Ellen's Visit To The Vet...

[kb2yjx]

Has a food allergy been ruled out?

[Catty1]

I hope Ellen is feeling more comfortable.

I've read here about cat acne causing the black scabbing...one person got good results with a warm wet washcloth held on the area, and gently loosening the stuff with the cloth. I think steroids were also involved...and kitty liked the warmth of the cloth!

[emilysgk]

My dads cat gets like this. She has more of it though and if you let it go she starts looking a lot like an alley cat in general. She is also a torti, his vet says he see''s is most in them. Sometimes allergy, otherwise just high strung/stressed. I dont know what he gives her though. My dad dont always keep up on her meds. If he dont take her in and she gets a mess she gets a shot (I assume steroid) She takes pills, 1/4 pill a day and keeps her just fine. I been meaning to look at the pills and see what they are but never remember. She has been this way for about 2yrs now.

[RachLeigh13]

Well, a food allergy hasn't been ruled out. But this is just recent that she's had this scabby spot appear. I never see her scratching at herself or anything. We just have her on some meds to help with the "itchyness" and an antibiotic to clear up the scabby spots. The rest of her coat is nice and thick, its just weird that its just above her brows.

I think I've seen quite a few tortis with allergy problems... weird though, my 13 year old torti is fine.


Hopefully Ellen will do alright with the meds. She hated me giving her her meds today, but she'll get used to it.

[columbine]

My dads cat gets like this. She has more of it though and if you let it go she starts looking a lot like an alley cat in general. She is also a torti, his vet says he see''s is most in them. Sometimes allergy, otherwise just high strung/stressed. I dont know what he gives her though. My dad dont always keep up on her meds. If he dont take her in and she gets a mess she gets a shot (I assume steroid) She takes pills, 1/4 pill a day and keeps her just fine. I been meaning to look at the pills and see what they are but never remember. She has been this way for about 2yrs now.

My Smudge has this, and got a depo-medrol shot and promptly got sick because it knocked out his immune system. So the vet suggested a quarter tablet (1 mg, quarter of a 4 mg tablet) of chlorpheniramine maleate (generic Chlor-Trimeton - make sure chlorpheniramine maleate is the only active ingredient!) twice a day. I grind it in a mortar & pestle and mix it with a little water and mash it in with his canned food. If he's not in a canned food mood, he doesn't get any and breaks out again, but he's the Classic Unpillable Cat and I'm just thankful he's getting enough to keep it controlled. The trick is to mash it into smelly enough food to cover it!

Love, Columbine

[RachLeigh13]

I'm giving Ellen the Chlorpheniramine for the itchyness. She's doing ok taking it. I have to pop half a pill in the back of her throat if she doesn't eat it when I treat her with a bite of canned food. She's hard to pill.

[jennielynn1970]

My mom and dad's tortie, Lucey, has major allergies and has meds for them as well. She take pred. on an as needed basis (they don't like to give it to her much because it's a steriod), and there's another med she takes as well. I know if it gets really bad, she goes to the vet for a shot.

They also had to switch her flea medication to Revolution because she had a really bad reaction to Frontline where her fur would fall out in clumps where they put it on her. Revolution doesn't do that to her at all.

Hope your Ellen gets to feeling better and she won't need all those meds!