Hi,
my names is Missy and I am new to this forum. I have two cats Sadie and Soltie, sisters, 8 years old. They are my babies and I love them dearly.
Soltie started licking excessively and was getting bald spots all over her body. I took her to the vet and he discovered that her thyroid was overactive and put her on Tapazole. Her thyroid is in the normal range now, but she was still licking and lossing her hair. The vet seems to think that she as become allergic to her food. The vet put her on science diet (dry) for sensitive skin. However, she nor Sadie will eat this dry food, for they won't eat anything that is round (their kinda picky--spoiled). So with hungry eyes staring at me, I got on the Internet and did some research about food allergies and discovered that a cat can become allergic to a food or an ingredent in the food that they have eaten for a long period of time. I read that when a cat has become allergic to the food that they normally eat, you need to change their protein and carbohydrate. The food Soltie (Fancy Feast and Meow Mix) were mainly chicken, fish, beef with the carbohydrate being wheat. So I got Iams lamb and rice canned food and she and Sadie have adjusted to eating this (lets stress adjusted to but does not necessarly like it).
If anyone has dealt with or know anything about food allergies I would really appreciate you sharing your experience/information with me.
My cats nibble when they eat so its takes all night for them to empty their bowl. So when the diet of one cat changes, it changes for the other cat. Sadie, the cat with no food allergies, is still looking for the good cat food and somehow knows that it's Solties fault that she is not getting it and will just every-so-often go by and smack Soltie on the head. It's really quite funny watching them.
Hope to hear from someone soon. Even just to say hi.
Soltie started licking excessively and was getting bald spots all over her body. I took her to the vet and he discovered that her thyroid was overactive and put her on Tapazole. Her thyroid is in the normal range now, but she was still licking and lossing her hair. The vet seems to think that she as become allergic to her food. The vet put her on science diet (dry) for sensitive skin. However, she nor Sadie will eat this dry food, for they won't eat anything that is round (their kinda picky--spoiled). So with hungry eyes staring at me, I got on the Internet and did some research about food allergies and discovered that a cat can become allergic to a food or an ingredent in the food that they have eaten for a long period of time. I read that when a cat has become allergic to the food that they normally eat, you need to change their protein and carbohydrate. The food Soltie (Fancy Feast and Meow Mix) were mainly chicken, fish, beef with the carbohydrate being wheat. So I got Iams lamb and rice canned food and she and Sadie have adjusted to eating this (lets stress adjusted to but does not necessarly like it).
If anyone has dealt with or know anything about food allergies I would really appreciate you sharing your experience/information with me.
My cats nibble when they eat so its takes all night for them to empty their bowl. So when the diet of one cat changes, it changes for the other cat. Sadie, the cat with no food allergies, is still looking for the good cat food and somehow knows that it's Solties fault that she is not getting it and will just every-so-often go by and smack Soltie on the head. It's really quite funny watching them.
Hope to hear from someone soon. Even just to say hi.
