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Awwwww~she's so adorable! ORAL steroids (prednisolone) is the main starting treatment for pemphigus so if there is even a slight chance (sounds like the vet said there is a chance), you should see improvement on the steroid. (if it does end up being pemphigus, the injectable steroid is not a...

Did you get any results from your vet on the blood work?  She looks miserable, poor kitty :(    Are you seeing a dermatologist or just the "regular" vet?  I would definitely recommend a specialist for sure.   Wish I had a "oh I've seen that before" reply for you :(  

So were you able to get any answers on what is going on with your kitty?

Thanks for the response.  I did end up waiting and not giving the D-mannose last night. Vet appt today and now we have her on a course of Clavamox...question now though is can I give her the D-Mannose while she is taking the Clavamox or will the D-mannose effect the clavamox? Thanks!

I think you owe it to the cat to bring it to the vet to at least get it checked out to make the determination if it's a "quick fix" or not.  If he's in obvious pain with it, he needs to go to the vet.  Neosporin may give temporary relieve over tonight before bringing him to the vet tomorrow.  If...

Also just going to mention that not all vets even are familiar with pemphigus...although its a common autoimmune disease~its rare in cats so unfortunately that's why it took me awhile for diagnosis...finding a vet that even was good enough to suspect it!   So glad to read that you are going for...

I don't think it's safe to just assume its an infection. I am in no way trying to scare you but that's how my girl's ears started out when she was diagnosed with pemphigus foliaceus.  Please google and do research to see if it fits the symptoms/look of the lesions. Only way to get confirmation...

Hello, My cat has a vet appt tomorrow to get some urine and then do a urine culture and sensitivity.  Last week a urine sample was collected and a urinalysis was done showing greater than 100 cocci and protein.  So bringing her in tomorrow to collect another sample so they can do the urine...

I just wanted to stop by and say how sorry I am for your loss.  My cat actually has pemphigus.  She was diagnosed in April but by the time the vets even considered that, she had gone undiagnosed for 4 months!  We are still dealing w/ flares and trying to get her off high doses of triamcinolone...

Hi!  I remember talking to you the other day about this!  lol I still was having a hard time finding dosing information online....which is strange because usually i'm awesome at googling and my family is amazed at how fast i can find things!  lol Anyway, I was posting a special thread...

Has anyone given DGL licorice to their cat and if so, dosing??? Has it been helpful for results you were looking for? I can only find the chewable tablets at my local health store and was thinking maybe a 1/4 of a chewable tablet would be a good start? Not finding a ton of info on it online...

Yeah, probably not a bad idea. I just thought there may be a chance that someone's cat who has IBS has used licorice so thought i'd start there. Thanks : )

has anyone given DGL licorice to their cat and if so, dosing??? Helpful? I can only find the chewable tablets at my local health store and was thinking maybe a 1/4 of that would be a good start? Not finding a ton of info on it online though and of course my vet knows nothing about...

I gave my cat her first injection last Friday and for her, it gave her a little pep in her step. She seemed to have a bit more energy. No throwing up problems from her. As far as how often...my vet says we'll do once/WEEK for 4 weeks and go from there...seems to me that once/MONTH would be...

I know this is an old post but when I see skin issues, I just want to make people aware of an autoimmune disease called pemphigus~~very nasty disease and intensely itchy for the cat.  If you/your vet are having trouble identifying a problem and there are dry scaly skin spots, please google...