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my cats obsession is killing her.
14/f
okay well my cats around 6/7 years old.
i think around a year ago we started get stray cats, so my family would catch them, fix them so they wouldn't have babies, then release them. anyways, my cat, would always sit by the window, watching them. when we feed her in the morning she runs straight back to the window, she doesn't even bother to eat much anymore. shes gotten very bad skin now, and constantly over licks herself. her skin would start breaking out from stress of other cats. [shes an indoor cat] we went to the vet to see about it, awhile ago and they gave us medicine but we couldn't give it to her correctly because we had to basically squirt it in her mouth and she refused it. we dont have the money to see the vet anymore, my dad lost his job and were having a hard time. i dont know what to do, my cats like killing herself =/ & i cant get her away from the window, she usually scratches me.
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First of all, get an elizabethan collar if you can, so that she won't lick herself raw anymore. You will have to bathe her though, as she won't be able to bathe herself.
You may not like it, but you will probably have to forcibly give your cat her medicine. Wrap her in a towel so that she cannot struggle and hurt herself, then use a syringe to squirt it into her mouth, near the back of her tongue.
If your cat stays by the window too much, as Amarand said, you may need to keep her in a windowless room until she gets better.
Also, try giving her wet food, slightly warmed up so that it smells more appetizing. Mix a little garlic into it if you can; it's a natural antibiotic and pets love the taste.
Hope it helps, and I wish you and your kitty the best of luck.
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Why don't you mix her medicine with her water, or in her food bowl? You could also lock her in a room with no windows..it would be sad but if its seriously killing her she should stay away from the sun. Or you could get or make curtains that you can draw whenever she goes to the window. If she doesn't eat as much, maybe you should switch her foods. If she's on dry food maybe switch her to a diet of dry and canned food. And if you play with her with a feather or yarn or something maybe she will focus her attention from the other cats to you and stay away from the window.
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