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Hi,

I found this forum and it looks to be a great resource - I'll give you all the background and maybe someone can help us out. We moved 9 months ago and our cat Cody (he's Tonkinese) started scratching his ears badly about a month or two after we were here. He was treated for this and the problem faded away, but recently he seems to be licking spots raw (occasionally causing a scab or irritated looking skin). We thought it may have been isolated as it started going away and the fur returned, but it has gotten worse again. We've tried to identify it and are very open to suggestions about how we might be able to treat it effectively. We've only been in our area going on two years and we don't know of a good place to take him locally. Plus, we really can't afford a super-expensive bill as we don't make much money. We're also against a number of conventional treatments as they cause more problems than they solve. We'd like to treat the CAUSE, not symptoms and seeing homeopathics suggested here in other threads was encouraging since they are a much safer place to start.

Up until this point he's never had any problems so we're curious what might be causing these issues. We don't use toxic cleaners, he's always been given IAMS food since before we got him (though if there is better food out there we're definitely open to it), he stays indoors.

So, if more details are needed or you have any suggestions we would be most appreciative.

Thanks!