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We use steroids as a last option, I've always been told that too much steroids give cats diabetes. She takes a mixture of drugs during her flare ups. Mostly a line of defense specifically formulated with the pemphigus in mind. I bath her once a month. Like mentioned because her immune system is...

Happy to report VERY GOOD NEWS!! Beautty is doing very well. My cat unfortunately has an auto immune disease, we have seen dermatologists as well as specialists. She has a disease named pemphigus her body believes her skin is a foreign body and attacks it. In addition to that she has allergies...

Vet visit went well. The vet is pleased with the drainage. Her lower jaw is abscessed. No steroids till this heals, got antibiotics to clear this up. I feed her freeze dried raw food so I just added extra water. She's trying very hard to eat and is definitely drinking water. I'll update everyone...

Thank you! Thank you! I'm staying positive. She is in some pain but I have faith that antibiotics will fix her right up. I was so overwhelmed with all the advice and support I have received from the wonderful people on my thread. To go from what I perceived to be a death sentence to a very...

Bad news everyone. We have a vet appointment scheduled for tomorrow. I believe the kitty has an infection or abscess in her mouth. I called 2 emergency vets and I do not have the money to put down that they require. Her tongue is crooked in her mouth and she is drooling. She is able to drink but...

Good Morning! I said that I would keep this thread updated. My update is not a very good one today. After not even 14 days the depo Medrol is wearing off very quickly. I am going to try extending the prednisone. The prednisone shot is supposed to last between 4-6 weeks. My vet told me that she...

Her name is Beautty. She was 6 when she came into my life. I promised the lady I would keep her name the same. She was rescued from a kitty mill.... who would have thought....I was completely unaware that kitty mills even existed. The lady that originally rescued her fell on hard times and lost...

Just thought I'd give a quick update. Things are going so well right now. All her scabs have fallen off and hair looks like it wants to grow pack. I forgot how WONDERFUL my baby girl is. She hasn't left my side since last Thursday. I can hardly walk around the house without her under my heels...

I have been dealing with a cat with allergies. Flea allergies are typically at the hind end of the animal. Food allergies are typically around the head and neck. If the cat is experiencing allergies to fleas specifically there may not be a clear pattern because the fleas live on the animal, in...

I can't begin to thank every person that added something to this thread. I am extremely pleased to tell everyone I spoke with my vet this morning and we will be trying triamcinolone as a therapy. She has responded so well to the depo-medrol (prednisone injection). We need to wait till that shot...

It is pf. I have been avidly researching. I am more comfortable with treatment options I have found online. Feline Pemphigus is what I understand the diagnosis at this moment, multiple tests need to continue to be done. We did not do any allergy testing because the symptoms are no longer...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this information. So I have called two pharmacies in  my area and they only have that triamcinolone as a cream. If you have the website this came from I would greatly appreciate a link. I will talk to the vet asap also. You have cheered me up for the day. I see a twinkle of...

It is not an allergy. And absolutely nothing has changed in the entire time I have had her. In 6 years I have always used green products, more specifically melaluca. I have never changed her food and used the same laundry soap until the skin issues began now I use free and clear laundry soap...

It will be more than one pill and a shot. I've put her through a lot the lasts few months. I have changed her entire environment to be all but sterile. No scents. I changed to scent free litter, scent free laundry soap, I stopped using perfume and lotions. I washed my hands with unscented...

I meant to say that I cannot allow her to suffer for my own benefit.

Sorry I have not given an update sooner. I was without electric or internet until this afternoon. I have very unfortunate news. The vet that we saw informed me she has a form of autoimmune disorder that makes her body attack her own skin. We have decided to try steroids as feline immune...