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Hi everyone. I hope I don't sound crazy here but I am clutching at straws to figure out why my kitty, Misty is so itchy for such a long time.
It started in January of 2006 with a slight shake of the head. I had her ears checked, they were fine.
A few months later, it persisted so I had her check again and I was told her ears are fine, they're clean and the vet didn't see anything wrong. She then had a urinary tract infection and went on antibiotics for about 3 weeks and I figured if there was some sort of ear infection going unnoticed, the antibiotic would help that too.
The Urinary infection is long gone and the head shaking gets worse and worse and still the vets (3 different vets) say they don't see a problem. So I'm thinking maybe it's an allergy. But now I have to think of what she might be allergic to. Misty is 9 years old and for 7 1/2 years she was fine then suddenly the head shaking.
So I was thinking and thinking of what changed in January of 2006 and the very one thing I did that month was I bought a down feather mattress topper for my bed. Misty sleeps on my bed every day.
So my question is this. Would it be silly for me to think that she could actually be allergic to this mattress topper? When I was a kid I had allergies to certain feather pillows so that's what made me think of it. Also the fact that the very month Misty's problem started was the month I bought that thing for my bed.
Does anyone think it could be the culprit? Or am I just fooling myself thinking I might have found the cure? I'm so baffled by the problem that I am willing to do anything to help make her comfortable. All the ear flushes and panalog has not helped so I'm at my whits end here to find a way to help Misty.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Karen
It started in January of 2006 with a slight shake of the head. I had her ears checked, they were fine.
A few months later, it persisted so I had her check again and I was told her ears are fine, they're clean and the vet didn't see anything wrong. She then had a urinary tract infection and went on antibiotics for about 3 weeks and I figured if there was some sort of ear infection going unnoticed, the antibiotic would help that too.
The Urinary infection is long gone and the head shaking gets worse and worse and still the vets (3 different vets) say they don't see a problem. So I'm thinking maybe it's an allergy. But now I have to think of what she might be allergic to. Misty is 9 years old and for 7 1/2 years she was fine then suddenly the head shaking.
So I was thinking and thinking of what changed in January of 2006 and the very one thing I did that month was I bought a down feather mattress topper for my bed. Misty sleeps on my bed every day.
So my question is this. Would it be silly for me to think that she could actually be allergic to this mattress topper? When I was a kid I had allergies to certain feather pillows so that's what made me think of it. Also the fact that the very month Misty's problem started was the month I bought that thing for my bed.
Does anyone think it could be the culprit? Or am I just fooling myself thinking I might have found the cure? I'm so baffled by the problem that I am willing to do anything to help make her comfortable. All the ear flushes and panalog has not helped so I'm at my whits end here to find a way to help Misty.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Karen