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Hi everyone,
I'm so glad I found this forum and I'm hoping some of you can help me with an issue our cat is having.
A little background info: he is a 15 yro indoor/outdoor cat (mostly indoor, but he goes outside too, they live in a secluded area) he lives in the countryside with my partner's parents. He's never had any health issues before. He's a little bit overweight, but that's it.
A couple of months ago, he started developing these rashes on his ears. Was taken to the vet. They tested for microsporum (negative), fungal infections (negative) and bacterial infections (negative). He's seen two vets now. Been prescribed iodine (didn't help), special diet food (no change so far), an antibiotic which he got a severe reaction to. We just got him some new hypoallergenic food at the vet as well (VetLife Ultra Hypo). At this time, they aren't sure whether this is an autoimmune disease. He was a perfectly healthy kitty up to a few months ago. Nothing has changed - not his food, not the environment, nothing.
I'm honestly at a loss on what to do next. The vet said our next option is taking a sample by cutting his ear and I would really like to avoid that if possible. The problem is, my partner's parents have managed to heal the rash, but new ones keep popping up as soon as the old ones heal. Kitty is very irritable and sad now, and doesn't understand what's happening and it's really making me worry so much. I know he is older, but I just want to help him be okay. If you have any tips on what this could be, or what we should do, I would appreciate it SO SO much.
I'm attaching pics of all his described treatments, none of which have helped so far:
As well as a picture of the rash:
Hoping for good news...
I'm so glad I found this forum and I'm hoping some of you can help me with an issue our cat is having.
A little background info: he is a 15 yro indoor/outdoor cat (mostly indoor, but he goes outside too, they live in a secluded area) he lives in the countryside with my partner's parents. He's never had any health issues before. He's a little bit overweight, but that's it.
A couple of months ago, he started developing these rashes on his ears. Was taken to the vet. They tested for microsporum (negative), fungal infections (negative) and bacterial infections (negative). He's seen two vets now. Been prescribed iodine (didn't help), special diet food (no change so far), an antibiotic which he got a severe reaction to. We just got him some new hypoallergenic food at the vet as well (VetLife Ultra Hypo). At this time, they aren't sure whether this is an autoimmune disease. He was a perfectly healthy kitty up to a few months ago. Nothing has changed - not his food, not the environment, nothing.
I'm honestly at a loss on what to do next. The vet said our next option is taking a sample by cutting his ear and I would really like to avoid that if possible. The problem is, my partner's parents have managed to heal the rash, but new ones keep popping up as soon as the old ones heal. Kitty is very irritable and sad now, and doesn't understand what's happening and it's really making me worry so much. I know he is older, but I just want to help him be okay. If you have any tips on what this could be, or what we should do, I would appreciate it SO SO much.
I'm attaching pics of all his described treatments, none of which have helped so far:
As well as a picture of the rash:
Hoping for good news...