Maybe do a complete blood panel and what about a urine test. When Homey was having her crystal problem, she had a couple of places she licked at all the time.
---- Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Shelley. Ember is 11.5 years old (born 4/22/02). > > I don’t think anything has been changed that might cause this. I’m not sure > what this means, but when I spoke to the vet about this yesterday, she said, > “It’s been a bad season for this.” I live in west-central Arkansas. I have no > idea what we have here other than humidity. > > Heat’s been running, but I’m not sure that it was back when this started. I > don’t think the dermatitis is psych. related, but the licking might be. I’ve > wondered about Xanax, but I’ll let the vet come to that conclusion on her > own. > > I’ll check the links you sent, and I’ll ask the vet about thyroid issues. > We’re doing a blood test to check some other values, so maybe we’ll have an > idea from that. > > Lance > > On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Shelley Theye <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Lance, > > > > Sorry about Ember's skin problems. How old is she? > > > > I would try to think back to before this started, and see if there were any > > changes at all, new cat bed, new food/treats, fabrics, laundry detergents > > on bedding in rooms she is in, etc. Have you used anything on your hands- > > lotions/soaps that may transfer > > to her fur and irritate her when petting? > > Maybe there is something in her environment that she is sensitive to in > > that respect? > > > > My non FeLV long term foster cat that I have to keep separate from my fear > > aggressive cat recently licked a lot of fur off near > > the base of his tail, definitely not flea related. I realized that it was > > most likely from a homeopathic remedy I was putting on him. > > It had some alcohol as preservative in it, from Jackson Galaxy store. I > > was trying it to see if it might help me > > integrate him with my others. He has a very sensitive stomach, so didn't > > tolerate a few drops in food, so I started putting > > about 4-5 drops on top of his head/ears/shoulder blade area, and then > > seemed to still be on my hands after I spread it out, so the > > remainder I put towards his lower back. I am thinking it must have > > bothered him so he began licking that area since > > he could reach there. > > > > Could it be a type of OCD behavior, maybe boredom? Not sure where you > > live, but maybe if you have started using heat > > due to temps getting chillier, dryness from that? > > > > Has the vet done any blood work, etc? Not sure how old Ember is, but there > > is a whole list on a google search of various > > things that can cause lesions and hair loss. Hyperthyroidism can cause > > these symptoms. Here are just a few of the > > websites that I found with info. > > > > http://manhattancats.com/Articles/hair_loss_in_cats.html > > http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/skin-problems > > http://www.mustlovecats.net/Cat-Hair-Loss.html > > > > Shelley > > > > Shelley Theye > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:34 PM, Lance wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> My Ember has had dermatitis for about two months now. A month ago, the vet > >> gave her a Convenia shot, and that didn’t seem to change things much. I > >> gave her 2mg of chlor trimeton twice a day for five days, and that hasn’t > >> changed anything substantially. She has lesions on her neck and shoulders, > >> and there also must be some near her backside, as she’s licked some hair > >> off her legs, lower tail, and stomach. > >> > >> I should note that I’m 99.9% certain this has nothing to do with fleas. > >> Ember has no exposure to other animals or the outside (she’s isolated in a > >> set of rooms on the second floor of this house), I have seen no fleas on > >> her, and I haven’t had any jump on me. The vet found none on her when she > >> went in a month ago. > >> > >> I spoke to the vet today, and she mentioned that they usually give cats > >> with this type of dermatitis a steroid injection, but that she worries > >> about doing that to Ember, given her FeLV+ status. The vet did say that, > >> rather than an injection, we could try tablets. That would at least allow > >> us to control how much exposure Ember gets. Right now, this doesn’t seem > >> to be life-threatening. I’m wondering what others have done in this > >> situation. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Lance > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
