My spayed cat has been having problems with a skin rash on her belly and it also appears to be in scabs on her back, it is clearly bothering her and we have seen a vet about the issue. He suggested that she is hypoallergenic, so we brought the special food but it only got worse over the month she was on the food so we put her onto GOCAT. This helped but the rash continues to come back ALL THE TIME and I don't know what to do. It's hot to the touch, its red, itchy and raised from the skin. She is over wise a very happy cat its just she tends to have a lot of trouble at night time. Now I thought this could be fleas but this is not the case as she is flea treated as often as possible. We thought maybe it was brand of flea treatment but this did not help either. Anyway, there are no fleas in our house so I want to know how her skin is getting like this? Any ideas?
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Red bumps on my cats tummy.
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Re: Red bumps on my cats tummy.
Like humans, cats can develop allergies to just about anything. There is also a small possibility that it could be some form of skin complaint which might need specialist treatment.
My first suggestion is to go back to your vets, explained what happened with the food and see if you can get something like antihistamines prescribed for her to see if they help settle it down.
Just because you aren't seeing fleas in the house doesn't mean it isn't a flea allergy, from what I have heard it can only take a single flea bite to make an allergy flare up. If you are defleaing her as often as you can that should be mitigating that problem, but there is some anecdotal evidence that some fleas are becoming resistant to the insecticide in Frontline/Broadline, so trying different ones is well worth it. Flea treatment you get on prescription is always better than that bought over the counter. You don't need to buy it from your vets as long as you get the prescription from them you can probably pick it up cheaper on line.
Looking at the home environment, thinking back to when the problem started, was there anything you changed, a new type of washing powder of liquid, carpet cleaners, new plants in the house or garden etc. Anything that she comes into contact with might be causing the irritation, if it's most pronounced on her belly then it could be something she is sleeping on, a new cat bed, or a new bedspread you have for your own bed.
Hopefully between yourselves and the vets you can get to the bottom of the issue as it obviously can't be comfortable for her.
My first suggestion is to go back to your vets, explained what happened with the food and see if you can get something like antihistamines prescribed for her to see if they help settle it down.
Just because you aren't seeing fleas in the house doesn't mean it isn't a flea allergy, from what I have heard it can only take a single flea bite to make an allergy flare up. If you are defleaing her as often as you can that should be mitigating that problem, but there is some anecdotal evidence that some fleas are becoming resistant to the insecticide in Frontline/Broadline, so trying different ones is well worth it. Flea treatment you get on prescription is always better than that bought over the counter. You don't need to buy it from your vets as long as you get the prescription from them you can probably pick it up cheaper on line.
Looking at the home environment, thinking back to when the problem started, was there anything you changed, a new type of washing powder of liquid, carpet cleaners, new plants in the house or garden etc. Anything that she comes into contact with might be causing the irritation, if it's most pronounced on her belly then it could be something she is sleeping on, a new cat bed, or a new bedspread you have for your own bed.
Hopefully between yourselves and the vets you can get to the bottom of the issue as it obviously can't be comfortable for her.