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Hi all. I’m new here and was excited to find this site.
I’m currently a distressed cat mom because my beautiful 2 year old Tortie has developed a small patch of dermatitis. I will say, I have not taken her to a vet. She has extreme anxiety and had to be sedated while she was sheltered to be treated. Before I adopted her, she was going to be put down because of how untreatable she was. Since adoption, she’s become very comfortable with me, but not strangers and she refuses to do anything new/unfamiliar with her.
Because of this, I have not scheduled a vet appointment and instead have been trying to figure out what’s causing the dermatitis and fix it at home. I can’t drive, and trying to wrangle her into a carrier and find an Uber that’ll take us would be hard. I’ve had three mobile vets deny to come and see her because of her anxiety (I can’t hold her). I’ve put her on hypoallergenic food, dust free litter, kept my apartment clean, treated her for fleas, applied relievers to the spot, given her immune boosting vitamins, and bathe her occasionally.
The spot continues to go from good to bad and back again. The hair she groomed off is growing back, but she keeps reopening/worsening the scabs and I’m worried about infection. A few people have suggested going to a dermatitis, but the mobile vets said it would likely not be very helpful as cats tend to test positive to multiple different allergens and dermatology testing/treatment for pets is expensive.
I’m at my wits end and don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
I’m currently a distressed cat mom because my beautiful 2 year old Tortie has developed a small patch of dermatitis. I will say, I have not taken her to a vet. She has extreme anxiety and had to be sedated while she was sheltered to be treated. Before I adopted her, she was going to be put down because of how untreatable she was. Since adoption, she’s become very comfortable with me, but not strangers and she refuses to do anything new/unfamiliar with her.
Because of this, I have not scheduled a vet appointment and instead have been trying to figure out what’s causing the dermatitis and fix it at home. I can’t drive, and trying to wrangle her into a carrier and find an Uber that’ll take us would be hard. I’ve had three mobile vets deny to come and see her because of her anxiety (I can’t hold her). I’ve put her on hypoallergenic food, dust free litter, kept my apartment clean, treated her for fleas, applied relievers to the spot, given her immune boosting vitamins, and bathe her occasionally.
The spot continues to go from good to bad and back again. The hair she groomed off is growing back, but she keeps reopening/worsening the scabs and I’m worried about infection. A few people have suggested going to a dermatitis, but the mobile vets said it would likely not be very helpful as cats tend to test positive to multiple different allergens and dermatology testing/treatment for pets is expensive.
I’m at my wits end and don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice?