Hi! A lot of you know Morton. I'll sum this up super short: august he had dka, sepsis and pancreatitis and then also tested positive for a mycoplasma parasite. When he got back from the icu after about 11 days total in there he itches constantly. The itching has gotten a lot better I'm sure just time and healing and he also is being seen by a licensed Chinese herbal medicine vet and he is on a couple of supplements one (teapill) is proven to increase hydration and coat health in rats. He itches his neck a lot and the top of his head. Not all day or anything mainly when he is running around hyper. He has no scabs or anything. No flea dirt (I have a flea comb and work with cats I know when a cat has fleas) but it just concerns me.
With the mycoplasma before it was treated the lymphnodes in his neck were like large grapes and they were hot to the touch and he was constantly scratching them. The lymphnodes havent been raised for weeks now and he is doing well no more anemia from the parasite either and he stopped eating litter etc just the itching concerns me. He is on so many supplements and stuff and none which are causing it (I added one in at a time and waited a while before adding another). I just dont know what to do for him to increase moisture or any supplement I don't know about. When he came home from the icu he itched EVERYWHERE. I'm tempted to treat him for fleas just as a precaution even though I havent found any... it's just frustrating
I think something useful to asd would be he has never had hair grow (grew up on steroids for his ITP) he got shaved a year ago for a surgery scare turned out he didnt need it but his hair is still very short where it was shaved but ever since august where he was forced to stop all immunosuppressants to have a chance at beating his infections his hair has grown rapidly. he got his whole neck shaved in august too for all the central lines he was hooked to etc and that hair is growing back too. I was wondering at first maybe he is just going through a much needed growth with his coat health. He actually sheds now like a longhair should. Not excessively but since he came back from the icu and no more immunosuppressive drugs his coat starts shedding and changing because before even at almost 2 years old he had a silky kitten coat probably because it was stunted by the immunosuppressive drugs. So maybe his coat and body are just going through changes now trying to balance out? He is still on about 1mg of pred but I am trying to get him completely off of it this month
With the mycoplasma before it was treated the lymphnodes in his neck were like large grapes and they were hot to the touch and he was constantly scratching them. The lymphnodes havent been raised for weeks now and he is doing well no more anemia from the parasite either and he stopped eating litter etc just the itching concerns me. He is on so many supplements and stuff and none which are causing it (I added one in at a time and waited a while before adding another). I just dont know what to do for him to increase moisture or any supplement I don't know about. When he came home from the icu he itched EVERYWHERE. I'm tempted to treat him for fleas just as a precaution even though I havent found any... it's just frustrating
I think something useful to asd would be he has never had hair grow (grew up on steroids for his ITP) he got shaved a year ago for a surgery scare turned out he didnt need it but his hair is still very short where it was shaved but ever since august where he was forced to stop all immunosuppressants to have a chance at beating his infections his hair has grown rapidly. he got his whole neck shaved in august too for all the central lines he was hooked to etc and that hair is growing back too. I was wondering at first maybe he is just going through a much needed growth with his coat health. He actually sheds now like a longhair should. Not excessively but since he came back from the icu and no more immunosuppressive drugs his coat starts shedding and changing because before even at almost 2 years old he had a silky kitten coat probably because it was stunted by the immunosuppressive drugs. So maybe his coat and body are just going through changes now trying to balance out? He is still on about 1mg of pred but I am trying to get him completely off of it this month
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. Have you phoned eiher your regular Vet or your Holistic Vet about what is happening right now? I would. 
