cat advice please!!

[Nicos]

I wonder why the cat can't be restrained and given a local so the vet can do a topical biopsy?

my point exactly!!!...he's not a wild farm cat- I bet with a gentle approach - and me there( cos I'm fine with watching/helping with that sort of stuff) he'd be fine.
He always purrs at the vets- they find it almost impossible to hear his little heart murmur because of it.

If the hormone don't work then I'm going to ask them to do a local
And yup- I've got some bach rescue remedy I can give him- I actually bought it to help him incase he had pronlems with car and boat travel ( and then never took him back to the UK!!!

Will try that .
Got catnip out too....

[ginger ninger]

Hi Nicos, Sorry to here about your kitty, I give Jinny the Kitzyme's he loves them, since he's been having them he dosn't have problems with flee bites, I think its something to do with the yeast in them, there's a link to e.mail them below, you might find helpful ...Good Luck with him.

I've P.M,d you with there Address and Phone Number.

Pet@lamp-post.co.uk

[SlugLobber]

Hi Nicos. Just re-read your original post and wonder why the vet says a change of diet is too complicated?

When I had a dog who was itchy all the time, BARF (Bones and Raw Foods) transformed him, inside and out!

BTW, purring isn't always a happy thing. They can do it when anxious, too. Same kind of psychology as nervous laughter - it causes release of happy hormones to counteract the anxiety.

[HayleyB]

Spanner in the works, sorry Nicos but could puss be allergic to Frontline, one of our GSDs comes out with a few abscesses when it's used around the area that we put the frontline on, so I only use it much less than the recommendations because each time I have to burst the abscesses and keep clean and pack with sudocrem or similar. It might be worth laying off for a while.

Alf is 20 odd now and our Wiz was hit by a car a couple of years ago at the age of 20 cutting short her life. Neither have ever had injections or flea treatment or wormer unless something was spotted and they were never at the vets, except when Alf ate too many mice and bunged himself up (he doesn't catch them so quickly any more).

[Mac]

Hi Nicos. Am surprised your thinks a general would be too much for your cat. 12yrs isn't that old. My dog (who is 10) had to be sedated to get a biopsy and skin scrape a couple of months ago and was diagnosed with a type of athletes foot which affects the whole body in animals apparently. He was put on antibiotics and antifungals pills and a medicated shampoo. He took a reaction to the pills and had to be put on steroids to counteract that! But after few weeks of rattling due to the pills, and getting a wash every two days he seems to have got over it. I would ask for a second opinion about it as my last vet wouldn't have bothered as they weren't very thorough (6 lots of "conjunctavitis" later they discovered that Bob's tear duct was actually defunct!), but my new vet go for it big time from the word go! Hope he's ok soon...

[Nicos]

Thanks all!

update- He had the first tablet today.
I'm going to get some kitzymes and use rescue remedy. Also find some medicated shampoo.
I was out this afternoon- and came back to find he'd scratched the scab off a 2cm x 10cm gash on his neck- just within reach under the collar...wish I'd bought the vetwrap now

This is the 2nd vet I've seen about this problem- the first vet used steroids and antibiotics.

Change of diet????..it has to be prescribed for the allergy food.
12 a bit old for a general??...hmm-my initial thoughts that 12 isn't really very old- but I am sympathetic to think I'd rather he had a local- if they're prepared to try.
I'll go to the pharmacy- who also sell pet medicines and ask their advice as to medicated shampoo ( I had also thought maybe a topical anaesthetic ( lidnocaine) might reduce the itchiness. He can't lick it off- so that might be helpful- I'll ask for advice on that!

The catnip is being enjoyed as we speak!!...fingers crossed for a quieter night!

[crazywitch]

The more help the better please!!!

I'm not playing vet here- but I'd love to hear your advice/experiences to help me decide what to do.......

12 yr old neutered cat has had itchy skin- yellow/white lumps rupture and then get scratched and scratched and scratched....

the vet has given him antibiotics, steroids, antihistamines, elizabethan collar , local steroid/ antibiotic creams...and it's almost as bad as ever.
This has been going on since June and he's been kept inside 99.9% of the time and all bedding washed etc.
He sleeps on/in our bed and we're not affected.
Frontline Combo given monthly.

so...the vet is reluctant to give him a general anasthetic to take a biopsy of the lumps for analysis because of his age....and said it can't be done under a local anaesthetic....and not anyway until 6 weeks has elapsed since taking the steroids.
He says a change of diet won't work- it's too complicated.
It's the fact that he's prescribed hormones has made me a little uneasy-

Vets do things very differently over here- and sometimes not very sympathetically, and I think I need reassurance of the treatment before start the 6 week course of Megecat tomorrow.

Has anyone else had a cat/dog treated for dermatitis with hormones...and did it work????

....thankyou muchly

I know it's worth considering a second opinion- but I thought I'd start be asking you for your experiences/advice!

have you thought of asking advice from a good herbalist? i had a labrador who had severe flea allergy and herbalist sold me some tea tree ointment which helped a lot. its probably not same thing but sometimes a good herbalist can help.

[Nicos]

have you thought of asking advice from a good herbalist? i had a labrador who had severe flea allergy and herbalist sold me some tea tree ointment which helped a lot. its probably not same thing but sometimes a good herbalist can help.

Will do- I've got tea tree liquid- I'll check if it's OK for cats to lick ( in case he manageds to get the collar off again!)
Thanks!