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posting this to gush because i got this cat a year ago (after my dog) so my dog could have a playmate and theyve tolerated eachother until recently after we moved in with my boyfriend. theyre slowly becoming friends🥹

Nap time

Bonus shih tzu judges the whole time

Last night I was crying and about to post in /catAdvice and vet sites.

Almost three years ago our oriental shorthair had tramatic experience in animal hospital. We took her there after she fell from on top of a cabinet and hit a shelf on her way down. This cat has no pain tolerance so a small bruise and broken bone both make her a demon. She growls, hisses and attacks if approached. When I gave her over to the reseptionist I told what happened and that she’s only aggressive when in pain so meds and search injury. We waited FOUR HOURS and when the vet came to us she told us they studied her aggressiveness and her reaction is kinda slow so there’s somethin neurologically wrong with our cat. FOUR HOURS studied wrong thing IN A CAGE WITHOUT MEDICADION. Hubby asked if they found the readon for the pain. They. Hadn’t. Done. Anythin. To. Locate. The. Pain. Hubby said to medicate her pain, take x-rays and FIND THE INJURY! We got her back in an hour. X-ray showed nothing, so soft tissue injury. Three days of painkillers and our cuddlebug is herself again.

Yeasterday I took her to health check. Our vet is excellent with cats. Right after entering the waiting area my cat started hissing. She activated demon-mode from only smelling a clinic. She’s healthy altight. Like I said our vet is good. As mere touch got our girl growling like a tiger, the vet did her best with minimal added stress. This cat has never been scared of a vet before. We got home and she’s been a demon ever since. Attackin other pets, acting like she doesn’t recognize us. She was screaming at our dog and I gently touched her side and sais ’enough, honey’ and she seemed to ’wake up’ from a nightmare. Finally recognizing me. After that she was clingy to me, aggressive to everything else. I was so afraid she’d never be my cuddlebug again.

Then today she just started to return back to normal. Our dog was first to be forgiven. Then the other cats. She’s back to normal and sleeping on my lap and I’m crying from relief. I read of cat PTSD last night and even though cats don’t have the cognitive skills to have as severe symptoms as humans, she hit three worse symptoms. I’ll never take any pet to that hospital again. The photo is her with our dog the first time after this incident, where she doesn’t scream at her.