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Hi everyone,
I was just hoping to get some advice on an overgrooming issue that I'm experiencing with my cat, Zeke. I adopted him from the shelter back in September and he had no initial issues. No overgrooming and was a happy cat. After the first couple weeks, he overgroomed himself so much that he ripped out hairs and I took him to the vet to get checked. He came back ringworm positive, while the rests of his tests came back negative. He has all of his shots and I have him on Revolution for flea treatment monthly. My current issue is, I'm unsure if the overgrooming is caused by the ringworm, which I'm still waiting for a negative results back while I've been treating him with Intrafungol (all his areas of injury have healed) or if it's possibly his food? The vet originally thought it was a food allergy before the ringworm test came back positive. I have him in a cone and it's been frustrating for both of us. He constantly licks the cone and I attempted to take it off today as recommended by the vet and he groomed himself wet after 15 minutes so I put it back on. The vet says ringworm treatment should get rid of the itchiness within the first few weeks and it's now been almost a month... Should I wait out the second ringworm test before transitioning his food? I'm very frustrated with this situation and want him to be out of the cone and help him in anyway that I can. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I was just hoping to get some advice on an overgrooming issue that I'm experiencing with my cat, Zeke. I adopted him from the shelter back in September and he had no initial issues. No overgrooming and was a happy cat. After the first couple weeks, he overgroomed himself so much that he ripped out hairs and I took him to the vet to get checked. He came back ringworm positive, while the rests of his tests came back negative. He has all of his shots and I have him on Revolution for flea treatment monthly. My current issue is, I'm unsure if the overgrooming is caused by the ringworm, which I'm still waiting for a negative results back while I've been treating him with Intrafungol (all his areas of injury have healed) or if it's possibly his food? The vet originally thought it was a food allergy before the ringworm test came back positive. I have him in a cone and it's been frustrating for both of us. He constantly licks the cone and I attempted to take it off today as recommended by the vet and he groomed himself wet after 15 minutes so I put it back on. The vet says ringworm treatment should get rid of the itchiness within the first few weeks and it's now been almost a month... Should I wait out the second ringworm test before transitioning his food? I'm very frustrated with this situation and want him to be out of the cone and help him in anyway that I can. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.