Posted By Sarah (Crown Point, Indiana) on 12/13/2012

I did some research online and thought perhaps she developed a food allergy. So I put her on diet for Sensitive Skin... No change. After more research, I put her on Duck Dry Food. Again, she is still scratching her face raw and living life in the e-collar. I took her to the vet and they gave her a shot of pregnisone. I the shot was supposed to work for a couple weeks, but only stopped her scratching for about one week. They checked her for ear mites and fleas - and she was clean. Our other two cats have no problems. I then tried a liquid skin irritant formula and it seemed to work. She was scratch free for a few months even after we stopped giving her the Natural Pet's liquid.

After about three months of being scratch/scab free she started scratching again. I started her back up on the Natural Pet Liquid and this time it did not work. :( I also switched all my household cleaners to non-toxic all natural or organic cleaners. I have never switched her off of the Nature's Balance Duck Formula this whole time. I took her to the vet again and had a blood allergy test done. She tested positive for a couple types of weed allergies but that doesn't explain why she is scratching her face raw because she is an indoor pet and it's winter. The vet also gave her a strong shot of antibiotics which didn't help either.

Then we tried giving Lucy Atopica - the "claritin" for cats. No change whatsoever... She is still scratching. They tested her urine for diabetes and she tested negative. I also tried a itch spray (which she hated) and putting caps on her back claws... all to no avail.

The only other symptom, which comes and goes, is that she sounds semi-congested and will sound like she is clearing her throat. Her behavior is good and hasn't changed a bit. She still purrs regardless of living in the e-collar. We are at our wits end and have tried almost everything!!!! Can anybody help???

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