Greetings!
At the beginning of August, our youngest cat Baxter (2 years) developed swelling on his upper and lower lips that a vet diagnosed as rodent lip and gave him a injection of steroid. The condition cleared up immediately and we were told that the syeroid would suppress the condition for a minumum of 8 weeks.
Well... His lips were swollen again at the beginning of September. The vet recommended a biopsy but couldn't do it for 2 1/2 weeks. We could not see him suffering for so long so another injection was repeated which cleared up the situation immediately.
The Vet told us that Baxter's condition could be related to a food allergy and sold us some Green Pea and Duck dry food and cans of wet. Couple problems though...
1. Since we have 5 cats there is no way that I can see to segregate their diets so they are all switched to this stuff. They all hate it and are not eating. Lets just say it's pretty miserable around the house right now.
2. This food is horribly expensive.
I talked to the Vet about this situation and asked if there was something else food-wise that we could try. She recommended Green Pea and Venison and Green Pea and Rabbit. I asked her what ingrediant(s) did she think Baxter may be allergic to and she was evasive. We ended up buying the above food from the vet and the same result-All the cats in the house hate it.
I am starting to think we are getting scammed to buy expensive food. From my searches, I am not even sure if his condition is even related to an allergy. If it is then fine, we will buy food to keep it at bay. However, this can't be the only food on the planet that we can try.
Looking for ideas and recomendations from members here. Thanks in advance.
At the beginning of August, our youngest cat Baxter (2 years) developed swelling on his upper and lower lips that a vet diagnosed as rodent lip and gave him a injection of steroid. The condition cleared up immediately and we were told that the syeroid would suppress the condition for a minumum of 8 weeks.
Well... His lips were swollen again at the beginning of September. The vet recommended a biopsy but couldn't do it for 2 1/2 weeks. We could not see him suffering for so long so another injection was repeated which cleared up the situation immediately.
The Vet told us that Baxter's condition could be related to a food allergy and sold us some Green Pea and Duck dry food and cans of wet. Couple problems though...
1. Since we have 5 cats there is no way that I can see to segregate their diets so they are all switched to this stuff. They all hate it and are not eating. Lets just say it's pretty miserable around the house right now.
2. This food is horribly expensive.
I talked to the Vet about this situation and asked if there was something else food-wise that we could try. She recommended Green Pea and Venison and Green Pea and Rabbit. I asked her what ingrediant(s) did she think Baxter may be allergic to and she was evasive. We ended up buying the above food from the vet and the same result-All the cats in the house hate it.
I am starting to think we are getting scammed to buy expensive food. From my searches, I am not even sure if his condition is even related to an allergy. If it is then fine, we will buy food to keep it at bay. However, this can't be the only food on the planet that we can try.
Looking for ideas and recomendations from members here. Thanks in advance.