Dry Skin

Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?





Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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They say that "dermacaps" are good or fish oil capsuls.

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Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?





Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?





Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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http://www.jhedge.com

I have something called Derm Caps (liquid) that is a supplement to be added
to the food. It really helped when Persia had severe flaky skin a few years
ago. I think I ordered it from www.doctorsfostersmith.com

Jill

Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when
she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested
adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?





Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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http://www.jhedge.com

My Tuppence likes beaten raw egg yolk, and that seems to help her
"dandruff", Smokie's too.

Smokie Darling (Annie)

On Tue, 10 May 2005 16:13:01 -0500, Jeanne Hedge
wrote:

Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?


My local pet supply store (which is new, not a chain, and still
building its inventory) didn't carry fish oil capsules. I did purchase
a small bottle of a product called Lipiderm Advanced (feline).

Lipiderm advertises itself as being for "healthy skin and coat", and
as containing Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acids and Vitamins A & E. The top two
ingredients are Water and Fish Oil. Dosage is by weight, so Natasha is
supposed to receive 1/2 teaspoon/day added to her food. They say you
should use this for a minimum of 30 days.

Does anyone have any experience with this product?





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http://www.jhedge.com

On Sat, 21 May 2005 13:46:45 -0500, Jeanne Hedge
wrote:

On Tue, 10 May 2005 16:13:01 -0500, Jeanne Hedge
wrote:

Natasha is an 18 yo DSH kitty, and she always gets dry skin when she's
shedding heavily. It's especially bad this year, as it's been
unseasonally hot and humid already.

Years ago our d*g had a problem with dry skin and TED suggested adding
a small amount of vegetable oil (of the cooking oil variety) to his
dry food. That did seem to help his problem. Does anyone know if
something similar would work for Tasha? Or perhaps have another
suggestion?


My local pet supply store (which is new, not a chain, and still
building its inventory) didn't carry fish oil capsules. I did purchase
a small bottle of a product called Lipiderm Advanced (feline).

Lipiderm advertises itself as being for "healthy skin and coat", and
as containing Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acids and Vitamins A & E. The top two
ingredients are Water and Fish Oil. Dosage is by weight, so Natasha is
supposed to receive 1/2 teaspoon/day added to her food. They say you
should use this for a minimum of 30 days.

Does anyone have any experience with this product?


I use something called Derm caps (from the vet; but you can also get
it from a pharmacy) that contains safflower oil, fish oil(omega 3
fatty acid), Vitamin E and borage seed oil with water and gelatin. It
is for my dog. She has skin allergies. These caps help the condition
of her skin from being so dry and itchy. But it puts the weight on
her. So her food is weight management to compensate.

--
CATherine

CATherine had some very
interesting things to say about Dry Skin:

I use something called Derm caps (from the vet; but you can also get
it from a pharmacy) that contains safflower oil, fish oil(omega 3
fatty acid), Vitamin E and borage seed oil with water and gelatin. It
is for my dog. She has skin allergies. These caps help the condition
of her skin from being so dry and itchy. But it puts the weight on
her. So her food is weight management to compensate.

Do they make this in a cat version? I think Felix could use this.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

On Sat, 21 May 2005 18:07:10 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
wrote:

CATherine had some very
interesting things to say about Dry Skin:

I use something called Derm caps (from the vet; but you can also get
it from a pharmacy) that contains safflower oil, fish oil(omega 3
fatty acid), Vitamin E and borage seed oil with water and gelatin. It
is for my dog. She has skin allergies. These caps help the condition
of her skin from being so dry and itchy. But it puts the weight on
her. So her food is weight management to compensate.

Do they make this in a cat version? I think Felix could use this.

The bottle I got from the vet says for small animals and has a picture
of a dog and a cat. So it should work the same. It didn't cost too
much, $6, I think. I sure hope it helps Felix.

--
CATherine