For the second time in thre months my two year old cat has developed a rash of small umps all over her 'face', especially around her eyes and eyebrows.
They are similar to blisters and seem to have 'broken', as several of them have formed small scabs which are rough to the touch.
They rash does not seem to trouble her.
She has a monthly dose of Revolution (like Frontline) for flease and other pests. She does go outside during the day, but has done so since she was a kitten and this is the first year this has happened.
The vet previously told us it is an allergy, and we had to give her cortisone tablets for weeks, which was a chore and which Ms Cat did NOT like. Also, surely it can't be good for her to take them all the time?
It's summer here now, so we have a couple more 'pollen' months, but I don't want her on tablets for months 0on end if it can be avoided.
I'm happy to take her to the vet, cost not the main thing, but want some info and advice on possible|||Please don't give your cat steroids as that is the second leading cause of diabetes in cats. TRhe firsy cause of diabetes and the probable cause of your cat's problems----dry fooods. Your vet is probably right about the allergy and dry foods have the most allergents in them. You want to pick a canned food with no corn and no gluten at the very least. If you are willing to go premium (and you may have to) you want foods with no grains at all which a carnivore doesn't need.Wellness and Merrick are a few of those available
Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health
Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.
Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingrdiant a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?
http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea...
Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms
The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process them. Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in
Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.
You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all. Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bp...
Please read about cat nutrition.
http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics...
http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.ht...
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht...|||There is nothing wrong with dry food and is probably healthier actually for your cat than wet IMO. Report It
|||As far as I know, Frontline is applied every 8 weeks, not every month, she may be getting too much.
It could be an allergy to plants; my cat used to get something similar. You do need a professional opinion, though.|||It sounds like fleas, but if you are giving her flea med it is probably not. It could be some other type of mite or something. It is also possible that your cat is getting into some real thick brush or brambles and actually scraping or puncturing her face with the pickers from the plants. I have had outdoor cats for years and it is always something new.
Your best bet is to take her to the vet if it does not clear up, but you could let it go for a few days and keep your eyes on it.
Good luck|||These sound like herpes sores. There is a feline version of herpes that normally affects the eyes. I don't know much about it, but I know that they can go blind if left untreated. Please get a second opinion from another vet.|||nothing wrong with prolonged exposure to cortisone pills.
but yeah sounds like a allergy so yeah take her to the vet
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