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Thank you for the reply, Unfortunately we had to put Shelby down two weeks ago today. We lived in three different places while we owned Shelby, and she had problems at each place. I know she often had yeast infections in her ears and feet. Mold might have been contributing to her allergies...

So Shelby is still in her cone :( Lately  I've been putting socks on her back feet to give her a break from the cone, and that helps minimize the scratching, but if she doesn't have socks on or a cone, she will scratch away until she bleeds.  She doesn't have cat acne anymore, which is AWESOME...

Shelby was doing really good up until her last follow up appointment. A few days after her follow up appointment, she started itching right by her ears and her neck like crazy again. I was so confused, until I realized that the anti diarrhea medicine the vet gave her was CHICKEN flavored (which...

Another update on Shelby! Shelby had a follow up vet appointment and it went pretty well yesterday :) Her chin acne has dramatically improved. (Her fur on her chin is orange colored because the anti fungal/bacterial spray that we are using) We took her cone off last week for an hour and she...

We changed to unscented litter and have used Feline pine, the Purina breeze with the ceramic pellets, and now they are using world's best unscented multiple cat. I don't' think it's the litter since she has had these problems on all litters.  Shelby had mild chin acne before the cone, but the...

Wow!!!!! Thank you, I will have the vet test for this at her appointment in two weeks. I  am so glad I found this website! I have learned so much in the past few days and I feel like I finally have hope for Shelby :)

A quick update :) Shelby's chin acne is getting a lot better, and her ears are a lot less gunky and waxy. She is still in her cone but seems a lot less itchy than she was. One of the cats has HORRIBLE diarrhea, but I'm not sure if its from Scott or Shelby. I'm pretty sure it's from the new...

Our local pet store recommended Blue Buffalo, so that's what I stuck with until I thought there was a food allergy. I went back to Blue Buffalo since that's what Shelby was on when we first adopted her and she didn't seem to have problems when she was on that food, but  since blue buffalo isn't...

She hasn't been tested for hyperthyroidism but her weight is pretty good. A few months ago she lost a little bit of weight, but it hasn't been a problem since then. It might have been that she had a harder time eating in her bigger cone.She also had skin scrapings done to find out what...

Thank you for your reply :) My husband is hesitant about putting the cats on raw food because of the cost, but after reading your reply I explained to him that the food might cost more than what we are feeding now, but if it works, it will save us money on medicine and vet bills for her...

Hmmmm, it sounds behavioral to me, but I'm not an expert. Shelby's problems aren't behavioral so I don't have experience with that. There is someone on here, I don't know her screen name, but her cat's name is Lucas and he had problems similar to my cat, but his were behavioral I believe. I...

I have heard so many great things about raw food here on this website. Once we get Shelby out of her cone and she is all healthy and happy again, I am going to try to switch them to a raw food diet. I think zyrtec for her allergies and a raw diet for her food allergies will help her...

Do you think it's behavioral or do you think it could be an allergy? My cat has an over grooming problem but that's mostly because she is very itchy and has waxy ears, dark gunk in-between her feet, and gunky eyes. If your cat has these symptoms too, it might be an allergy and not just behavioral. 

My cat Scott would sometimes have blood at the end of his stool every once in a while. We switched him to grain free and it hasn't happened since!

Thanks for all of the responses everyone! To answer the questions, the salmon food trial was only 8 weeks. I had her on Natural balance duck for two weeks when I first suspected a food allergy, but the vet told me that duck was too close to chicken and wanted her to be on the Salmon version...

One thing I have always wondered though is because she has been on so many rounds of antibiotics and steroids, would her body be able to handle raw food?

She is just on dry food right now. I'm afraid wet food would just make her chin acne worse since it's so messy.  After this food trial I'll definitely be more open to raw/cooked homemade food. Right now though while she is on the trial she can't have anything other than the prescription diet...

She has had skin scrapings done and tape tests and the vets use those results to find what antibiotic would best help. She will get better, but it just keeps coming back. Her chin acne has gotten significantly worse, probably from constantly wearing a cone. Luckily her face isn't red and...