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btsreactionsandtexts · 7 years

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Please Me

Summary: You’re an ER doctor, on the way home from work one morning you are tackled to the ground by a scared man. The catch? He is a rabbit-human hybrid.

Fic Type: Oneshot (Possible Series)

Pairing: Jungkook x Female!Reader

Genre: Smut, Hurt/Comfort

Word Count: 3,202

Warnings: Sub!Jungkook, HybridAU, Sexual Themes, Mentions of abuse, Mentions of sex slavery, and profanity

AN: So, here is this fic. If this is well received I am willing to turn it into a one-shot series with alternating female and male readers, I am also open to suggestions of which animals to do for each member. Also credit to @seokvie for the HybridAU inspiration (Seriously, everyone go read her fic Kittens got his tongue) and credit to @jeonjagiya for formatting and storyboarding tips on her blog -Admin Cat

Walking home from a long graveyard shift at the local hospital was bad enough especially when it was this late. You tended to be more on the paranoid side, worried that someone was going to grab you and psycho murder you. Which is why when you worked the graveyard shift, you made sure to drive to work instead of walk. Though, that plan flew out the window when your engine block cracked. Not only were you going to have to drop one-thousand dollars to replace the damn thing but, it would take a week for the thing to be fixed. That’s why you were walking home at four in the morning long after the clubbers went home and too early for businessmen to be attending work. You lived in what corporate monkeys called a “rejuvenation project” loosely meaning; over-priced apartments in a shitty neighborhood. You walked past several of those old factory warehouses on the way back to your apartment. Normally, there was the occasional creepy clanging noise or cat yowling.

Though, you never thought you would have seen something like him before in your life. The boy scrambling out of an abandoned warehouse, practically naked and scared. He crashed into you nearly knocking you off the sidewalk. His clothes were tattered, a pair of running shorts and a ripped t-shirt. You were maybe a block from your studio. You wrapped your arms around him on instinct making sure his arms cradled your head upon impact with the sidewalk. You let out a gasp; the wind being knocked from your lungs.

“Please, don’t send me back,” was his cry as he scrambled off you and towards the brick wall of a building. “Please, Please, Please, I’ll do anything!” You lifted yourself up and crouched beside him. You wondered if you should call the police, he could have been a kidnapped victim. That was your first thought, until you noticed something you missed in the initial scuffle. While the man was covered bruises and cuts, the most shocking thing to you were the pair of rust colored rabbit ears atop his head. He looked at you in a manic state, chest heaving. His jawline was sharp and facial features soft. He did kind of look like a rabbit.

“Okay, calm down,” you cooed you held your hands in front of you. You didn’t want to scare him any further than he was already. “You’re hurt, we should take you to a—“

“No hospitals! They’ll track me there.” He shouts and you are at a loss. You could take him to your apartment, you had a first aid kit there. You worried your lip, concerned about the trembling rabbit-man.

“Then come with me, I need to make sure you aren’t injured elsewhere.” You hold a hand out for him and he eyes it suspiciously. You try to be as patient as you can and are relieved when he takes it. Staggering the rest of the way with you to your studio. It is pretty plain, you can’t afford more than a one bedroom, one bath apartment. You unlock the front door and shut it quickly. He sags against you and you hurry him to your couch, grateful you got it at a thrift store. You move across the small space, heading past the kitchen to the small bathroom to grab your first aid kit. He sits on the arm rest of your couch, looking around quickly. His ears twitched as he took in the sounds of you moving around. You reemerged after washing your hands. You placed the first aid kit on your coffee table, slowly approaching him. You tilted his head to the side and examined him carefully. He had stopped shaking, which was good. You notice there is a string of numbers on the back of his neck. “What is 586-456-65?” You question after a moment.

“That is my identification number.” He stated, chin held high as you inspected under there for more bruising.

“Don’t you have a name?” you didn’t understand how someone could just be a serial number. They were people, he was a person. You lowered his chin and chewed your lip.

“Well, our masters are supposed to give us names once we are purchased.”

“Purchased?”

“Yeah, I was created for the sole purpose of pleasure.” He clarified, smiling gently at you. Was he a sex slave? If he didn’t have a name that must mean he hadn’t been purchased and the idea of that… selling another human being— he wasn’t even a human being. The idea made you sick to your stomach.

“So, you’re a…?”

“A hybrid. I was created with the best qualities of a rabbit. Stamina, Speed, and the ears tend to make buyers more interested.”

“Those are real?” You knew in the back of your mind that they were, but it was still a shock. You were however glad that he was talking to you, that he had calmed down significantly. You put a band aid over the bridge of his nose, he had a small cut there and then you placed another on his cheek.

“Mistress, are you going to send me back?” he asked after a moment, his brown eyes held glimmers of fear and anxiety. You closed the plastic container of first aid supplies and walked towards the kitchenette. You couldn’t send him back. He would just be bought and sold, used for nothing more than sex and that bothered you. It made you feel dirty.

“Call me Y/N, not mistress.” You corrected and set the box down. “You can stay with me, but I am not calling you by your identification number.”

“What should I be called?”

“What do you want? You get to pick your name.” You suggested. You wanted him to begin the process of becoming a more independent person. He needed that autonomy,

“I like the name Jungkook.” He smiled at you and you noticed how large his front teeth were. He was pretty cute.

“Jungkook it is.” You returned his grin and sat down in the armchair across from the couch. At least you were off work tomorrow.

“Y/N what do you do for a living?” Jungkook asked sliding closer to you. He could not help it. He felt this overwhelming desire to be close to you. Now that you had decided to keep him, his body was programmed to care for you, to please you. “It must be a stressful job, you’re very tense.” He pointed out. You suddenly became acutely aware of how tense and sore your muscles were.

“Oh, I am a ER Doctor.” Yawning, you stretched your arms over your head and groaned. Jungkook placed a gentle hand on your knee and you stiffened. “What are you doing?”

“I want to help you relax.” Jungkook looked utterly confused by your hesitance. Were you rejecting him? Why would his mistress reject him? You shook your head and walked to your hall closet where you kept extra blankets and pillows. You were way too tired to process any of the information Jungkook had given you tonight. Instead, you opted for sleep. Jungkook followed at your heels. The warmth of his skin was overwhelming even through the tattered shirt he wore. Tomorrow… er later today, you would have to find him clothes, also you needed to ask him what kinds of foods he ate. You were dog tired and all you wanted to do was remove the scrubs on your body and shower. Maybe pass out. You placed the pillows and blankets onto the couch and ran a hand over your face.

“You need to get some sleep, later I am going to get you some things to make you more comfortable.” He nodded slowly, he then began to strip in front of you, first shucking the white shirt off his body and exposing rippled muscle that you would have never imagined appearing on someone who had been in a warehouse for god knows how long. Startled, you turned away and quickly scurried to your bedroom. Once the painted wood closed behind you; you collapsed against it. No man, human or not, should ever look like that. No! You couldn’t think of him that way. That disregarded what he went through. What he could have gone through. He was a person not a piece of meat. You shrugged your scrubs and tossed them on the floor next to the dirty clothes hamper. You had been meaning to take your laundry to the laundromat, but with all the double shifts and graveyards at the hospital you had no time. You unclasped and tossed your bra to the floor and flopped down into your bed with a groan.

It had now been eight months since meeting Jungkook. The first few nights he slept on your couch, plagued by nightmares of beatings. He would crawl into bed with you, most of the time naked and you learned quickly that you too needed to stop sleeping in just panties. Now he slept in bed with you regularly, leading friends to believe he was your boyfriend. He kept his ears covered most of the time and you were grateful. You worried that if anyone saw them… you feared they would take him away from you. The mysterious organization that he ran from. The once timid rabbit-man had blossomed into a doting[CN1] and amusing companion. Jungkook liked video games and movies. He liked to eat strawberries and especially loved lettuce wraps and shredded carrots. He did eat meat on occasion, but he typically preferred veggies over meat. He tended to leave dishes out on the kitchen counter instead of washing them, which bugged you to no end. He knew how to make you laugh and liked to run warm baths for you and he tried his hardest to cook for you. Jungkook liked it when you had your friends over and tended to be on the competitive side. It was good to see that he was less skittish.

Jungkook was still as eager to please you as when you first got him. However, you treated him as if he were fragile. One night you came home to the sound of him in the shower, groans leaving his lips. Concerned you cracked the door, it hadn’t appeared to you that he had fallen. You were instead greeted with the sight of his back turned to you, it was clearly obvious what he was doing. You kind of understood where he was coming from, ever since his arrival, you had not been able to get off. That’s right. Eight months, Eight long… dry… months. In truth, you were a bit envious of him. It was easy for him, easy for Jungkook to just shower and be done with it. It was harder for you, harder because you worked so much. He was sweet and kind. You wouldn’t deny that you thought of Jungkook often, but you refused to take advantage of him.

“You look tense.” Came the sly voice of one Kim Taehyung. You stood at the nurse’s station, looking over the chart of a ten-year-old boy, he came in presenting with abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. You figured it was appendicitis, which meant you needed to get a hold of the general surgeon on call. You had just paged for general when the spry brunette walked over to where you were standing, he slid a cup of coffee over to you. “Boyfriend not satisfying you?”

“Not my boyfriend and I am plenty satisfied, thank you.” You didn’t even look up from the chart. He scoffed. You flipped the chart shut and took a sip of coffee, finally eyeing Taehyung in the eye. He had a satisfied smirk painted across his lips and you fought the urge to wipe it off his face. You leaned back on counterspace eyebrow arched.

“I mean, you aren’t fooling anyone Y/N, you bitched out that intern the other day for no reason other than forgetting to grab a specific kind of suture kit,” He began “One only you prefer.” Taehyung nudged your hand with his pen. Okay, that was unfair. Taehyung on numerous occasion had bitched out several interns. The only reason he hadn’t been doing it lately was because he was sleeping with your favorite intern: Park Jimin. You roll your eyes at him and go back to looking at charts and discharge forms.

“Do you have an off button or is sucking dick the only thing that could get you to shut up?” You quipped and he gasped in faux distress. You didn’t need to deal with this. You reached for your cup but before you could, Taehyung grabbed the sweet caffeine from your reach.

“What I giveth, I taketh away.”

“Taehyung, please give it back.” You whined and he shook his head.

“Coffee is reserved for my friends, now as your fellow attending I demand you go home and get laid.” Taehyung declared, swinging the sweet relief of coffee in front of your face.

“Tae, it’s not like that…”

“Do it. Your shift ends in an hour.” He set the cup down in front of you to attend to another patient, making thumbs up at you as he left. You handled a few more patients before heading home. You headed out to your car, wondering what Taehyung expected you to do. You worried about it all the way back to your apartment. You wondered what Jungkook was doing, your question was answered when you entered your apartment. You make a beeline for your bedroom when you hear the sound of him moaning again. You can no longer deal with it anymore. You open the door quickly, letting it knock on the door jamb with a thunk. Jungkook stops for a brief moment and you look at him in all his naked glory. His chest is covered in sweat and his skin is flushed however, the ears on the top of his head are what your eyes linger on. They are twitching madly. He whines as you gaze over him, cock twitching under your gaze.

“Please, please touch me.” He keens his hand tightening in the sheets. You are in we at the sheer will he is displaying. “Y/N please.” You think to yourself, why does he deserve to be touched? The man who gets off every time he is alone. The man who has denied you pleasure for eight months. So, you stand against the wall, eyes watching him as he slowly drags his fingers up and down his cock with his left hand, his right still twisting into the sheets as hard as he can. You quickly remove the scrubs off your body, your bra next, though you do leave your panties on. You walk over to the bed slowly, a lion stalking its prey as cliché as that sounds.

“Why?” You question, fingers dancing across his ankle and up his leg.

“What?” He flinches away in surprise at your touch. You continue to move your fingers up his right leg. A whine emerges from the back of Jungkook’s throat and you feel wetness grow between your legs.

“Why should I touch you?” You repeated, you knew that you were technically touching him but, you weren’t touching him where he desperately needed you to touch him. He lifted his hips up and you tried to keep the façade up. You wanted very desperately to wrap your hand around his cock.

“Y/N, please, I’m begging you. I’ll do anything. I promise. I’ll fuck you so good. I’ll eat you out for hours. I have the stamina I promise.” It was strangely hot to see him beg like this. You closed your eyes and tried to keep your composure. You were satisfied with his answers though. You acquiesced his request by wrapping your hand around his cock. The sound that left him had you nearly coming in your panties. Jungkook’s hips lurch up into your hand and you finally begin to give into his and your desire. Jungkook is keening and gasping as you move your hand up and down his cock, making sure to twist your hand around the head of his cock every time you fisted upward. His hands are seeking purchase anywhere and you have to chastise yourself for the impatient thoughts running through your head.

“Jungkook, you’re doing so well.” You coo as you lean forward to press a kiss to his neck and up his jaw. He is moaning loudly and you press your lips over his to silence the moans while you shimmy your panties off your hips. He can smell your arousal and his cock twitches again in your hand.

“Y/N you smell so good.” He says after pulling his head away from yours.

“You better hold up on your end of the promise Jungkook, because I cannot wait any longer.” Normally, you would have drawn this out, made him work for it more. You couldn’t wait any longer though. Eight months with no sex and your patience was at zero. You forwent a condom, glad for once you invested in that arm injection. You straddled him slowly running the head of his cock over your slit before sinking down on him with a sigh. You hadn’t felt so full in years and you rocked your hips against him slowly. He continued to let out choked moans as you rode him, thighs burning from the exertion.

“Can I touch you?” Jungkook asked breathily, you nodded and his hands gripped your hips tightly, flipping you over and onto your back. You didn’t have it in you to be angry or to keep the façade up when he was fucking you this good. Your hands sought purchase on his shoulders as you cried out.

“Fuck, Jungkook!” you dug your nails into his skin and he relished in the pain. His fingers found your clit and he rubbed furiously trying to get you off as quickly as possible. Your walls clenched around his cock. The sensation of being so filled up, coupled with his fingers on your clit were electrifying. “You feel so thick, move faster, fuck me harder.”

“I’m going to come, can I please come?” While normally you would be disappointed and unamused by the fact that he was going to come so fast. Though you took into consideration that he had been so close to coming when you found him this evening. He was trying his hardest to do what you ask, to fuck you harder and faster. “Please, I can’t hold it anymore.”

His fingers pressed harder into your clit and you shuddered, tightening so hard around him. “Come Jungkook. Come for me.” His resolve snapped at those few words and he shot his load inside of you, stilling almost completely before collapsing on top of you.

“Y/N did you finish?” Jungkook asked, his sweaty skin sticking to yours. He looked up at you from the tops of your breasts where his head lay, his ears tickling the skin of your neck. You shook your head and he wiggled his nose in disdain. “I can fix that.” He slid down your body and nudged your thighs apart, head soon burying between your thighs and you gripped the silky brown locks of his hair, occasionally brushing his ears as you gasped and moaned.

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Ask the Cat Doc: Dealing With Mats, Nutritional Yeast, Should Cats Eat Grass, and More

Welcome to our regular “Ask the Cat Doc With Dr. Lynn Bahr” segment! Once a month, Dr. Bahr answers as many of your questions as she can, and you can leave new questions for her in a comment.

Dr. Bahr graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. Unlike most veterinarians, she did not grow up knowing that she would become a veterinarian. “It was a cat who got me interested in the practice and I am forever grateful to him,” said Dr. Bahr. Over the course of her veterinary career, Dr. Bahr found that the lifestyle of cats has changed dramatically. As the lifestyle of cats has changed, so did Dr. Bahr’s client education. In addition to finding medical solutions, she also encourages owners to enrich their home environments so that their cats can live long, happy, and healthy lives.

This new understanding led Dr. Bahr to combine her passion for strengthening the human-animal bond with her veterinary background and knowledge of what animals need and want to start her own solution-based cat product company, Dezi & Roo, inspired by two cats of the same names.

For more information about Dezi & Roo and their unique and innovative cat toys, please visit their website.

Dealing with matted fur

I have a 7 or 8 yr old neutered male cat w/ very long fur which gets matted easily. He, also, does not enjoy grooming, and lets us know that through various blood-letting ceremonies (not his blood.) Is there something I could give him that would make him a bit sleepy so I could clean him up w/o using so many bandages? – Patricia Hoover

Hi Patricia, I am so sorry your kitty does not like being groomed and concerned that he draws blood when you try to help him out. He is exhibiting signs of fear, anxiety, pain or distress. While lashing out is his way of protecting himself it could result in great harm to you. Please be careful.

Is your cat in pain? I often look at where a cat is matted to see if I can diagnose an area of pain. I also look at the overall appearance of the fur and both tell me a lot about the cat’s well being. Believe it or not, cats that mat often, or have unhealthy fur, or don’t groom regularly, generally have underlying medical issues as the root cause. Cats with arthritic changes fail to groom properly because of the pain involved in reaching certain areas. Alleviating their pain is an easy way to help the situation. Obesity is another problem that causes some cats to develop mats because that too, makes it difficult for them to groom hard to reach places on their bodies. A slow weight loss program is the most effective way to fix that problem. Cats with dental issues may groom less frequently and develop mats more quickly so I would recommend you have a veterinarian check out your kitty’s mouth to make sure this is not his problem.

Because mats themselves are painful when adhered tightly to the skin, having the right tools will help you successfully groom your guy without causing him added stress or pain. Mat breakers are wonderful for small mats, but you will need clippers for larger ones. Are you brushing him daily or does he resist that too? Petting him often will help you identify the mats when they are tiny and can be removed without much effort. Keeping him on a good diet will also help keep his fur sleek and easier to manage. Reinforcing good behavior with high value treats will help you turn the experience into something more enjoyable. Take it slow, and stop before pushing your cat anywhere near the edge. Fear, anxiety and stress only worsens when repeatedly triggered, so don’t allow that to happen anymore.

If possible, I would recommend a mobile feline groomer that will come to your home to professionally comb him out. If your kitty is matting simply because he has long hair, you may want to consider having him shaved several times a year. If indicated, your veterinarian should be able to prescribe something to take the edge off things before the groomer arrives. There are several effective anti-anxiety medications that can be given safely at home without causing sedation and I would also include something for pain to go along with it. Eliminating the fear, anxiety and stress of being groomed is the most important thing you can do moving forward. Consulting with a feline behaviorist to learn ways in which you can start positive training for nail trims and brushing will ultimately allow you to keep your baby groomed without any help at all.

Good luck!

Can I give my cats nutritional yeast every day?

Hello, I’ve been feeding my cats Nutritional Yeast as a way to entice finicky eaters (1/8-1/4tsp sprinkled on top), twice a day; I know the benefits but I’m wondering if it’s okay to continue this everyday, forever, and if there are any downsides or long term problems. – Mindy

Hi Mindy, what a great question. Unfortunately, I don’t have a concrete answer for you. While a lot is known about nutrition, we still have more questions than answers on the subject. There is no doubt what we eat affects our health and well being. But, even in human medicine there is little agreement on much else.

Nutritional yeast has many benefits and I think it is wonderful that you are offering it to your cats. Ingrid King wrote about how it is the secret weapon to get finicky cats to eat. However, not all nutritional yeast products are created equally, and who you purchase yours from matters a lot. It should be high quality yeast that is GMO free and processed safely. A poor quality product can certainly create problems for your kitties, more so, if consumed every day. Given that nutritional yeast is rich in phosphorus, I would be slightly cautious in over doing a good thing, especially if you are also feeding a food with high levels of phosphorus along with it.

In general, I don’t believe anything other than water should be consumed on a daily basis. Variety is the spice of life and the philosophy I follow when it comes to nutrition. So I would not feed anything, even healthy nutritional yeast, to my cats every day. But, that wouldn’t stop me from offering it to them regularly, especially, if you are seeing beneficial results from it. Thank you so much for writing in with this great question. I appreciate hearing from great owners like you.

A note from Ingrid: while I agree with Dr. Bahr that the quality of the nutritional yeast matters, I don’t agree with her caution about the phosphorus content. While phosphorus levels are a concern for cats in renal failure, the typical dose of 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon would only add about 14 mg of Phosphorus, according to homeopathic feline veterinarian Andrea Tasi of Just Cats Naturally. For perspective, for a cat in renal failure, the recommendation is to restrict phosphorus content in food to 0.7-1.26 grams per 1,000 kcal.

What is a safe stick?

Hi Dr. Bahr, What is a “safe stick”? Thank you. – Gina

Safe sticks are ones that a cat can chew on which will not break off or splinter in their mouth. Many cats like to gnaw on the acrylic wand that some toys are attached to. Others may enjoy chewing on a plastic straw. I have even known cats that like to munch on the piece/arm of eyeglasses that goes behind the ears. Every cat is different but many like to chew on hard objects that would resemble bones of prey they would eat in the wild.

Cat loves plastic

Hi again, Dr. Bahr: It’s Ami’s mom — you know, the plastic bag junkie. I’m sorry that I didn’t provide you with enough info before. Ami will be five at the end of August. He eats, plays and sleeps normally but when he sees/smells plastic, he starts munching. Like I told you in my previous message, we are very careful about not leaving any around so this happens very rarely, thank goodness. Thank you so much for answering our question about this perplexing problem. I have read that cats like the petroleum in the plastic which, I know, can’t be a good thing. Is that true? – Sharon

Hi Sharon, you raise some great questions. There is something about plastic that attracts a lot of cats but I do not know the true reason behind it. It is either the texture or the taste. I have not heard about the petroleum in plastic attracting cats, but I certainly agree with you and don’t think it is a good thing. That is why I like to find other more suitable objects to allow cats the opportunity to chew on since it seems to be something very instinctual for them. I hope you are able to figure out some safe options for Ami. Have you tried offering him a plastic or paper straw instead? I love grass for cats so definitely give that a try too. Good luck!

Should cats eat grass?

The problem with giving cats access to grass though is that in my experience it guarantees they will either vomit or drag poop out of the litter box because the blades of grass don’t get fully digested. Am I wrong about this? – Amanda

Hi Amanda, my experience is a little different than yours. I find more commonly cats who eat grass regularly don’t tend to be the ones who vomit frequently. It is a normal part of their diet that they enjoy and tolerate well. However, kitties that rarely get a chance to eat greens often indulge when given the opportunity, and, like kids eating too much candy, get tummy aches and vomit. You are right that grass is known to be a stomach irritant and can cause GI upset, but there are many varieties available, and some may be harder to process than others. I wonder if the type of grass a cat eats makes a difference on how well they digest it and whether or not it will make them vomit. Wheat grass is tasty, but alone can be harsh, and some cats don’t tolerate it well. I prefer to grow a blend of rye, wheat, oat, and barley for my clowder, and they not only love it, but eat it frequently without any problem. I also offer them catnip, spider plants, lemongrass, and weeds from the yard and they devour it all. If you are looking to offer your cat grass to eat, I recommend starting out slowly with just a few bites at a time. Only offer safe, fresh greens and see which ones your cat prefers that doesn’t cause her to vomit. Then incorporate it more frequently.

Getting cat to the vet is a traumatic experience

I have a male kitty who was born the first week of September 2005…therefore he’s 12 going on 13. To me this is not an old kitty; however, he has scoliosis (my diagnosis) and an out-of-alignment back left leg. Otherwise he seems quite healthy. About 2 months ago he started hissing at me an my husband. At first it was as we were petting him. We surmised that it could be that we were in some way hurting him; however, it happened when we’d just pet the top of his head, too, which was truly a no possible pain zone. As time went on, sometimes he’s just his when we walked in the room and certainly when we’re telling him he must do something he’s really not in favor of doing…Like coming in the house from the porch, where he loves to be all summer. He doesn’t leave the porch (we have chairs and a table during the summer months), nor do we allow him to stay out when we leave the house and after dark…There are other animals around our house and we’d never know if one would come around who particular loves the taste of kitty! At any rate, we are concerned that we are not getting some tpe of message. Going i a car is a horrendous traumatic experience, so going to the vet is a last resort. – Ena Stanley

Hi Ena, you are right to be concerned about the change in your kitty’s behavior and he is definitely trying to tell you something. However, figuring that out is not easy when you don’t speak fluent cat. By your brief description of the behavior I cannot tell if his problem is medical or emotional. It is important to rule out a medical issue first and he does need to be seen by a veterinarian. Is there a mobile veterinarian who will come to your home? If there are none in your area and you need to take your kitty to the clinic, there are several ways to help make that situation less traumatic for him. Enlist your veterinarian’s help by scheduling the appointment during the quietest time possible, ask to be put in the exam room immediately, and see if they will prescribe some anti-anxiety medications for you to give beforehand. Look for a cat friendly veterinarian who understands the special needs of fearful cats. There are many resources on getting your cat used to the carrier, riding in the car, and finding veterinarians who will handle your cat with low stress techniques. Here are a few:

Reduce Stress for Your Cat Before and During the Veterinary Visit

Less is More When it Comes to Handling Cats at the Veterinary Clinic

Fear-Free Veterinary Visits for Your Cat

Once he is given a clean bill of health, you can start to look for clues that would be causing him emotional distress. Perhaps there is a new neighborhood cat hanging around and making life miserable for your boy. Did something traumatic happen (it could be as simple as a loud noise) to make your kitty feel more anxious at home now? Is he hissing because he feels vulnerable, threatened or scared? These are some questions you might want to look into when trying to figure out why the sudden change in behavior. A feline specific behaviorist can help you to investigate and remedy the problem easier. I wish I were more help to you but without all of the information necessary I can only offer these general suggestions. Let me know what you figure out.

Do you have a question for Dr. Bahr? Leave it in a comment and she’ll answer it next month!

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