Anxious Kitty

Monday we received a call from the vet regarding out cat, Phoebe.  Kris had taken her in a couple of weeks ago to have her looked at because her licking has gotten so bad that she has licked herself half bald.  This is what she looked like when we got her last November:

This picture was taken about two weeks ago, just before she went to the vet:

The vet gave her a steroid shot first to make sure that it wasn't caused by some sort of skin condition or something like that.  But two to three weeks later she was still licking.  So when he called he said he was just going to start her on some anti-anxiety medication.  The cats have their check up in the beginning of December so the medication should take her all the way up to her check up and we'll see how she is doing then.  Hopefully, her fur will start growing back in.  

At this point the only problem is getting her to take her pill.  The first two weeks are a half a pill, and so far you would think we are pulling her claws out with pliers.  She just doesn't want to take it.  I even tried putting it in a soft treat, and mixing it in some soft food.  But she sniffs it and walks away, so I end up having to resort to sticking it down her throat with a "piller".  I am hoping that as she gets used to it it will become easier, or maybe start eating it in some soft food or something, because if this becomes the "cure" for her, I'll have to give her a pill daily for as long as we have her.