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My cat has an itch problem for about 3 years now or so. The vet thinks it's allergies because it get's better when she has a cortisone shot, but I can't keep her on cortisone all the time due to all the side effects. The itching seems to be centered around the eyes and ears. I had her with a different vet too, they took skin samples from the eayr, checked for parasites, bacterias and fungus, all came back negative.
I give her zyrtec now and I think it's better, it may be wrong and that just other conditions changed, she had an ear infection at one time that was treated and maybe that caused bat scratching aund now its jsut naturally better, I just dont know, but I keep giving her the zyrtec.
The main problem is that from time toi time she hurts her eyes with the scratching. I had her treated for eye wounds like 3 or 4 times now, just now shes back on antibiotic eyedrops for the same reason again. I tried to remove the cone around her head and she immediately went back to scratching her eye with the hindleg which hurt her again of course.
I don't know anything to do about the itching anymore, most of the time it is not too bad but sometimes this happens. So my last idea is to have her declawed so at least she can not hurt her eye anymore when she scratches.
Now, I am NOT looking for religious or political advise here, I am fully aware of the peta and other sites who equal people who declaw their cats with concentration camp guards. I am looking for pragmatic advice.
- How do I find a good doctor that has experience with it
- How much will it cost
- What should I observe when I do it? Special Pet litter? Other things?
- Any other advice on the itching problem is also much appreciated.
Right now I really don't know what to do. She is about 8 years now and I am either looking at a lifetime of cortisone shots which will damage her health undoubtedly or let her scratch her eyes and wound them every few month risking that there is a much worse wound or infection which may blind her some day, so declawing seems to be my only way of easing the situation at least somewhat
Thanks
My cat has an itch problem for about 3 years now or so. The vet thinks it's allergies because it get's better when she has a cortisone shot, but I can't keep her on cortisone all the time due to all the side effects. The itching seems to be centered around the eyes and ears. I had her with a different vet too, they took skin samples from the eayr, checked for parasites, bacterias and fungus, all came back negative.
I give her zyrtec now and I think it's better, it may be wrong and that just other conditions changed, she had an ear infection at one time that was treated and maybe that caused bat scratching aund now its jsut naturally better, I just dont know, but I keep giving her the zyrtec.
The main problem is that from time toi time she hurts her eyes with the scratching. I had her treated for eye wounds like 3 or 4 times now, just now shes back on antibiotic eyedrops for the same reason again. I tried to remove the cone around her head and she immediately went back to scratching her eye with the hindleg which hurt her again of course.
I don't know anything to do about the itching anymore, most of the time it is not too bad but sometimes this happens. So my last idea is to have her declawed so at least she can not hurt her eye anymore when she scratches.
Now, I am NOT looking for religious or political advise here, I am fully aware of the peta and other sites who equal people who declaw their cats with concentration camp guards. I am looking for pragmatic advice.
- How do I find a good doctor that has experience with it
- How much will it cost
- What should I observe when I do it? Special Pet litter? Other things?
- Any other advice on the itching problem is also much appreciated.
Right now I really don't know what to do. She is about 8 years now and I am either looking at a lifetime of cortisone shots which will damage her health undoubtedly or let her scratch her eyes and wound them every few month risking that there is a much worse wound or infection which may blind her some day, so declawing seems to be my only way of easing the situation at least somewhat
Thanks