Luna is about a year old. I got her at a shelter when she was around 10 weeks and that was last September. Only this past March is when I started noticing signs of allergies. In all my years as a cat owner, I have not had an allergic cat!
In March she developed an indolent ulcer which the vet treated with a steroid shot and it went away. I had not made any recent changes in her food or anything else to pin point the cause of the breakout so the vet thought maybe it was just a fluke. Then a few weeks ago she got a rash on her head. The vet gave her an oral steroid taper thist time and it went away. This time the vet surmised she must have food allergies.
I discontinued the dry food I was feeding her and switched her to wet food. Now tody I noticed that the outside of her mouth is red. No ulcer, but I hope one is not going to form.
So I am stumped. How can I determine what ingredient(s) in cat food she is allergic to? Thank you in advance for your advice.
In March she developed an indolent ulcer which the vet treated with a steroid shot and it went away. I had not made any recent changes in her food or anything else to pin point the cause of the breakout so the vet thought maybe it was just a fluke. Then a few weeks ago she got a rash on her head. The vet gave her an oral steroid taper thist time and it went away. This time the vet surmised she must have food allergies.
I discontinued the dry food I was feeding her and switched her to wet food. Now tody I noticed that the outside of her mouth is red. No ulcer, but I hope one is not going to form.
So I am stumped. How can I determine what ingredient(s) in cat food she is allergic to? Thank you in advance for your advice.