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I have a beautiful cat who is around 11 months old.
For about the last 6 months he keeps getting a skin irration. He will scratch at his ears so much he rubs all the fur off the sides and often makes then bleed. Then it will get better and he will be fine again for a coupl of weeks and the fur will grow back. The last couple of times it has happen though he has been scratching around one of his eyes as well making it swollen and sore
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We have been back and forth to the Vets about this about 5 times. They said it could be ringworm or fleas, they tested for ringworm and couldn't find it. We de-flea him, and the entire house.
We have kept up a flea control systems and make sure we are treating him on time.
The last time we went to the vet he said he thought he could see a couple of ear mites, so we have treated him for that (and I am not sure why ear mites would make him scratch his eye??), and it go marginally better for awhile?
We are going to take him back again soon, but I was hoping that someone may be able to give me any insight into what could be causing the problems??
Apart from the scratching he is a very happy kitty and doesn't seem to bother by it, but I am worried as i don't want him to cause himself any permanent damage
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For about the last 6 months he keeps getting a skin irration. He will scratch at his ears so much he rubs all the fur off the sides and often makes then bleed. Then it will get better and he will be fine again for a coupl of weeks and the fur will grow back. The last couple of times it has happen though he has been scratching around one of his eyes as well making it swollen and sore
We have been back and forth to the Vets about this about 5 times. They said it could be ringworm or fleas, they tested for ringworm and couldn't find it. We de-flea him, and the entire house.
We have kept up a flea control systems and make sure we are treating him on time.
The last time we went to the vet he said he thought he could see a couple of ear mites, so we have treated him for that (and I am not sure why ear mites would make him scratch his eye??), and it go marginally better for awhile?
We are going to take him back again soon, but I was hoping that someone may be able to give me any insight into what could be causing the problems??
Apart from the scratching he is a very happy kitty and doesn't seem to bother by it, but I am worried as i don't want him to cause himself any permanent damage