I'm after some help and advice. After what started off as what seemed to be FAD my cat I'm now at a stage where I'm more worried than my cat is. Going to be taking him back to the vet but want some second opinions from you guys here first.
After a little while of Alfie licking himself on his stomach and base of his tail he started losing some hair, not completely bald but very thin. I took him to the vet and he gave me options varying from the basics to their surgical options whihc cost almost a grand but seem unjustified.
I've treated the whole houses with flea treatments and been hoovering often to try and clear the house as much as possible. I was hoping that this together with anti-itch shampoos would stop him from licking. I think the main issue is that he gets bites and they scab over and then itch slightly.
I recently moved from using frontline combo to normal frontline but I've had to stop as this caused alopecia. It's listed in the side effects so Is topped using it and his hair is starting to come back on his scruff now.
Anyway, with all the licking he's done in the past week or so, no amount of washing, cleaning with salty water or creams are helping. His belly isn't looking bad anymore but the lower back is missing hair patches, it looks like he's being shaved rather than licking himself bare.
Have any of you guys come across this before if so what did your vet do? My vet is proposing two different types of skin biopsies and trying common allergy tests but that won't necessarily solve it. I've heard about 'anti-itch' injections [perhaps a steroid of some sort]. At wits end really other than just going with the vets suggestion. He'sinsured so not worried about costs just want to get him back looking like he was a couple of months ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Em
After a little while of Alfie licking himself on his stomach and base of his tail he started losing some hair, not completely bald but very thin. I took him to the vet and he gave me options varying from the basics to their surgical options whihc cost almost a grand but seem unjustified.
I've treated the whole houses with flea treatments and been hoovering often to try and clear the house as much as possible. I was hoping that this together with anti-itch shampoos would stop him from licking. I think the main issue is that he gets bites and they scab over and then itch slightly.
I recently moved from using frontline combo to normal frontline but I've had to stop as this caused alopecia. It's listed in the side effects so Is topped using it and his hair is starting to come back on his scruff now.
Anyway, with all the licking he's done in the past week or so, no amount of washing, cleaning with salty water or creams are helping. His belly isn't looking bad anymore but the lower back is missing hair patches, it looks like he's being shaved rather than licking himself bare.
Have any of you guys come across this before if so what did your vet do? My vet is proposing two different types of skin biopsies and trying common allergy tests but that won't necessarily solve it. I've heard about 'anti-itch' injections [perhaps a steroid of some sort]. At wits end really other than just going with the vets suggestion. He'sinsured so not worried about costs just want to get him back looking like he was a couple of months ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Em