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Explore common causes of itchy skin in cats and effective treatments to help your feline feel more comfortable and itch-free.
Updated on October 29th, 2025
Explore more about identifying and managing food and skin allergies in cats to help ease itching and other symptoms in your feline friend.
Updated on October 29th, 2025
From pollen to catnip, cat allergies can occur with many things you wouldn't suspect. In our guide, we go in-depth about signs of cat allergy, treatment & remedies!
Updated on October 29th, 2025
Learn how to help treat & monitor your dog's allergies. Allergies can be the most common cause of skin issues in dogs. Learn about some of the best options for your pet.
Updated on October 29th, 2025
Help alleviate your dog's allergies! Use Petco's thorough guide to help determine if your pup is suffering from environmental, seasonal or nutritional allergies.
Updated on October 29th, 2025
Seasonal allergies may be treated with antihistamines such as chlorpheneramine. Discuss a safe dose with your veterinarian. An e-collar can be used to prevent trauma from excessive itching or licking. Consider a fish oil supplement such as DermCaps or EicosaCaps. Either can be purchased from your vet, may promote healthy skin and coat and may naturally decrease any inflammation or itching.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
You can try adding an omega-3 fatty acid supplement for pets to the diet. This can help improve skin health and act as a natural anti-inflammatory. Cats can take some over-the-counter antihistamines but online veterinarians are prohibited from discussing human medication usage in pets. I recommend to call your regular veterinarian who will be able to give you a recommendation. If this doesn’t help within two weeks, or if Roy gets worse, have him examined by his veterinarian. Please feel free to post any additional questions.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Although not the typical affected areas, make sure flea are controlled as this can contribute to ther allergies. A food change may make a bit different as this can be a food allergy. You want to switch to a hypoallergenic diet; royal canin, Purina and science diet all have good diets for this. From there you may need a low dose of cortisone intermittently to help but cats can build a resistance to long term use and have side effects. There is another immunosuppressive drug known as atopica that is helping some cats now. There is another drug called Apoquel that is not labeled for cats but is showing good relief in several
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Depending on how severe the skin irritation is she may require prescription antiinflammatories from your vet. Other options are omega fatty acids such as viacutan and a seaweed based supplement. There are specific diets formulated for cats with food sensitivities and these are enriched with natural antiinflammatory supplements also (royal canin hypoallergenic and sensitivity control, or hills d/d are very effective
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Thanks for using Boop by Petco! I agree that this is possibly due to allergies. It really comes down to figuring out what is causing his allergies so that they can be treated or the specific allergen avoided. There are many things that can cause allergies though in most cases they can be broken down into 3 big categories: flea, food and environmental allergies. Allergies are usually worked up in a stepwise fashion starting with flea allergies as this is the easiest and cheapest to take care of. If not on a flea preventative, then it would be a good idea to get started on one. If already on one then it would be a good idea to change to something else (there are many new products out in the market). If not improved in 1-3 months then it is time to move on and check for food allergies by switching to a novel diet (new protein and new carbohydrate). If that does not seem to be the issue then you are left out having to check for environmental allergies which require blood and/or skin
Updated on August 12th, 2025