My lovely cat, who is 3, grooms and licks herself until she bleeds! She has scabs all over her sides where she "over grooms" and they are often open sores. The vet recommended a calm cat plug in thing but that has done nothing! We have a cone that we put on her until all the scabs have healed totally and she is looking reasonable. But within 2 days of taking it off she has these sores again! She can't wear a cone permanately, it makes her so sad and distressed but we have no idea what else to do, the vet has no useful solutions either, just says it is her way of coping with stress.
It has got so bad I am considering giving her to someone who has a less "stressy" home (we have 2 children, 2 dogs and another cat). But she was born in this house and my daughter (let alone me) would be heart broken.
Anyone have any ideas at all?
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SlightlyMystified · 16/03/2014 21:49
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