Allergies apparently became a problem in our house in the last year. Through mostly trial and error, we discovered that Stink is allergic to chicken (or maybe corn) both which are in almost all commerical foods, even the fish flavors. She now gets certain Fancy Feast flavors only since I haven't found a dry food with out both of these ingredients. She is currently more than fine after previously wasting away to a rack of bones.

Although our upsets centered on vomiting, I've a friend whose cat had skin problems and vomit problems that disappeared when she removed fish from her cat's diet. So you might want to test foods by removing one ingredient at a time.

Not sure how much it applies to cats, but as a human with many allergies I can attest that it's the casual environment contacts that can create the worst havoc at times. Certain cleaners, heavy scents from candles, perfumes, some laundry soaps, etc. can leave me red and inflamed. Could there be something in your environment? Pesticides? Insecticides? Lysol? (good for dogs, bad for cats..)Take a look around your house....

Hope this clears up for kitty soon! Best of luck

Purrs,
Elizabeth

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