If a cat is depressed, the owner should comfort and treat the cat in time, spend more time with the cat, and often stroke the cat's head and body to let the cat feel the owner's care for it. At the same time, owners should also be careful not to frighten the cat, otherwise it will aggravate the cat's condition. If the condition is more serious, you need to use medication rationally under the guidance of a pet doctor.
1. Spend more time with cats
Cats need companionship just like people. If the cat is found to be depressed, the owner can have more contact with the cat and play with it. Generally, you can use a cat tease stick to accompany the cat every day. Play to distract the cat. In addition, you can often take the cat out to play in your free time, so that the cat can have a relaxed mood and slowly recover its mental state.
2. Give more care to the cat
When a cat is depressed, the owner needs to give more care to help the cat get out of the depressed state. For example, you can often gently stroke the cat's head and body at home to soothe its mood. You can also prepare more delicious cat food and toys that cats like to play with to create a comfortable environment for the cat and make it relax its vigilance. .
3. Never let the cat be frightened
Depressed cats will be extremely sensitive to things and people around them, so at this time, owners should be careful not to frighten the cat. Even give it a bath, let alone bring other animals home, otherwise it will aggravate the cat's condition.
4. Drug treatment
If the cat’s condition is serious, you need to consult a pet doctor in time, and under the guidance of the pet doctor, give the cat drugs to relieve anxiety symptoms. These drugs Among them are trazodone, gabapentin, alprazolam, etc.