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My cat has bare spots from allergy. What I did was treat for fleas, changed to unscented litter, reduced stress, stopped antibiotics, clipped his nails, and changed his diet. He is on a novel protein diet with no chicken, no fish, no grains, no dyes, etc. He is on raw meat diet of rabbit...

My poor cat is doing the same (but in other spots, too). It appears related to a food allergy, but there could also be other causes. Considering he has a known allergy, I suspect it may be related to allergies for your moggie. You may also try treating him for fleas and keep brushing him out.

Yes, for medicine or food reaction, it can take several weeks. For medicines, it can possibly take months. This is what vets and online reasearch told me. Plus my cat had hives that took about 8 weeks to start really clearing up after we stopped the medicine and eating chicken.

Sorry to hear about this. Poor kitty. MY cat had similar issues, and I spent a lot of money on medicine, tests, consultations, and food. For my cat, he had a food allergy, then irritable bowels and a kidney infection. I wonder if what they saw in your ultrasound that one time may have been an...

Poor kitty and poor you. That looks bad. From my own experience, I glean: allergies can cause that, antibiotics don't help for allergies (but may help for secondary infection), and if steroids work then it's likely allergy or autoimmune related. My cat had itchy skin including bloody ears so I...

Thanks for the update. That is another symptom. Could possibly be related to allergies or something else. When my cat had issues they checked his mouth, and he ended up with sores all over from what ended up being an allergic reaction. Him not eating could be related to not feeling well.

MY cat had to have teeth removed. I trust the vets knew what they were doing. Afterwards, he ate soft foods like canned food. Sometimes I mixed water with dried food.

you could be right. His avatar was not a dead cat before.

Sorry to hear your cat sounds sick. It could be several things. The vet can help test for the common causes, look for other symptoms, and prescribe fluids and possibly antibiotics. You can monitor your cat's behavior if he is eating weird things, drinking a lot of water, look at his stool, etc...

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My cat had an awful case of miliary dermatitis. What I did was switch his diet, gave him flea medications, stopped the metradonizole, and gave it several weeks. Meanwhile, he got a steroid shot because he was scratching like mad and going crazy. I also trimmed his nails and got a cone collar. He...

Blood with diarrhea could be a few things, and commonly is colititis. My munchkin cat (a rescue) had a myriad of life-long health issues included irritable bowels. Bad teeth, chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea, chronic kidney disease, etc. He was an expensive cat to treat his teeth and GI...

If it's an infection, there is a test they can check for eye injury/scratch, or otherwise prescribe an antibiotic (more likely if it is both eyes). The antibiotic ointment helped my cat's eyes' swelling go down, but did not resolve the eye boogers. After the swelling went down, I did not...

That's good that you are observant and ruling out possible causes. It's hard to know with cats. Sometimes it feels like I have to keep monitoring for clues to try to figure it out. With a lot of sneezing and squinty eyes, maybe something is irritating his sinus/eyes or he has a minor cold. It...

The vet said something to the effect that the tests may not be that helpful during early kidney disease. The ultrasound can be pricey, even tho I found a vet to do it for half price. But it is better option than spending money on an x-ray IMO. So many treatments did not seem to be working (and...