schedule, meaning you're at home at different times than you used to be, can stress out a cat.
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Speak to your veterinarian about treatment options for cat stress. One option would be medication you can get from your vet. Many of these medications will foster production of serotonin, a feel good hormone that will help ease the stress your cat is experiencing. Of course, natural remedies are always an option, and will generally come with fewer side effects. Herbal remedies and vitamin supplements will be available at most health food stores and other places that carry natural remedies.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep in mind that cats are creatures of habit. It doesn't take much to throw your feline out of balance and trigger symptoms of anxiety. Once you have determined your pet needs some kind of treatment and have begun administering that treatment, do as much as you can to support your pet. Treatment doesn't stop with a pill. Petting your cat and giving him some extra tender loving care will also help him get over a particularly rough patch.
