I have a 2 yr old black cat that I got from a local animal hospital after a couple in town brought her and her brother in to have the adopted. The mother cannot be caught to spay and she keeps having litters, so maybe this is genetic. Since day 1 (I got her @ 3.5/4 months old) she's had one issue or another. I got her sick - eye infection, upper respiratory, then she was spayed and got a hernia and had surgery, then found blood in her urine from the litter box and took her to vet - she had crystals in her urine so he put her on prednisone for like months and dasaquin which he told me coats the bladder....said to keep her off dry food altogether that some cats can't handle it and have these issues...so I did. She got better from that and then had a stomach virus last xmas - took her to vet because she was throwing up every hour and moaning like I've never heard before (like a baby crying as well)...scary stuff. $500.00 later for that visit I found another vet....(she's on her 4th). I noticed since may of this year she had some areas where her hair wasn't growing - started on her back legs and from arm, then spread to her sides. I took her to a holistic vet,they tested her (skin scrape, etc.) said it wasn't ring worm , mites, or bacterial - said it was more behavioral and gave me a cone to put on her with some herbal supplements, fish oil, etc. - then that wasn't working so I took her for acupuncture and have been dealing with this dr. since. She's tried more supplements, and nothing is working...at one point - I was giving her 4 different supplements in her food and she stopped eating it with them in it so since I didn't notice a change - I stopped all of them, have kept the cone on for over 3 weeks not (straight) and her hair looks like it's growing in but when she slips it off she starts right up licking, chewing and scratching obsessively. I've switched her over to Wellness (grain free wet food) and I give her dry (wellness core) at night. I even had an animal communicator session. She felt it's not behavioral, it could be allergies and her immune system has been compromised. Suggested I cook for her. I had tried raw food awhile back and she wouldn't eat it. I've gotten rid of things around the house I thought she may be allergic to and still she does it. Outside of and MRI, ultrasound, xrays, skin biopsy, I've done everything else and noone can seem to pin-point it. For litter - I use now One Earth Premium Cat Litter - advanced clumping w/natural fragrances (smells like pine)....
Any suggestions on what else I can try? I'm afraid to leave the cone off for very long because all the hair that's grown back will be licked off again...but I feel bad she has to wear it so much. I have considered getting another kitten for a buddy for her but I'm leary of having more issues. I must of spent 3-4,000 already on her w/all the visits, meds, etc. I'm exhausted from getting nowhere...and am amazed that each vet sees things so differently and cannot pin point this for me......I know allergies can be hard.....Now I'm giving her Collodial Silver (just alittle) because I've heard that can help.
Any suggestions are welcomed!
Linda