I really need help my cat is almost two years old ever since he was 6 months we started having problems. His bottom lip was swollen really big. Took him to the vet we diagnosed him with an erodent ulcer.
We gave him serveral rounds of steroids which helped till i took him off. So we did the surgery where they scrape the ulcer out of the mouth.
And still his lips stayed big. He said it must be a food allergy so I tried many different kinds of natural foods for a month on each, didn't help.
After the steroids and surgery he started scratching his neck, so bad i had to keep it covered cause if not he would make himself bleed bad.

So we put him on some ATOPICA for dogs that regect there own skin. This is working, but i forgot to give him one pill and it through him off he started to get that thing on his neck again. So I have him back on it and we are cuting down the pills but his lip is still swollen and he has been on this medicine since october of 07.
Please help do you have any suggestions.

I do have white carpet and I bleach it with my steam cleaner once a month but my other two cats are fine and i never see him walk on it after i do this. So

I don't know what it can be please please help

pompano

Have you ever tried a dexamethasone injection?It is a steroid,but you give it on a monthly basis. You start with a large dose and gradually reduce the dose,which may solve your problem.It has done miracles for many of my pets and their weird ailments.

topladyj

No we haven't tried the shots We gave him tons of steroids and poor thing even got the surgery for erodent olsers(he had olsers inside his mouth) done and still having problems. I still just have him on the atopika but I am willing to give the nature organics a try we have a petsmart and petco in town so i will see. The vet told me to just stay away from corn, and beef/chicken. So I figured rice and lamb.
But I will check this food out. Give it to him for a while and back off the atopika and see if the sratching bleeding starts again if so I will put him back on the pills. I will keep everyone posted and I greatly appriciate everyones help.

Flying Blue Eagle

Toplady - I just thought of something today, Once I had a young kitten and it kept scratching his neck in one place ,and after this going on for about 3 days I got the kitten and looked at the neck area he kept scratching and looked ,there was a small hole in his neck and I could feel something under the skin ,I started pushing it towards the open hole and got it to where I could get ahold of it with twerzers and finnly got it out and it was a weavel , ( LIKE YOU FIND ON SQUARRELS IN LATE SUMMER$) . I got it cleaned out and sterilized and medicine on it and banadged, changed it every day for 2 weeks and it got alright, Catch your cat and look real close because the hole will be real small and feel all around the area he is scratching real bad , it will feel like a wood pencil in side , if its one , it will be about 3/4 " to 1" long by now. This may be what is making the cat sick also:!!! If you have to you may have to take him back to the vet, it took me quite awhile to get this one backed out. I hope this helps and it gets the cat well again, Let us all know how it turns out!! :: Good Luck & GOD BLESS ; F.B.E.

topladyj

thanks fbe I will try and check him tonight and feel the whole area I'll let you know if I can find anything.

morgaine300

toplady, I just found another one that Petsmart carries. Avoderm Select Cuts Chicken. The other Avoderms have grains or are seafood, but this particular one would fit the bill. I just discovered it the other day cause I just got a new cat and she likes stuff with pieces. So I was searching for everything with pieces in it. I was pleasantly surprised over the ingredients and the low carb level... and she loves it! (Happy, happy!)

And FlyingBlue Eagle, that's one of the more unusual cat stories I've ever heard. :-)

Flying Blue Eagle

Morgaine500 - There is no story to it because it DID HAPPEN < AND I KNOW A VET THAT WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING HAVE A GOOD DAY ::: F.B.E.

morgaine300

Stories that are told can be true stories. I wasn't implying it was made up. I meant that I found it amusing. You have an interesting way of misinterpreting everything.

topladyj

Thanks for that food update. FBE I have searched and feel nothing hard in his neck. I worked at a vet. And this poor cat came in with some puffy cheek. A fly had laid a piece of larva and that thing was like two inches long and hairy. I was thinking the weevels may have been it. Cause last summer we got weevels that was the first time I had ever heard of them. Those were nasty I would have brand knew packages still closed up but i would look inside to see weevels dead and alive. I wish it were this easy of a fix. I am gonna scheduale an appt. My cat is about down to one pill of atopica a week now and doing good. So then maybe we can try the diet thing again. And I don't think its fleas I have not seen them on him. And wouldn't this problem go away during the winter if it were. Not only that I don't use frontline but I use a flea protection drops on his shoulder blades. Thanks to all I will keep you informed.