Hello, my indoor cat has been getting old and a while ago he started chewing the fur out of the side of his body and he eventually developed a scar and as it went on he started chewing the hair out of his belly and behind his legs and hes starting to chew the front of his legs now, and we've been giving him steroid shots lately... probably too often because we've been doing it practically monthly... the last time he got a shot it wasnt very long before he started chewing again so I dont really think that is helping him that much and is probably hurting more...
The vet said that he probably has an environmental allergy because of the location of where he is chewing. My family at the time can't afford to do the tests to see what he is allergic to... and I am just wondering if anyone has any tips as to how I can get rid of environmental allergies in my house... or if there is anything besides the steroids that I can give him to relieve the allergies...?
We have some sort of mold in our basement that we think might be the cause of it and we've been trying to kill it. I also heard that certain carpet cleaners and febreeze were also found to be common for cats with allergies...
Would any sort of air purifier machine help with this... or does anyone have any other ideas?
The vet said that he probably has an environmental allergy because of the location of where he is chewing. My family at the time can't afford to do the tests to see what he is allergic to... and I am just wondering if anyone has any tips as to how I can get rid of environmental allergies in my house... or if there is anything besides the steroids that I can give him to relieve the allergies...?
We have some sort of mold in our basement that we think might be the cause of it and we've been trying to kill it. I also heard that certain carpet cleaners and febreeze were also found to be common for cats with allergies...
Would any sort of air purifier machine help with this... or does anyone have any other ideas?