My vet started Schooley, my cat on pred now for his allergies and said I can go to an allergist to see what he is allergic to. Although during this past month, thinking it was allergy related (I guess indirectly it is due to lowering the immune system) Schooley now has demodectic mange. He has three bald patches around his body and his entire neck and ears are bald. So does my old cat who has bald patches on her sides, legs and rump. I am so upset and I feel terrible for them. They have now been dipped one with lime sulfur and I was sent home with a new spray type to do it at home. I am now washing blankets and sheets that end up smelling like sulfur, every other day and my cats will stink like this for 6 weeks or longer and so will my house. I have done alot of reading, and am getting conflicting information. I read that lime sulfur does not control demodex only sarcoptic, that is does not get it bedding, and that these mites are in the hair folicle not deep in the skin and then I read the opposite. What is your opinion on treating demodex and would it be a good idea to get them on some good vitamins (like felovite)? Shooley has lost 2 lbs in the past 1 1/2 years, on of those lbs in the past 2 months. I am at a loss. Any thoughts?
Kristy