i am a vet tech, did skin scraping 3 months ago, pos for scabies, after treatment skin scraping neg, still very itchy raw red areas, my dR. CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, Food was changed ,indoor only flea prevent was used to rule out flea allergies. she is 7 months old.
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Have you tried looking for other external parasites...or just scabies.....can't demodectic mange be similar in symptoms at times.........??
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havent seen much at our office as that.only in dogs, but yes, the kittie has a straight line very even width, length is about 4-5 inches. licks metal. activity norm, appetite norm drinking norm.
What else do you think it is?
What else do you think it is?
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Licks metal??? anemia??
I was just thinkingthat....but what would have caused the rash...anemia wouldnt do that would it???
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I wasnt trying to imply that you were a vet...lol....just thinking outloud...sorryOriginally Posted by sharky
why DVM isnt after my name... not sure but anemia could weaken the immune system to allow a pathogen of some kind into the system
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I know ... it was tongue in cheekOriginally Posted by Nebula11
I wasnt trying to imply that you were a vet...lol....just thinking outloud...sorry
