1. How long does it take for the rash and sores to clear up after the allergen was removed? Does it take more than two months?
2. Can new bumps or flare ups appear weeks after the allergen was removed? Or do new bumps mean another exposure to allergy?
3. How soon after exposed to allergy do bumps appear? Like for example if he is allergic to a brand of food, do the flair up appear within a few hours after eating it?
I am running out of money here.
1. My cat was always healthy (except for a mast tumor well over a year ago). But after 14 years of age, he was losing weight because of eating less from stress.
2. I tried different foods to see what he will eat to gain weight. He disliked expensive/raw foods, and liked canned Fancy Feast, canned tuna, and raw salmon. He doesn't seem to like dry food much anymore.
2. But then he had a bout of bad dirreah and then conjunctivitis. So he was on matradonizol, upgraded diet, and then terramycin for several weeks. He saw the vet several times.
3. When I stopped both of those medications, he broke out with miliary dermatitis, and scratched himself raw. The vet recommended another blood panel and x-rays, which came up fine except for gas. The vet prescribed an antibiotic shot for the scratches, steroids and Hills for the colititis, and Revolution. He kept itching so I did my own asking around and arrived at Benadryl and a cone collar (I don't know why the vet didn't do anything about his itching in hindsight). I tried a little neosporin but I don't want him licking it.
4. I can no longer pill him so basically stopped the steroids and Benadryl, but the dirreah stopped regardless. I have been mostly feeding him canned Rx Hills and Purina ProPlan chicken/rice, but he does not really like the Hills. I tried different types of chicken Hills but he does not like it and lost some weight.
5. It was a couple weeks since I applied the Revolution and was more consistent with his diet. He gets bumps popping up then disappearing, but has had some new bumps appearing even today. They are mostly on his ears and above his eyes. He also has a few bumps here/there on other body parts (chin, knee, belly, chest, back of leg, forehead).
6. He licks and scratches himself raw whenever I take off the collar he hates, so I took him back to the vet today. The experienced vet was fully convinced it was not a food allergy but thought it was mange or an autoimmune issue, albeit he did not really ask me about my cat's history (and wouldn't the blood panel show the autoimmune disease?). They convinced me to do a skin scrape after I initially didn't want, which came out fine. They rushed me out of there with a reference to a dermatologist (that charges $165 for one exam) because I had the same questions listed above.
7. They gave him an antibiotic shot. They recommended a punch biopsy ($1K operation) and Heska panel. I said no to the biopsy due to stress and money, and because I do think it's an allergy (maybe fleas and fish) and stress. I said OK to the Heska, but then the owner came in and said it was a waste of money. I said let's do the cortisteroid shot, but they said to see the dermatologist first. I am trying Hills z/d but he doesn't seem thrilled.
8. If it does not improve I will see a different vet for the cortosteroid shot. One website says it can take awhile for flea allergy symptoms to clear up like a couple months, which I want to try before putting him through tests by a very expensive dermatologist.
EDIT: Oh and this vet office is fully convinced that the GI issues (dirreah, gas, a few vomiting) is completely separate from his awful skin issue. They are two different issues, according to a couple vets from this same office. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around that though.
2. Can new bumps or flare ups appear weeks after the allergen was removed? Or do new bumps mean another exposure to allergy?
3. How soon after exposed to allergy do bumps appear? Like for example if he is allergic to a brand of food, do the flair up appear within a few hours after eating it?
I am running out of money here.
1. My cat was always healthy (except for a mast tumor well over a year ago). But after 14 years of age, he was losing weight because of eating less from stress.
2. I tried different foods to see what he will eat to gain weight. He disliked expensive/raw foods, and liked canned Fancy Feast, canned tuna, and raw salmon. He doesn't seem to like dry food much anymore.
2. But then he had a bout of bad dirreah and then conjunctivitis. So he was on matradonizol, upgraded diet, and then terramycin for several weeks. He saw the vet several times.
3. When I stopped both of those medications, he broke out with miliary dermatitis, and scratched himself raw. The vet recommended another blood panel and x-rays, which came up fine except for gas. The vet prescribed an antibiotic shot for the scratches, steroids and Hills for the colititis, and Revolution. He kept itching so I did my own asking around and arrived at Benadryl and a cone collar (I don't know why the vet didn't do anything about his itching in hindsight). I tried a little neosporin but I don't want him licking it.
4. I can no longer pill him so basically stopped the steroids and Benadryl, but the dirreah stopped regardless. I have been mostly feeding him canned Rx Hills and Purina ProPlan chicken/rice, but he does not really like the Hills. I tried different types of chicken Hills but he does not like it and lost some weight.
5. It was a couple weeks since I applied the Revolution and was more consistent with his diet. He gets bumps popping up then disappearing, but has had some new bumps appearing even today. They are mostly on his ears and above his eyes. He also has a few bumps here/there on other body parts (chin, knee, belly, chest, back of leg, forehead).
6. He licks and scratches himself raw whenever I take off the collar he hates, so I took him back to the vet today. The experienced vet was fully convinced it was not a food allergy but thought it was mange or an autoimmune issue, albeit he did not really ask me about my cat's history (and wouldn't the blood panel show the autoimmune disease?). They convinced me to do a skin scrape after I initially didn't want, which came out fine. They rushed me out of there with a reference to a dermatologist (that charges $165 for one exam) because I had the same questions listed above.
7. They gave him an antibiotic shot. They recommended a punch biopsy ($1K operation) and Heska panel. I said no to the biopsy due to stress and money, and because I do think it's an allergy (maybe fleas and fish) and stress. I said OK to the Heska, but then the owner came in and said it was a waste of money. I said let's do the cortisteroid shot, but they said to see the dermatologist first. I am trying Hills z/d but he doesn't seem thrilled.
8. If it does not improve I will see a different vet for the cortosteroid shot. One website says it can take awhile for flea allergy symptoms to clear up like a couple months, which I want to try before putting him through tests by a very expensive dermatologist.
EDIT: Oh and this vet office is fully convinced that the GI issues (dirreah, gas, a few vomiting) is completely separate from his awful skin issue. They are two different issues, according to a couple vets from this same office. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around that though.
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