This is another rant about vets, or their lack of knowledge about nutrition and about how they treat symptoms, not causes.
Two of my cats are prone to heath issues. Sophie was literally thrown at the garbage when she was born and got ringworm, Harley has herpesvirus.
In october I noticed Sophie shook her head a lot. First vet said she MIGHT have earmites, although he can not see anything and she had a very small ammount of dirt in her years. At his advice, we put stronghold (some sort of frontline that works on different parasites) three times in three months. In december there was no improvement so we took Sophie to another vet. He said her years are very clean, but he will put some ear drops just in case she has an inflamation he cannot see. She was fine until about a week ago, when the shaking became more frequent. She does not scratch, she only shakes as if to get rid of something. Of course tonight we went to another vet (we go to two clinics, each has two doctors, we know them all). This vet said she has allergies. I told her she doesn't scratch or appear to be itching, only shaking. And this is where I got mad: he said too much protein in her diet can cause her symptom and that I should consider adding more kibble. I wrack my nerves to make Sophie eat raw, and I hear him, a vet that I respect and that sterilized all my cats, that too much protein causes allergies! He gave her some shots for allergies and told us to call in two days if there is no improvement!
Among other things, we talked about how my neutered Harley cries every night. I was just making sure there is no health issue related to that, and he gave me calming pills (some sort of plant extract sleeping pills). For Harley! I told him I will take the pills and leave the cat alone
Sorry about the rant. The proteins discussion got me so upset. Also him giving Sophie shots without asking me first. I am just so sorry I put her through this when I don't really think it's allergies.
Two of my cats are prone to heath issues. Sophie was literally thrown at the garbage when she was born and got ringworm, Harley has herpesvirus.
In october I noticed Sophie shook her head a lot. First vet said she MIGHT have earmites, although he can not see anything and she had a very small ammount of dirt in her years. At his advice, we put stronghold (some sort of frontline that works on different parasites) three times in three months. In december there was no improvement so we took Sophie to another vet. He said her years are very clean, but he will put some ear drops just in case she has an inflamation he cannot see. She was fine until about a week ago, when the shaking became more frequent. She does not scratch, she only shakes as if to get rid of something. Of course tonight we went to another vet (we go to two clinics, each has two doctors, we know them all). This vet said she has allergies. I told her she doesn't scratch or appear to be itching, only shaking. And this is where I got mad: he said too much protein in her diet can cause her symptom and that I should consider adding more kibble. I wrack my nerves to make Sophie eat raw, and I hear him, a vet that I respect and that sterilized all my cats, that too much protein causes allergies! He gave her some shots for allergies and told us to call in two days if there is no improvement!
Among other things, we talked about how my neutered Harley cries every night. I was just making sure there is no health issue related to that, and he gave me calming pills (some sort of plant extract sleeping pills). For Harley! I told him I will take the pills and leave the cat alone
Sorry about the rant. The proteins discussion got me so upset. Also him giving Sophie shots without asking me first. I am just so sorry I put her through this when I don't really think it's allergies.
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