I have three indoor cats. One of them is always kind of itchy but the last few weeks she’s been tearing up her face until it bleeds. I’ve been treating it with Neosporin while making her wear a makeshift cone. I did find fleas on her and treated her with Advantage a few weeks ago as well as bought an electronic flea comb (useless junk). I’m still seeing a couple of fleas on her.
What I’ve read is that if they’re allergic to fleas they’ll usually scratch and chew around the base of the tail. She’s scratching mostly her face, chest, neck and eyebrows. That location is more associated with a food allergy. I’ve loosely put her on an elimination diet. I don’t really know what I’m doing. But I’m leaning more toward it being a flea allergy because of evidence of fleas.
I’m so confused and frustrated. Does anyone have experience with a cat that scratched mostly their head area and it turned out to a flea allergy? Thank you.
What I’ve read is that if they’re allergic to fleas they’ll usually scratch and chew around the base of the tail. She’s scratching mostly her face, chest, neck and eyebrows. That location is more associated with a food allergy. I’ve loosely put her on an elimination diet. I don’t really know what I’m doing. But I’m leaning more toward it being a flea allergy because of evidence of fleas.
I’m so confused and frustrated. Does anyone have experience with a cat that scratched mostly their head area and it turned out to a flea allergy? Thank you.