Paulie sure has been through a lot. When she was on the pred did it help her at all? My cat Starr had severe diarrhea and it turned out that he had IBD/Colitis so he had to be on pred for the rest of his short life. Unfortunately it made him very overweight and in the end he wasn't able to do much except sleep. It did finally control his diarrhea though but it also made him kind of constipated too.

My current cat Storm who will be 15 in Januray, is also on pred daily because he has another form of IBD. He has small intestional disease and this caused him to vomit daily. He's doing great but he's a large cat and is on 2.5mg of pred every day. Starr was a very small cat and the pred caused him to drink a lot of water and to puff up.

Many vets like to prescibe pred for allergies and IBD. I also prefer to go the more natural route but sometimes nothing else will work. Hopefully Paulie doesn't have IBD or anything more serious. I also hope that the dermatologist will be able to help Paulie.