Recent Content by gizmo51

All last winter I battled what I assumed was a food allergy with one of my cats. In fact, that's how I found this site, searching for help. She would scratch herself completly raw all around her face and neck. I can't even count the number of steroid shots & pills that she took. Finally...

You can't get the Natural Balance Vennison & Green Pea anymore. It went by the wayside in one of the recalls. Natural Balance are coming out with a Duck & Green Pea that they tell me will be on the market early Sept. I haven't been to PetCo to see if they are carrying it yet. I finally...

What are the herpes symptoms? How are they treated?

I had considered ordering the California Natural Herring & Sweet Potato, but with this stupid recall, everything is out-of-stock at PetFood Direct.

No, I'm not the same Gizmo, but I did get the idea of the NL from her. I would consider a homemade diet if you could give me a good suggestion. I really wondered if the vennison was helping of not since she never did seem to get well while eating it.

Do I have to have a prescription for it? I will be at PetCo tomorrow, can I get it there?

In August my 5 yr old cat Gizmo began having this crusty, itchy stuff all over her head & neck. The vet treated it with Depomedrol injections and pills. It would sometimes get a bit better, but never go away. In October he took a biopsy and sent it to the state vet school. They determined...

I'm just curious, what do you give them L-Lysine for?

I just wanted to know so that maybe I could suggest it to my vet. He has never mentioned anything to apply topically.

Could someone please tell me what kind of ointment to use to ease the itching??

Gizmocat, I'm curious what kind of ointment are you did you use? I don't know if you remember me from a previous post, but my Gizmo is going through this supposed alergy thing. The vet was first treating her for a fungus. It would not go away and just kept getting worse. He finally took a...

I really don't think it is the Frontline. She certainly doesn't get worse when I use it on her.

I did stop feeding her the Iams as well as the Friskies canned. I first got Purina One Chicken & Rice. They all seemed to love it. But I finally got to a Petco and bought Natural Balance vennison & green pea dry and canned. She doesn't eat the dry very good and I am still having to add a bit...

My Gizmo cat is also going through this. It is mostly on her head/neck/chin area. She just scratches and scratches, until it's raw and bleeding. The vet first thought it was a fungus, he's given her a couple of shots and then I have been trying to get pills down her but it just won't go away...

I do need to take him to the vet. He doesn't sneeze at all and his eyes look just fine. I've hundreds of cats in my lifetime and I don't ever remember hearing one cough like he does. And otherwise he acts just normal. I can't even imagine trying to give him any medication either. I have to...