Antihistamine for cats?

5cats wrote:

cybercat wrote:


"5cats" wrote

I spoke with the vet this afternoon and she said that in her
experience antihistamines often don't work all that well for
allergies in cats, but we are still going to give it a trial. 1/2
tablet Chlortrimaton 2x a day.

I just gave it to Pookie, crushed and mixed in with a tablespoon of
turkey baby food. (Since I had a jar of it around with no other use
for it right now.)


So your vet agreed with my vet, at least as far as which
antihistamine to use. Interesting. Whether it works or not probably
depends on the cat. Even with humans the same medicine does not work
the same on different people. Let us know how it works out.




So far, so good. She's let the sores on her tummy heal completely. And
it looks like maybe she's letting some of the fur grow back.

Last update. We've discontinued the chlortrimeton as it did not prevent
the reoccurance of her hot-spots 2 times. She has let the sores heal
inbetween episodes.