Cleo And Tiger�s Baths

Last weekend, we decided to bathe Tiger and Cleo.

We normally don’t bathe our cats because they groom themselves very well. But Tiger has always had this “sticky” and oily sheen on his coat and he also has been scratching quite a bit lately (more about this in the next post).

Cleo has been having what seemed like flea allergy dermatitis (FAD) for about two months now. She has had it before (many years ago) and the vets said it probably started out as FAD but later became an auto-immune problem coupled with stress. Yes, Cleo stresses herself out a lot. That time, the problem finally resolved itself.

Two months back, round about the time when Cow had the FLUTD, I noticed a patch of bald skin on Cleo. It was classic FAD (again!). The bald patches increased and soon she had bald patches on both sides of her lower body.

She bites herself.

I took Cleo to the vet (she screamed all the way during the 10 minute ride to the vet), and the vet confirmed that it is classic flea allergy dermatitis. But I’ve already applied Advocate last month and yet it did not get any better. The vet said to leave it alone for now because it isn’t life-threatening and I could give her fish oil and Vetri DMG (besides being an immune booster, Vetri DMG is also an immune modulator). The immune system has the radical immune boosters but also the immune modulators, Vetri DMG helps in both and may be able to control the auto-immune syndrome.

The only times when this kind of problem becomes life-threatening would be when the cat starts eating up her own flesh or gets severe hairball due to over-grooming.

Cleo’s biting seems to be under control. She would bite until it’s red, then she stops. The next day, it starts to heal.

Giving steroids is an option as well. But the vet wasn’t keen on this.

So, there was nothing much we could do except to wait it out. She’s had this before, many years ago, and it did resolve itself…finally.

Mr Zurik had it too, and yes, it resolved itself, but then again, Mr Zurik is one tough cat, isn’t he?

Last weekend, I thought of bathing Cleo. I suppose there is no harm in trying. Who knows, it might help.

But we thought we’d do the “easier cat” first, Tiger.

Tiger is our mildest cat (besides Tabs). So, I prepared the bath water (a little hotter than luke warm since cats like it quite warm) and the shampoo (Orifera’s Coconut Shampoo). It is all natural and non-toxic.

Ming-Yi helped. I couldn’t possibly have done it by myself.

Tiger resisted a little, but was calm.

The good thing about this shampoo is that it lathers very little and rinses off very well.

We are done.

Blow dry.

Next, was Cleo’s turn. I had expected Cleo to throw a ruckus. Maybe, jump as high a the ceiling or something like that.

Surprisingly, she was quite calm.

There, we are done now!

And the results was really good, because Tiger is so much cleaner now and Cleo seems to be so much better too. She still licks herself, but it is very much reduced.

The fur is growing back on those bald patches!

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2016/07/21/cleo-and-tigers-baths/

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