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Hi. Not a vet.
Honestly, that looks like a food allergy as opposed to environmental. Just my opinion.
If she was my cat. I would not give any treats. I don’t care if they say they are hypoallergenic or not. They lie. I would stick with only the vet prescribed diet and nothing else, no matter what.
I would check with your vet about a canned version of what you are feeding unless you are already feeding canned. Cats can be very sensitive to the carbohydrates in dry food.
I would get a referral to a board certified veterinary dermatologist ASAP. It was a game changer for my cat.
I would make sure to have my cat on the schedule of giving the steroids, Prednisolone, I presume, at night. It is better metabolized that way.
I would consider once everything is under control, decreasing the Prednisolone dose to every other evening, or even skipping a night every third day, if and only if the vet agreed.
Always make sure to discuss any change you may want to make in your cat’s treatment plan, diet included, with your veterinarian, before doing anything new.
If this was my cat, I would also make sure there are not any fleas ever. I would want to be sure a skin scraping had been done to check for external parasites, and that a fugal culture was done as well. I would also consider asking the vet about doing a skin biopsy.You really need a dermatologist for this, in my opinion.
I would also, if my cat, want a complete blood panel done to rule this out as being something secondary to an internal problem.
I would also keep my cat out of the sunlight. If this was my cat.
Hope some of this helps.
Honestly, that looks like a food allergy as opposed to environmental. Just my opinion.
If she was my cat. I would not give any treats. I don’t care if they say they are hypoallergenic or not. They lie. I would stick with only the vet prescribed diet and nothing else, no matter what.
I would check with your vet about a canned version of what you are feeding unless you are already feeding canned. Cats can be very sensitive to the carbohydrates in dry food.
I would get a referral to a board certified veterinary dermatologist ASAP. It was a game changer for my cat.
I would make sure to have my cat on the schedule of giving the steroids, Prednisolone, I presume, at night. It is better metabolized that way.
I would consider once everything is under control, decreasing the Prednisolone dose to every other evening, or even skipping a night every third day, if and only if the vet agreed.
Always make sure to discuss any change you may want to make in your cat’s treatment plan, diet included, with your veterinarian, before doing anything new.
If this was my cat, I would also make sure there are not any fleas ever. I would want to be sure a skin scraping had been done to check for external parasites, and that a fugal culture was done as well. I would also consider asking the vet about doing a skin biopsy.You really need a dermatologist for this, in my opinion.
I would also, if my cat, want a complete blood panel done to rule this out as being something secondary to an internal problem.
I would also keep my cat out of the sunlight. If this was my cat.
Hope some of this helps.