Let me first say thank you to everyone who has responded eithe
positively or negatively..your opinion whether based on facts or not i
valid.

I will first respond to Megan then the other posts:

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"If there is a cause there is a cure"
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That’s absolutely incorrect.  I'm medical doctor and although I'm
young man and have much room for knowledge I do know a little about ho
body's work.  

There's not a cure for every cause..or let me restate that there ar
answers to causes but not always cures both Psychologically an
physiologically.  Obviously a virus has no cures, yet not so noticeabl
are brain conditions.  A brain can reach a point of damage where there'
no return.
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You are absolutely, 100% correct and, instaed of takin
responsibility,
here you are willing to abandon your cat and hurt your daughter for
something that the cat can't help. Don't you see the cruelty in this
decision?

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You have not read my entire post because if you did you would hav
realized that I stated "I have a responsibility to this animal and
can't just thow it away," that's not what I want to teach my daughter.
Your statement is biased and not based on facts.  We are doing the bes
we can with the situation at hand.  I will NOT sacrifice my family’
welfare for this animal.  This is an animal, not a human.  Willow i
dangerous.
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Then you shouldn't allow her outside unless she's supervised and no
other cats are around. It's clearly stressing her out and putting he
in
harm's way, not to mention CAUSING the aggression.
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We have to let Willow outside or she will attack Lilly or one of us.
Letting a Willow outside 75% of the time is ok...yet as I said she wil
get into fights.  She starts them too.  Recently I've seen cats I hav
never seen before...there coming from all over..it's the Ultimat
fighting championship in my back yard.  The only way to stop this is t
remove her form the house.
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I don't blame her. Being constantly attacked and having to fight
outside, and being met with dislike and derision inside certainly
doesn't promote a happy home for her now does it?
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We do not meet her with dislike..she doesn't want anything to do wit
us..you can't give a cat attention if it doesn't want it.  Willow ha
made her bed, and this is what she prefers.  She can be nice, but sh
chooses not to be.
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She's not using you. You are neglecting her needs and aren't lookin
out
for her welfare and she is miserable as a result. She still has t
eat,
though.

Out of the mouths of babes. She's probably right, and you are cruel to
do this to your daughter and Willow when taking some simple step
would
fix the problem.
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1) WE are looking out for Willow's best interest, your just so caugh
up in your own BS you CAN'T SEE IT.  Willow is not happy..we have trie
medicine, letting her do what ever she wants...but she has not turne
around.  The best solution is to remove her form the situation so sh
can be happy. you also forget Willow is a danger and I can not have
dangerous animal in our house.  I not throwing her away or showing m
daughter this...what I'm teaching my daughter and showing her is tha
my daughter means much more then this animal and my families welfare i
important..even if it takes removing a loved animal.  
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They have enough problems and cats to care for without having to tak
on
another because you find her inconvenient.

Reading your post makes me very angry because your cat is suffering at
your hands and because of your ignorance, and now you are going to
torture your daughter over this because you view this cat a
disposable.

It does not have to be this way.
..blah ...blah ...blah

While I do believe that the situation that brought Willow to the point
she is at now is a result of mostly ignorance on your part rather than
being intentional, the bottom line here is that *you* created this
problem and it's not the fault of the cat. Instead of forcing your
daughter and her beloved Willow to suffer, you should do everythin
you
have to to correct the situation. It would be the right thing to do
and
would teach your daughter a valuable lesson about taking
responsibility,
even when it's hard.
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You forget we have another cat that is suffering because of willow.
How is spending hundreds of dollars on medicines, blood tests, vet
appointments neglecting her.  I will not let this animal rule our life
and turn our house upside down so she won't see another cat outside.
Theres a point that we draw the line, and we have drawn it.  You also
forget this animal is a danger and all it takes is willow biting a
child and we are sued for everything we have.  THAT IS NOT IN MY CHILDS
BEST INTEREST OR MY FAMILIES.  So a little crying on my daughter’s part
can put her through college and offer much more later down the line.
It's absolutely sad that you would protect an animal over a
child...your priorities or out of wack and teaching my daughter
responsibility is making the right decisions even if it hurts, not
making the wrong decision so she feels better.  I hope to god you don’t
have children.   You stated I started and created this problem and again
your insane and an idiot!!!....I'm going to do what's best for my family
and if moving into a nice neighborhood which offers my child a wonderful
neighborhood to play in that safe, as well as provide my wife with a
home she's happy with....and if my cat doesn't like who give a F**K.
It's an animal and my life isn't ruled by this animal.  If she doesn't
like it..thanks Willow and GOODBYE!  Medicine...we have tried Elivil
and she can't take a lot of medicine due to her liver and kidneys.

Whew..not to move on to the next post
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Oh my gosh, these are classic symptoms of parasites like giardia or
cryptosporidium. CLASSIC. And they will turn a cat mean. Please find a
good vet or just tell the dumba** vet to test for parasites. If the
idiot says it's not necessary because the cat is indoors, inform him
that these parasites can come from even a municipal chlorinated water
supply.

This is just awful to read about your cat, her aggression, thinking of
putting her down because of typical incompetence by vets who, many,
are
regarded as competent.

PARASITES, okay? Easy easy easy to cure.

Whew.
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It's very interesting you stated this..becasue our other cat..has
licked her stomach clear of hair due to a behavior response of Willow.
We thought at first Lilly's licking was an allergy or giardia but almost
ruled that out completely when she did not respond to the steroidal
treatment.  AS far as willow is concerned and having a parasite...I
find it unlikely due to her symptoms..there are none.  Symptoms of
giardia or other parasites are a swollen lip/mouth, skin irritations
..etc...she is 100% healthy besides her behavior.
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I hope you don't mind me jumping in as I just found this board and am
still checking it out. I don't think you should get rid of your
aggressive kitty. It teaches you daughter that cats are disposable,
plus you cat is being bullied and upset by outside cats which is not
her fault!!! You should keep her inside and get the cats out of your
yard and her line of vision. There are ways to cat proof your fence to
keep animals out. You can try meds. My cat has always been fine with
other cats in the past, but when I adopted a companion for him he
locked on the new kitty like a heat seeking missile and no amount of
separation or anything else was working. I'm not going to get rid of
the other cat, so the vet said try Clomicalm which he said is good for
mad, upset kitties. He is a 12 pound cat and gets 1/4 of a 20 mg pill
once a day. In about two weeks it built up and wokred like a charm. He
doesn't attack the other cat any more and he doesn't act drugged up
either, although I think he sleeps a bit more. He's his same old
charming self and I have peace in my house again. The vet says to keep
him on it for awhile so he gets use to being around the other cat and
not fighting and then I'm supposed to start reducing his dose over a
few weeks time to see if I can take him off completely. You should try
this first because of your little girl and because your kitty is really
upset because of things that aren't her fault and you could change. You
said she use to be a nice kitty.

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Thanks for your response but I've answered most of it previously.
Right now Willow is on Elivil and she's somewhat responded...but I
believe that's because she's drugged out... I hate to see her like that
so I cut back her medicine.  Elivil for those that don't know is an
anti-depressant that was used in humans decades ago.  It was a very
popular drug yet discontinued because of it wasn't effective.  Animals
on the other hand have a better reaction.  Elivil is also used in
humans for neurological conditions today

I wrote:

There was a typo wrt the clomipramine dose and it should read:

Fluoxetine -.5 mg per pound, Clomipramine- ***.5***mg per pound.

Megan