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The inside of his ears get really inflamed and gooey looking. He scratches and scratches until his ears are raw, bloody, scabby messes.
By vets recommendation, we tried testing for food allergies by changing his diet for nearly a whole year, to no avail. They said he could have an allergy to something as impossibly manageable as dust. It’s not seasonal, as he gets these breakouts all throughout the year in all seasons. There has been no pattern or rhyme or reason to the breakouts. Antibiotics don’t help. The only thing that has worked to clear it up, is a slow release steroid shot. He was getting this shot every few months and it caused him to gain a ton of weight and he just laid around all day. I’ve read a lot of articles about long term use of steroids causing tumors and cancers in cats. My hope is to find a way to manage the itching right off the bat, WITHOUT steroids. That way maybe he can hopefully fight off the inflammation on his own and not scratch his ears raw! Has anyone experienced anything similar to this? Or have any personal testimonies as to what helped in their situation? (The insides of his ears look about the same as the outside)