URGENT - Cat food allergies/skin problems

Okay, so, I've tried everything under the sun. Long story short — My cat Marley is a 2 year old female purebred Ragdoll who was surrendered to us late September. We fixed her within the first week of having her and were told that she has food allergies which were the cause of her scratching her face raw and therefor getting a bacterial infection. Fast forward almost 3 months and hundreds of dollars later, alongside having a cone on her head to stop from scratching for 3 months, she's now on a strict raw meat diet consisting of llama meat accompanied by 4 NuCat by Vetriscience a day to supplement vitamins/minerals.


She has "severe food allergies", to use my holistic vet's words and has been prescribed a topical, alcohol based steroid spray for the under part of neck to subdue scratching(which she scratches till raw). We just recently shaved under there to allow for better distribution of the medicine and there's specked dark dots all over her neck. It looks, and I use this term loosely, like flea dirt but there are no fleas to be found and it's only on the underside of her neck. I attached a picture, does anyone know what it could be?

Also — regarding feeding her raw llama food; regular kibble makes her vomit everywhere and I'm not sure why. Neither is my vet other than thinking she has a carbohydrate intolerance.

Could there be something in the Nu Cat that disagrees with her?  I can't find anything specifically called "4 Nu Cat", only "Nu Cat", but that product contains beef liver and corn fiber, both of which might be offenders.

As to what the spots on her neck might be, I'm guessing they don't wash off?  Perhaps they are a rash due to whatever allergies she has?  Otherwise I'm just grasping at straws.

Have you heard of Vitality Science?  They are fascinating to ME.  Here's a link to their skin allergy section:  https://www.vitalityscience.com/product/skin-allergies-combo-pack/  They actually REQUIRE you to work with them via phone or they won't sell you their products.  I think that's great.  Plus, I can't find anything negative about them anywhere

Thanks for the reply. My vet actually recommended the Nu Cat to supplement her mineral/multi vitamin intake. That was supposed to be 4 Nu Cat tablets a day. 2 with one portion of meat, 2 with the other. She seems to be fine on that, but the dry food we had her on which was Nature's Variety Limited Ingredient Rabbit Meal formula would literally make her vomit everywhere.

Hello
Sorry to hear about your kitten! I know its been many years, but I am dealing with the same problem with my 3 year old cat. Did the condition get better with the new food? I am going to bring her to the vet this week, but I am curious to hear about your story since your photos are very similar to my cats problem. She is scratching both sides of her neck and they are pretty bare at this point. She has just started a hydrolyzed protein diet for another issue she is having, so I hope it solves both problems.

Hope you see this! If not, I am just typing to myself, which is fine too

SandraP12 said:

Hello
Sorry to hear about your kitten! I know its been many years, but I am dealing with the same problem with my 3 year old cat. Did the condition get better with the new food? I am going to bring her to the vet this week, but I am curious to hear about your story since your photos are very similar to my cats problem. She is scratching both sides of her neck and they are pretty bare at this point. She has just started a hydrolyzed protein diet for another issue she is having, so I hope it solves both problems.

Hope you see this! If not, I am just typing to myself, which is fine too

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I am guessing you will NOT get a reply to your post, but if you want to start up your very own thread, you can do that and may get some responses. Food allergies often present with itching around the head and neck, so maybe the new diet will help. Does your cat wear a collar? If so, there could be an issue with that as well...maybe the material of the collar ? Anyway, now that you're here, do keep us posted on how things go.