The quality of food you feed your pet will also contribute to the dander issue. Particularly if you feed kibble instead of wet or raw.
Allergies will definitely create skin problems, but so will heat rash, yeast infections, or a host of other things. Cleaning solutions will cause a nasty reaction sometimes, so we use as natural a cleaning process as we can.
And so will a single flea.
My mother had a cat who would clean herself bald because she was allergic to fleas. While Mom never found any, the fact remained she had to have come in contact with one somehow.
A quick vet visit can give you a better idea of what you are facing and how best to treat it.
We had one male rescue get blocked recently. He is a kibble addict who is stubborn about our attempts to modify his palate. He also has had chronic dry flaky skin and dandruff. A change in kibble to Science Diet CD MultiCare Stress and tins of wet CD MultiCare Stress and he's a new cat. We haven't seen flakes in the last few weeks at all.
I will be adding salmon oil individually to our rescues to see if anyone has a reaction, since adding anything should be done in as controlled environment as possible. If no one has a problem, then it will be going into our pet food ambrosia we concoct for the rest of the furbies.
Good luck in finding what works for you. And remember, include your vet along the way...especially if they are specialists with cats. Not every vet is and it does make a difference.
Allergies will definitely create skin problems, but so will heat rash, yeast infections, or a host of other things. Cleaning solutions will cause a nasty reaction sometimes, so we use as natural a cleaning process as we can.
And so will a single flea.
My mother had a cat who would clean herself bald because she was allergic to fleas. While Mom never found any, the fact remained she had to have come in contact with one somehow.
A quick vet visit can give you a better idea of what you are facing and how best to treat it.
We had one male rescue get blocked recently. He is a kibble addict who is stubborn about our attempts to modify his palate. He also has had chronic dry flaky skin and dandruff. A change in kibble to Science Diet CD MultiCare Stress and tins of wet CD MultiCare Stress and he's a new cat. We haven't seen flakes in the last few weeks at all.
I will be adding salmon oil individually to our rescues to see if anyone has a reaction, since adding anything should be done in as controlled environment as possible. If no one has a problem, then it will be going into our pet food ambrosia we concoct for the rest of the furbies.
Good luck in finding what works for you. And remember, include your vet along the way...especially if they are specialists with cats. Not every vet is and it does make a difference.
