phoozles
January 10th, 2008, 04:04 PM
Hey,
Well, some might recall I went through an itchy few months a while back when Alley brought some fleas into the house (and those fleas had no problem biting me too! :sick: :yell:).
Anyway, as far as I can tell, we are virtually flea free :thumbs up (I'm mostly using myself as a guide - since that's the only way I knew we had a problem to begin with).
The problem is that both of my kitties are still itching - scratching their necks several times a day.
At Alley's latest checkup, the vet said all she could see was that Alley had some dry skin.
I'm not sure that it's food related - Jake's on Wellness, Alley's on Fancy Feast - both canned (Alley's on the cheaper stuff because Jake's on a diet - once he loses a bit more weight, they'll both be on Wellness - it makes sense in my head :o).
Of course, Alley's had her share of Wellness - we were keeping Jake's food on the counter because she was too small to jump up, and Alley's food in a cat tree tube because Jake was too big to fit in. Give it a month, and guess who's gotten big enough to jump up, and lost enough weight to fit in the tube? :wall: :laughing: .. :sorry::offtopic:
Anyway, back to the matter at hand - if it's just dry skin, any ideas on how to treat it? It seems likely - my house has seemed pretty dry for all of us, furry or not! :shrug:
Well, some might recall I went through an itchy few months a while back when Alley brought some fleas into the house (and those fleas had no problem biting me too! :sick: :yell:).
Anyway, as far as I can tell, we are virtually flea free :thumbs up (I'm mostly using myself as a guide - since that's the only way I knew we had a problem to begin with).
The problem is that both of my kitties are still itching - scratching their necks several times a day.
At Alley's latest checkup, the vet said all she could see was that Alley had some dry skin.
I'm not sure that it's food related - Jake's on Wellness, Alley's on Fancy Feast - both canned (Alley's on the cheaper stuff because Jake's on a diet - once he loses a bit more weight, they'll both be on Wellness - it makes sense in my head :o).
Of course, Alley's had her share of Wellness - we were keeping Jake's food on the counter because she was too small to jump up, and Alley's food in a cat tree tube because Jake was too big to fit in. Give it a month, and guess who's gotten big enough to jump up, and lost enough weight to fit in the tube? :wall: :laughing: .. :sorry::offtopic:
Anyway, back to the matter at hand - if it's just dry skin, any ideas on how to treat it? It seems likely - my house has seemed pretty dry for all of us, furry or not! :shrug: