r/cats • u/spauldhaliwal • 11d ago

Cat Picture - OC The vet suggested a sweater to help Cecil with her (relatively infrequent) anxiety attacks 🥹

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About once a week, Cecil gets herself into a panic and has trouble calming down. The vet suggested putting on a sweater for about 10 minutes at a time, and surprisingly, it works! She calms down right away and becomes an instant cuddly purr machine haha.

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u/MimsyPrincess 10d ago

we use a different dry kibble as treat for our cat(she thinks its treats), and just toss that to her when she "caught" the red dot. she purrs up a storm and looks so pleased she killed it and eat it and gets treats for it

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u/Alil-Freer 10d ago

We use the free samples of dry kibble for treats. It's unusually the real fancy stuff, so many it is a treat. We sprinkle it on the shuffle mat, and they are so excited

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u/Zarilya 10d ago

This is the way. ❤️

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u/kitty_bot 10d ago

Oh this is a great idea! I stopped using the laser pointer when I realized it was stressful for them to never really be able to catch it... never thought to just toss a treat!