My cat won't stop chewing her skin raw. Is it allergies?

It is likely to be flea allergy dermatitis, so ideally the cat should also be treated for fleas with a good spot on product that is licensed for cats. The environment should be treated for fleas and eggs and larvae destroyed. Hope this helps, thank you for young Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach !

This is an awful lot going on for your cat! As many of these things could be allergy related, or food related, or grooming related, or even immune-mediated related, I would highly recommend first scheduling a vet visit for an overall initial exam. Your vet can recommend a variety of things, such as changing to a more tolerated litter, trying out a food trial to check for food allergies or switching to a hairball remedy diet, checking for and treating parasites, and getting your cat on a prescription allergy medication to relieve initial symptoms until the cause is found.

Persistent and recurring itchiness without obvious physical cause such as fleas is a red flag for allergic skin disease. It would be impossible to assess the case fully without a complete review of all previous tests and response (full, partial or none) to previous treatments and diet changes. My general approach would be a full physical exam and skin scrapes to rule out infections, ringworm and parasites such as fleas or mites and treatment of any of these as required. Following this, a diet trial of a hydrolyzed food such as royal canin hypoallergenic for 8 weeks to rule out adverse food reactions or sensitivites. If no response to food trial, skin biopsies and allergy medications would be considered, as well as blood tests for allergies and underlying medical causes. Referral to a specialist, certified dermatologist is always worthwhile in complex skin cases

It sounds as if your cat has a skin infection, most commonly caused by an allergy or fleas. The allergy could be a due to a protein in Muffin's food or an environmental allergy like to dust, pollens, grasses, etc. The allergy causes your cat to itch and chew at the skin which breaks down the skin barrier. This then leads to infection. Muffin will need antibiotics to help clear up the infection and possibly an anti-itch medication like steroids to give some relief while the infection clears up. A medicated shampoo may be beneficial as well. I would also recommend she be on a good flea control too. I can totally understand it may be hard to catch Myffin. But hopefully you can get her into the vet one time and everything will be able to be given injectably and she will be able to get cleared up. I hope this helps. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Best of luck!

Mimi is beautiful! It looks like self trauma- like she licked herself raw. It could have been from the stress of you being out of town. There could also be an underlying allergy. Since it looks like it is healing, I would keep it clean and dry. If there is discharge, if it starts to look worse, or she won't leave it alone, I would take her to the vet. Kisses to Mimi!

What you are describing sound like a possible allergy. It can be from something in the food or something in the environment or her own immune system just being weaker than the others. It can be known as military dermatitis. I would consult your vet about a treatment as there is medicine to stop the itching and some antibiotics to clear the related bacterial infection

This is probably caused by an allergic reaction. first of all make sure you de-flea Beauty Rose Winborne regularly every month with a high quality spot on (ex. Advantage) as fleas are by far the most common reason for these reactions. If the fleas are not the problem, it could be an allergic reaction to food or an environmental factor. this is more complicated to treat and will sometimes require medications such as Steroids, anti histamines or cyclosporin in order to stop the allergy.