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An additional comment on this.
Sneezing is not the only indication of an allergy. My Polly at one point
got *very* itchy, to the point where she'd actually chewed most of the
hair off her tail. I went through everything I could think of before
considering adrenal (I had another awaiting surgury, she went in today, and
died post-op. Post-mortem was inconclusive but showed a number of things
wrong that had not shown up with the blood test, hopefully further testing
of tissues will yield more answers. She is already sorely missed.). For
Polly I considered everything, and started thinking she'd developed an
allergy to the food I was feeding...I switch between a couple different
kinds and she'd been off one for about a month. But then I remembered
that I'd also tried wood pellets for the first time (a hardwood pellet I
believe, not Stove Chow brand). I switched back to the corn cob litter I
used before.
Within a *week* she had quit itching as much and had started growing the
fur on her tail back!
So be aware of other problems too. I'm *so* glad I realized it could be
the litter before I tried finding out what it was in the food she was
eating she was allergic to!
Hug them, they're with us for too brief a time.
Sue
Buddy, Anchoby, Polly
missing Tempest and Rosa
[Posted in FML issue 3076]
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