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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Well allergies can be tricky, Joey's food has corn in it and he has not had any problems, but I know many people who have had problems with corn, I certainly would look for a corn free food and see if that made any difference. What you are doing could be helping to relieve the itching, but the allergy is still there, that's why it could get better and worse. The allergy causes the itching, and the itchy causes they skin irritation. You are helping with the skin irritation, the oatmeal baths for example, but the underlying allergy could still be present. You might want to check on the food and diet forum for foods that contain no corn. It's just an easy way to test him, to see if this is causing it. |
Thanks, I thought about trying to change his diet before, and even talked to the vet about it when I talked to her about his skin and watery eyes and she pretty much told me not to worry about it, and to use the benedryl. so I put off trying a different food but I don't want to just medicate him so I have been trying to find different solutions. I think the food switch may be a good start since I have seen a lot of people mention food allergies.