Hey all. So I'm still having issues with dante and his itchiness. He has had hotspots on his lower belly for years now, only intermittently going away after steroid injections. For a while now, we've been trying to find the actual cause, but have had little success.
Here's a very basic rundown as I am on mobile.
Food:
Dante has been on hypoallergenic prescription food and limited ingredient diets (salmon and rabbit, cutting out all poultry). All trials were run for more than 12 weeks and saw no improvement. He eats both dry and wet every day.
Pests:
1. No fleas. He is on flea medication.
2. No dust mites confirmed by skin scraping
Environment:
1. Litter: have tried clay, corn, wheat, pine, and grass. All unscented
2. I have changed detergents, cleaners, bedding, even apartments
3. He is an indoor cat only
Allergies:
1. Dante has been to a dermatologist and has had an allergy panel done. Main offenders seem to be pollens and molds. Fleas rank very low for reaction.
2. Dante is on a weekly allergy shot. This has been since January of this year.
Dante has been in a cone for the last 3 weeks trying to get the spot to heal up so that he'll hopefully leave it alone. Well tonight I came home from work and he managed to get at the spot entirely with the cone still on and now it's even worse than 3 weeks ago.
I am at my absolute wits end. I am tearing up from frustration as I type this. I don't know what else i can do. Picture attached is gross, so sorry for that.
Here's a very basic rundown as I am on mobile.
Food:
Dante has been on hypoallergenic prescription food and limited ingredient diets (salmon and rabbit, cutting out all poultry). All trials were run for more than 12 weeks and saw no improvement. He eats both dry and wet every day.
Pests:
1. No fleas. He is on flea medication.
2. No dust mites confirmed by skin scraping
Environment:
1. Litter: have tried clay, corn, wheat, pine, and grass. All unscented
2. I have changed detergents, cleaners, bedding, even apartments
3. He is an indoor cat only
Allergies:
1. Dante has been to a dermatologist and has had an allergy panel done. Main offenders seem to be pollens and molds. Fleas rank very low for reaction.
2. Dante is on a weekly allergy shot. This has been since January of this year.
Dante has been in a cone for the last 3 weeks trying to get the spot to heal up so that he'll hopefully leave it alone. Well tonight I came home from work and he managed to get at the spot entirely with the cone still on and now it's even worse than 3 weeks ago.
I am at my absolute wits end. I am tearing up from frustration as I type this. I don't know what else i can do. Picture attached is gross, so sorry for that.