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Coraline · #13 (**permalink**) 29-01-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lynz

Has anybody found anything that works for this?

My poor little cat has the same thing, she is constantly scratching above her eyes making it bleed and has 2 almost completely bald patches, at points her eyes almost close because it is so sore and close to her eye.

She had blood tests to identify that she's allergic to dairy, beef, house dust mite and some pollens so we've been round the houses (literally) trying to eliminate as much as we can, she's had hypoallergenic diets, anti dust mite sprays have been applied to the whole of the house, carpets, beds, furniture, duvets the lot to no avail.

Surlon helps to an extent to relieve the itching but doesn't cure, the vet has given her the occaisional injection that relieves temporarily but on top of this we have been giving her steroid tablets every day. We managed to get the dose down to every third day a few months ago as it did start to go and the hair started to grow back but now it has come back with avengance. We have put her back on the tablets to every day and it still won't go.

We are really at a loss as to what to do for her, we have thought about clipping her claws and now wash everything that comes in to the house, new curtains, bedding etc straight away, I've even used an industrial cleaner to clean the carpets believing the dust mites are the culprits but nothing seems to help.

Any information on what we can ask the vet for would be really appreciated as he seems to think there are no alternatives.

The poor little thing is turning in to a nervous wreck as she knows when it's tablet time and it takes two of us to give her the tablet.

Any help or advice would be really appreciated, she's only 2 and has had this since she was a few months old.

What is your cat eating? I'm asking because most commercial cat food contains a huge variety of ingredients and it may well be that what you're feeding her contains something she's allergic to. Also, especially dry food is hard to digest plus it makes the cat dehydrated, both of which isn't particulary good for the cat's fur. If you haven't already tried it, I suggest you put her on a strict diet of only meat and liver (just a small amount of liver, think a 50p coin in a day) for a week. Chicken is great to use if she likes it, but any meat will be fine (not beef of course!). Feed the meat raw, not cooked as when the meat is cooked it loses most of it's taurine, which is essential for cats. If it's something in the food, this diet will likely make her better.