cat has allergies?

[MyCatPaulie]

I'm so sorry about Starr . I'm worried that Paulie has somthing more than just the food causing his problems, do you know the symptoms of IBD or how they dignose it? He was on Pred for his itching and it only really helped on the highest dose of 5mg. I think his stools looked better than but I'm not positive. thank you so much for your help!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks. Starr had Eosinophilic IBD and my vet did a biopsy on Starr. At first I was afraid he had cancer. Here's a link that tells all about IBD in cats:http://www.peteducation.com/article....1+2122&aid=304. I wouldn't worry that Paulie has this just yet. It still could be the food that he's on.

[MyCatPaulie]

poor starr since you were her mommy I'm sure she lives a loved life even though it was short. I really hope it's the food that is cauing Paulie's problems. I am trying to find a food that isn't too rich where fish is the main ingredeint because the wellness he is on now is fish based but most of the food is buy in the pet stores have chicken listed as the first ingrdient . Thanks again for your help!

[MyCatPaulie]

I just got a call from the vet his blood test were good except for one little thing with his liver that wasn't a big deal. I am taking him now to do somthing where they take a fecal sample and then a swab, I don't really know what it is but they said it is the next step in figure out what's wrong. Then if that comes back negative we would do an ultrasound, does anyone know if the unltrasound would be able to tell her he has IBS? I heard raw diets can be good for cats with IBS but I'm not really sure what a raw diet means, it would have to be somthing chicken free and corn free because those are possible allergies for Paulie.