Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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