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Hello, everyone.
One of my sweet girls, Cassiopeia, has been scratching herself to the point of bleeding. About 2-2.5 months ago, our vet tested her for things like mites, bacterial infection, and ringworm and determined that it's most likely an allergy. I had her on steroids for a couple of weeks, and that seemed to clear the whole thing up. She seemed to be doing find until relatively recently, but unfortunately she's started scratching again and now has an open sore of about 0.25 inches near her shoulder blades. I've been in contact with the vet again and we're going to look into trying a hypoallergenic food (which I'm not looking forward to because she's picky) as well as taking her to a dermatologist for intradermal skin testing. Does anyone else have any experience with feline allergies of this variety? What might she be allergic to? Is it more likely to be a food allergy, or something environmental?
One of my sweet girls, Cassiopeia, has been scratching herself to the point of bleeding. About 2-2.5 months ago, our vet tested her for things like mites, bacterial infection, and ringworm and determined that it's most likely an allergy. I had her on steroids for a couple of weeks, and that seemed to clear the whole thing up. She seemed to be doing find until relatively recently, but unfortunately she's started scratching again and now has an open sore of about 0.25 inches near her shoulder blades. I've been in contact with the vet again and we're going to look into trying a hypoallergenic food (which I'm not looking forward to because she's picky) as well as taking her to a dermatologist for intradermal skin testing. Does anyone else have any experience with feline allergies of this variety? What might she be allergic to? Is it more likely to be a food allergy, or something environmental?