Not a homeopath, but a convert to feeding cats a natural raw diet since last year.

My cats have been on the Pitcairn diet since last summer and it has turned around the health of one who had chronic gingevitis. The problems resurface if he does not eat a predominanlty raw diet (I found this out when my lodger has fed the cats when I go away).

He also had some homeopathic remedies, prescribed by GM which improved his gums very quickly. He was previously on a seemingly endless round of antibiotics, anti-inflamatory and steroids . He has had no "conventional" medication for almost a year now, and is no longer in pain.

I am sure your cat will be helped by the homeopaths here. Would be interested in finding out what you are feeding Chester.

Janyce

Give the cat raw fish, excessive scrathing is due to lack of vit D and b.
If to find a remedy, if needed, i need more info.

Thanks for the replies.....Janyce, Chester is fed on Iams dried food, after we discovered he couldn't handle the tinned stuff. He was about 4 months old I think and one morning I woke to find his poor little body had reacted so badly.....vet said his tummy was just too delicate, so switch to the dried stuff. I shopped around a bit to find a good one, and Iams is a well-known brand in the UK, all three cats go mad for it!

GM.....I've just got back from a visit to my homeopathic/orthadox vet who said he was pretty certain Chester has mange, gave him a couple of jabs plus hepar sulph.

I'd be happy to give you more info on Chester, but what exactly do you want to know?

Thanks in advance

Pretty certain, bah..better put him to sleep!
What i want to know now, is if he has been figthing, have scrathes..his temper..his stools. loose or what?
If hes vaxinated..and why they cant take canned food is obvious..their not cannibals..
and dont give him milk if not raw milk, he cant digest it, give him cream.
And im pretty certain that this is no mange, but a digesting problem,malnutrition. The cause may be vaxinedamage to the liver..most often is. Hepar is based on iflammation diagnosis, it dont adress the causes, bad homeopat! (except that hepar takes some vaxinedamage, but that he dont know that allopath, hes using it allopathic, not homeopatic, so hes lucky like a blind hen, he found a piece of gold)
PS IS THE CAT NEUTHERED?IMPORTANT! Cause cats that is neuthered shall have a specialdiet, out potash, if not they develop kidneystones, and itching is s symptome of that, and it is then kalium carb, and berberis that is to be used.

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HELP PLEASE! Three year old ginger cat with skin problem. He was treated approx. 3-4 weeks ago with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories at the vet, although it wasn't certain what was wrong with him. Possible abcess or a bite. Well it's come back this time he's worse.

One site on his back is completely bald and almost "weeping" and he's got several patches that I'd call itchy for want of a better word! It isn't dry and flakey. The base of his ears too are red and look inflammed!

I called the vet who wants to see him again....yeah right, like I have a never ending cheque book!! I use homeopathy and wonder if there is anything somebody could suggest to help poor Chester! he's constantly licking and scratching at the moment!

He's clean for fleas, and I can't see anything else in his coat that could be annoying him...I'll await replies!

Thanks in advance

All three of the brothers (my pussy cats) spend most of their time outside, so couldn't tell you about Chester's stools I'm afraid! As far as I know he doesn't fight, he's a bit of a chicken when it comes to strangers and has to suss them out before he'll go near…other cats, well I can't be 100% sure, of course he does play fight with the other two, but I've never seen any damage! He has never been vaccinated and rarely drinks milk cos he always brings it straight back! As for the cream……well I don't think I'll let him read that bit!

With the children and me he's extremely loveable, lays on his back and wants attention, and he's got a howl on him that would put a werewolf to shame!!

Chester was neutered at around 6 months old.

The vet, whilst using homeopathic remedies, also uses orthadox treatments, and I'm afraid my problem is funding the various visits! I should have been a vet!! LOL

If I've missed anything you wanted to know, please ask and thank you in advance for all your help!

OH NO! I've just seen that other post about mange.......the vet told me it WASN'T contagious to humans, only possibly to the other cats. Is this true? I've got a new baby coming into the house next week, plus two children already here......HELP!!!

Is mange the same as scabies too?

Dont think its mange, its a kaliumsymptome, give him one dose kalium carb 200, and get a potash free diet immidiatly, or you torture the poor thing to death, and its a funny vet, that dont know this, cause all vets i know, know this!

Pennie....check again...Iam's isn't such great food. Dry food is exactly the same formula as tinned just more moisture in one than the other. Pet food all comes in as a dry powder from rendering plants and is formed into shapes or moistened for tinned. I think what GM is referring to when he says cats are not carnivorous is the fact that many pet food manufacturers use animal carcases from shelters.....meaning cats are in the canned cat food. So if your kitty had problems on canned food from the same manufacturer he would probably continue to have digestive problems with the dry.

If the vet "thought" he has mange then he should have been able to tell you which type. One contagious, one not. Just don't have the new baby hold the kitty too much if concerned!

Did he give Hep Sulph because of ear involvement? Excessive scratching and wax? Indicating he thought it is otedectis? What on earth kind of "jabs" did he give along with the remedy? Sometimes this type of "skin infection" seems to go back and forth....body to ears..ears to body. Bet GM is right about deficiencies and the use of raw fish (thanks GM, I will try that with my itchy cats! Any kind in particular?)and janyce is right on target for recomending the diet change. Iams is not a quality food......sorry. The reason cats like it is because of the flavor inhancers they spray on it, not because of the quality.

Thank you GPM for your reply.

Chester seems a bit better today, and I have run out of time to do any more investigating, I go into hospital tomorrow to have my baby!

Once I get home, I will follow up everybody's suggestions and look into the food etc.

Thanks again