'Happy' drug for sad cat

A fed-up cat has been put on anti-depressants after being bullied by other moggies.

Twiglet, a 12-year-old grey tabby, ballooned to 15lb because she was too scared to go out.



She began biting people on the ankles until they fed her and owner Jackie Martin, 28, had to install a bigger cat flap because Twiglet was too fat to get through.

Jackie took her to a vet, who prescribed amitriptyline — a drug similar to Prozac.

The office administrator, from Brighton, said: “She was given the drugs to calm her down and alleviate her anxieties.”