I think Beauty has an allergy

rescuecatsrule

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I think Beauty is allergic to salmon. We gave her salmon 2 days ago and since then she keeps scratching her neck. We have checked her for fleas and found no sign of them.

It's just her neck she keeps scratching - nowhere else.

What do you all think? Is it an allergy or is it something else? We are going to keep her off fish and if it doesn't go away we will take her to the vets.
 

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that would be a severe allergy... has she had fish or salmon before???

are you running a humidifer??
 
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She's had tuna before but not salmon.

We don't have a humidifier either.
 

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Beauty is a gorgeous torti girl -- love her/your siggy!

I wouldn't think salmon would cause that reaction; maybe a spider bite or something like that? But good on ya to think of taking her in if it doesn't improve -- always better safe than sorry!
 

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if you are in a dry area get a humidifier.. I got one rated for 1200 sq ft at walmart for 40 bucks
 
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It isn't dry round here - in fact it's usually cold at the moment. Cold and damp.
 

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You are doing the right thing...
Watch Beauty closely....
If her itching continues or gets worse, have a vet check her out asap.
Beauty
 
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That's what I'm going to do - there hasn't been a lot of difference today though.
 
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