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| 3679.1 | been dealing with it for over a year now | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Jun 07 1990 17:45 | 14 |
| Joui is allergic to household molds (we think). We thought it was
flea allergy, treated her for that. Then we discovered that it
wasn't through skin biopsies. So then we thought it was food, but
it turned out not to be. Now we think it is mold. My house is
at the bottom of a large hill, and we sometimes have standing water
under the house. This causes mold spores to be in the air. Joui
takes antihistamines to control her allergy.
Cat allergies usually manifest themselves by producing rashing on
the skin and loss of hair. With food allergies, the rash and hair
loss is usually on the face, neck and chest. With flea allergy
it is usually on the hindquarters and tail area.
Jo
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| 3679.2 | Can't remember the name of the Antibiotic! | AYOV18::TWASON | | Fri Jun 08 1990 13:50 | 22 |
| REPLY .0
My Spookie had exactly the same symptoms about 1.5 months ago.
When we took her to the vet the first time he said it was a slight
gastric irritation, but it persisted for a few more days, so we
took her back.
This time I pointed out that she was balding around her back end
and inside legs, on looking round the tail he noticed that it was
fleas, and that it was causing a skin irritation which in turn when
she licked and cleaned herself was irritating her internally.
This has all thankfully been cleared up by a course of antibiotics
and a flea collar.
It was very worrying though especially with her being sick after
every meal. I know what you mean by the kind of munching noise
before vomiting.
Tracy & Spookie (a very healthy cat who is now eating about three
times more than she used to!)
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| 3679.3 | OUR PROBLEM WAS A FOOD ALLERGY | MCIS2::BOISVERT | | Fri Jun 08 1990 13:58 | 10 |
| My uncle just went through the same thing with his cat. In this case,
the problem was an allergy to her food. (I think the only way you're
going to get to the bottom of this is through process of
elimination...) Anyways, I don't remember what he had been feeding
her, but he switched her to one of the better, dry cat foods
(pretty sure it was Science Diet) and it cleared right up.
Good luck!
Chris, Ebony & Casey Mae
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| 3679.4 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Wed Jun 13 1990 11:50 | 13 |
| If its a food allergy it is most likely due to the dyes used in
the supermarket brands. Try one of the hypoallergenic types
like Science Diet or Lick your chops. Talk to Fragle::Peluso.
Her Nippa is allergic to most cat foods. She can tell you which
foods Nippa tolerates best.
If you think its fleas then do a fleabath. It certainly won't hurt
the cat and may help. I can tell you from experience that you can
have fleas - or rather your cat can ;-) - and not see any signs.
In our house we have Bob-the-flea-barometer. If there's a flea in
the house Bob breaks out in scabs. I don't even bother to look for
fleas, I just give everyone a fleabath and start treating the house.
Nancy DC
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