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I am definitely taking him with me on board. I just hope the whole experience isn't too stressful. Between going through the airport, security, all the noise and commotion and then the actual airplane, I am so nervous he is going to be going crazy. He absolutely hates the car if that is any...

I know there is a lot of controversy over this and people recommend against sedation for cats when flying. I have a very very vocal himmie who I wil be on a long flight with. When we are in the car, he meows constantly. He has never been on a plane before and I don't want to stress him out too...

Hi Stephen, Yes I did read all the articles - I have been reading about feline dermatology nonstop for the past few weeks! The vet didn't think it was consistent with allergies to begin with but I spoke with him again today. He said the reason he recommends biopsy is that there are many...

update: vet called back and said absolutely nothing has grown from cultures and he has no idea what this could be. He is now recommending a punch biopsy of skin. What do you all think? I really never thought this was ringworm either but decided to treat anyway just in case it was, since the...

Hi everyone, I am trying to transition my 8 year old himmie off of dry food (I had no idea how bad it is and was feeding him the organic grain free variety for years thinking I was doing a good job). I bough a few cans of natures variety and am trying to get him into wet food. I highly doubt...

Curious about how many people prepare their own homemade cat food. I have been reading alot about feline nutrition and am absolutely horrified by what I have read about dry food. I had no clue it was as bad as it is (and even I was feeding my cat the organic grain free variety). Anyway, it...

Well the thing to keep in mind is that the itching and baldness all started on his neck and behind his ears, an area that he definitely cannot lick. So I think automatically psychogenic causes are out.

Update: My cat's skin on his neck is now much less pink and more greyish brown with lots of flakes (dandruff). He is still itching like crazy. I don't know what to make of the change in the appearance of the skin - is it getting better? Is it evolving? What is going on? I was putting coconut oil...

Hi everyone, I'm the one that posted earlier that my himmie was itching and looking hair all around his neck and that we were still trying to figure out the diagnosis. Well today I was applying the lime sulfur on him and out of no where a bug fell on to my hand. I presume this was from him...

I did discuss allergies but he doesn't feel its consistent at all with allergies. He specializes in derm and allergies actually. For whatever reason he is just not keen on the allergy diagnosis and seems pretty confident about this ringworm diagnosis. He did tell me that it will take a long time...

I spoke with dermatologist today. He has a high suspicion that this is dermatophytosis. He recommended continuining w oral fluconazole and doing lime sulfur spray once a week. I tried the spray for the first time today! hopefully it helps. I read somewhere that it is used in a variety of...