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Thanks for all the really considered responses people I really appreciate it. Because of the way our house is shaped with a large wraparound garden I don't think a catio would work without radically remodelling the house itself. If we were to make him an indoor cat, presumably that would be a...

Our cat previously lived with our neighbours but from the day we moved in six years ago, he fairly quickly adopted us, spending all his time in our house until the point a couple of years ago the neighbours formally handed him over to our care. He's nine years old and very bonded to us - he...

Excellent success from the bacon-flavoured pill masker! Thank you for that suggestion, it worked a treat. There's been another significant development, however. Ever since the itching and overgrooming started, our boy has been sensitive to being touched on his lower back, and twitches of...

The pill pocket is a good suggestion, thank you, although I wonder whether it's possible to find one with zero chicken in the ingredients as we think that's what he's allergic to...

Good point on the ingredients, I will check but I don't think so. He's also very skilful and letting himself into our neighbour's house (where he used to live before we adopted him) and stealing their cats' food. So who knows whether he's getting scraps that he might be allergic to, or how to...

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. Yes we have a vacuum with a HEPA filter although not an air filter. The windows haven't been open for a while as it's still cold and wintry here, although he's venturing out a little more often as spring slowly arrives. We've perhaps got a little...

Strange and worrying couple of weeks. Having completely stopped overgrooming and his fur grown back beautifully, our baby is showing signs of regressing. He's washing a lot more and a couple of times now has spent 20-30 minutes repeatedly licking and biting at the same spots. The fact that it...

Thank you so much to whoever recommended Katkin ❤ We started with Oink, aiming to eliminate both chicken and any cereals or additives, and the results have been nothing short of revelatory. He's a happy cat, his fur has grown back completely and his coat is thick, glossy and lustrous. He...

After a couple of days of trying in vain to get him to eat the hypoallergenic wet and dry foods, we've given in and returned to the Royal Canin Sensitivity Control wet food (which the vet advised us isn't hypoallergenic). Pleased to say he's happily wolfing that down, although the itching and...

Yes the vet said it could potentially be environmental, but wants to rule out food first, because the allergy testing involves knocking Percy out, sending bloods and skin scrapes to the lab and will cost £1,100. Another difficult day today. He hasn't eaten any of his hypoallergenic wet or...

I've also just found this, which does appear to be available in the UK and could help if it's dust mite/house dust allergy rather than food. Anyone used anything similar? Allergone allergen neutralising spray

Thank you for taking the time to replay Lisahe. I'm assuming you're in the US? I'm in the UK and asked my vet about this on our last visit, following your recommendation and she said she'd never heard of anything like this being available in the UK. Anyone heard differently?

Really appreciate everyone's advice and support. I'm finding the whole thing increasingly difficult. Seeing and hearing him licking and biting himself because he's so itchy is like someone pressing a raw nerve, it's so upsetting not being able to help him, and I can't switch off from the noise...

Thanks again for the advice. We bought some Kattovit Sensitive hypoallergenic chicken wet food and he definitely likes it a whole lot more than the dried Royal Canin hypoallergenic food we got for him before. It's been a week so far and sadly no change in the itching. Early days though. Perhaps...

Thanks for the advice everyone. He refused to eat the dried hypoallergenic food the vet recommended for three days and wouldn't eat his regular food initially after that either. We've managed to slowly coax him back onto his regular food now, but he's still clearly itching. The list of foods...

Hi all, Hopefully this is in the right place: Our cat, who moved in with us after previously living with our neighbours has a fairly long-running over-grooming problem that we've been trying to get to the bottom off. Before we took over full care of him, it had become excessive. He was...

He certainly has plenty of toys, but he only ever really seems to engage with them when we're playing with him. He's really become a lap cat, and he's happiest when he's cuddled up on the sofa with one of us, or sleeping on a bed while we're working. These are all good tips, though, thank you

We're lucky to have him! He completes our little family ❤ We're so worried he's going to feel abandoned and anxious when we're gone…

Maybe some of you remember me posting before, but in short our neighbour's cat slowly moved in with us over a period of time, and we now have a cat flap so he can come and go as he wishes. The neighbours are friendly and fine with the fact that he prefers to spend time with us - they have...

So this had a happy ending! We had the conversation, they were very understanding and pleased that he's happy here. They still continue to feed him, but he sleeps right in the middle of the bed with us every night and spends all of his time hanging out with us. We had a cat flap put in, which he...