I take care of 11 cats, some more tame than others. All but one is less than three years old. About a month and a half ago one of the more wild cats showed up, after a two day absence, with sores on the sides of her face. Over the next week she proceeded to show up with more sores on her body. She will go off for days at a time, usually no more than 3 at a time and only shows up when really hungry. She will let me pet her on occasion so I managed to treat her with PetArmor plus thinking she either had a flea problem that she has become allergic to or a mite problem which the PA plus is supposed to handle. Unfortunately this didn't begin to help. I tried to catch her to take her into the vet and she broke away and I hadn't seen her again for almost three weeks. I had reached the conclusion that she had passed. Three days ago she showed back up and all of the sores on her were cleared up. Today she is showing signs of scratching and a couple of the places on her neck are getting raw again. I've come to the conclusion that she has a food allergy. I feed them Purina Naturals dry and Friskies moist, she seems partial to the moist, although she will eat some of the dry too.
Unfortunately I am on a very limited budget and can't afford to feed all these cats a grain free diet. It would be impossible to separate her to just feed her a special diet. Any suggestions on what to do or some solutions to feed her? I truly hate to see her suffer.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Linda
Unfortunately I am on a very limited budget and can't afford to feed all these cats a grain free diet. It would be impossible to separate her to just feed her a special diet. Any suggestions on what to do or some solutions to feed her? I truly hate to see her suffer.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Linda