Half Naked Cat

[DebD]

Thank you
I have tried enova and they love it. They actually lived on it for about a year, but the vet made me take her off it and put her on the duck diet saying cats are allergic to fish, and chicken and beef and turkey and that leaves duck. My other cats thrived on Enova but they are all stuck with duck even the dog to make sure she gets nothing else. they have all been on duck for over 6 months now and it has made absolutely no difference. I am going to look for a Holistic vet because I don't know what else to do.
Thanks again

[karlyb]

My Janie is also an over-groomer; she has licked all the fur off her tummy and parts of her legs.

There is an article in the March Cat Fancy magazine about using flower essences on cats. They recommend crab apple to treat obsessive cleanliness and compulsive behaviors such as excessive grooming. However, I found the directions on how to administer the flower essences to be vague. "To apply, drop the essence on your cat's tongue." Then "..it's important to dilute the essences in spring water." So, if you dilute the flower essence, the cat would have to take a greater quantity to get the full dose? If I put it in the water dish there is no guarantee that Janie would drink it.

I hope you get treatment that works for your kitty. Let us know what happens.

[Joni S.]

My Layla is also an overgroomer. I tried everything; Feliway, lotions, creams, etc. even a kitty hydrocortisone!! Finally after the vet did loads of painful testing, to Layla and to my wallet, let me know that she wanted to put Layla on clomicalm. I see a different cat in Layla. The hair grew back out on her belly and all was well ~ until I got sick! ~ and I went 2 days and didn't give Layla her pill and she began to lick again! I'm back on a daily basis with her and all will change within the next week. She *will* stop licking and I know it. Just like she stopped before, she will stop now.

Layla would also pee pee just over the edge of her potty box. She would begin to pee and would just raise her back end up all the way. I went to Walmart and got like an "under the bed" container that is quite a bit larger. The vet said to change her litter. I didn't totally change, I added it to my current Tidy Cat she's used for years. I wanted her to still recognize the smell of her litter but I did mix some new litter. My vet said in litter /kitty testing that "cats prefer Tidy Cat with odor carbons"!! I now supplement the less expensive Tidy Cat with Tidy Cat.....and it has ALL worked out!! Of course I let her know, in great excitement, that she's a good girl!!

Layla is an "only indoor" cat because the girl that was going to get rid of her (so I took her about 8-10 years ago) had her declawed so with the clomicam I have *no* problem getting it right in her mouth!! lol! I make SURE that my right pointer fingernail is *always short* so, they're all short, just one is always shorter. I do NOT want to hurt her, as I thought I did the first time. I thought that my fingernail had hurt the inside of her mouth so off they came!! Another obligation to her, of course, is that since she is declawed, she cannot be let outside. I take her out on the porch and sit in the sun while she's there.....or....put something covering the top of the steps! She loves that! I'm an older woman (54) and I laugh about me being "the crazy cat lady"!

I do hope this info has helped any at all....

Joni

[mrspunkysmom]

Thank you
I have tried enova and they love it. They actually lived on it for about a year, but the vet made me take her off it and put her on the duck diet saying cats are allergic to fish, and chicken and beef and turkey and that leaves duck. My other cats thrived on Enova but they are all stuck with duck even the dog to make sure she gets nothing else. they have all been on duck for over 6 months now and it has made absolutely no difference. I am going to look for a Holistic vet because I don't know what else to do.
Thanks again

Allergic to fish and chicken? hmmmm. i feed mine fresh fish and chicken and cook it myself.

Innova sold out to a major manufacturer in the last few years so the formula have changed. Read the ingredients on the duck bag. Mine won't eat Duck. They will eat chickena and Salmon.

Mine eat Eagle hHlsitic canned and Natural Balance Dry.

check any canned foods for glutens. If Spunky eats any gluten he has loose stools. (How odd the Spunky and I are both intolerant of gluten.)

Note the changes.