Norville and his scratching

I have never really given it much thought until lately how much Norville scratches himself. This guy has been through EVERYTHING. I got him at a few weeks old and nursed him with a dropper. He was bones and full of worms. His mother had died. He was sickly his first 6 months and finally his eye started looking good the last 3 months. He will be 1 year the end of this month. The only food I could ever find that he could eat and NOT get sick on was CAT CHOW NATURAL W/ VIT.and MIN. Seemed to do great. Never would even try a treat like Mia though. All other foods I tried he had diarreah on. Even grain Free foods. I am on SSDI and it just got to expensive doing all this so we had to try this and it just happened to work!!!! Well I got to thinking about it and a couple months ago I started giving them both at night only 1/4 can of Friskies wet food, rotating types. He loves almost all the pates and hasn't gotten sick on any but one. I don't know if the scratching is coincidence or not. OMG if I take this away they will FREAK!!! He gets to scratching so hard though that his leg goes up and down and thuds on the floor and has woken me and I have thought someone was at the door. He is declawed so to get relief he has to scratch hard (no talk about declaw please). I looked and see no flare ups of skin, redness, flakiness. I have never had an animal, myself or my kids (except to medicines) have allergies so I'm at a loss.

Is it possible he has fleas?

If he had worms when you got him, he may still have a flea infestation.  I understand their life cycle is something like six months! To get fleas under control, you must medicate them regularly for at least six months - although if they are allowed outdoors, it would probably be best to treat for the life of the cat.

If Norville does have fleas, he may also have more tapeworms because they are spread by fleas. And, if that is the case, you and your family may have worms as well.

On a separate subject, I wonder why you had him declawed? I assume you did it because you've had him since he was a little kitten. What was your rationale behind that decision? Just curious.

Norville nor Mia have fleas. I have given them a thorough check. Since they are orange and orange and white it is easy to tell and I have dealt with fleas in past cats I have had. They have also been treated with Advantage 2 in the past to make sure all was fine  as well as had wormer and now no more diareaha as I said even with the wet food now so I don't know if that a coincidence or not. They are fully indoor. Norville has never been outdoor again since I got him except transporting to and from the vet. Mia has never been outdoor either. I adopted her from the APL here at 7 weeks 1 day old. The day after she got spayed. I don't even allow my windows to be open so fleas cant come through them. I leave air on all summer due to meds I take making me so hot and having a stroke 3 years ago this summer. There is a hall that has to be walked n to get to my apt. so there is a lot to go through to try to bring a flea in.

As far as me, I just had a CBC and total you know what work up so I don't have tapeworms. LOL  They already told me that part was normal.        My liver wasn't though.  

PHarber- Murphy,

" He is declawed so to get relief he has to scratch hard (no talk about declaw please)."   Just incase you didn't see this, I wrote it in my first post. I really don't want to talk about it as not to bring up anything. Thanks!