Cat allergic to Frontline pesticide?

Has anyone treated their cat and had any bad reactions? If so, what did you do? I'd like to say I will just take him to the vet, but it's quite expensive. I feel terrible that I can't provide decent care, but I do provide decent love and will do what I can! Help?

 

why do you think it was a reaction to the Frontline?

i understand not having the funds, but having the heart. i'd advise taking him to a vet ASAP. also, think about not getting anymore animals until you are sure you can afford them... i know it's harsh, but you can always donate small amounts of money and food to your local animal shelter instead, if you cant afford your own pet.

 

He's a healthy indoor/outdoor cat and has always got his treatments but recently has developed a skin irritation that I thought was fleas but I'm starting to think it was from his last treatment. He kind of adopted us as he stays outdoors mostly. Thank you for your thoughts.

 

I Very Much Doubt The Skin Problem Was Caused By This Treatment, My Guess

Is It Was Caused By His Flea Infestation And You Only Noticed It After You Treated Him....



Cheers Glen.

 

flea allergy dermatitis, caused by their saliva, sucks. the frontline does not stop them from biting and getting their saliva on the cat/dog's skin. so the allergy happens regardless of the frontline treatment. the frontline stops them form living on the cat.

i'd say as long as the kitty is bright, alert, responsive, eating/drinking, peeing/pooping normally...no worries.

 

Yeah i would take the cat to the vet. The vet will probably just give you a ointment, or some type of pill to stop the skin problem. But the only way to tell what it is from is taking the cat to the vet. They will be able to tell you whats up.

 

I'd also highly doubt a reaction to Frontline since its extremely specific to insect receptors. Never say never but its unlikely. Are you by any chance giving a dog dose rather than a cat dose? Sometimes people have dogs and just use a bit of that on the cat instead of buying specific cat ones. The cat usually ends up getting a much much higher dose then it should be.

First thing is what sort of dermatitis? Is it dry and itchy or wet, sticky, oozing, painful etc. If its wet and sticky and oozing then its like bacterial or fungal and you need to see a vet for sure.

Other than that skin problems are caused by so many things its almost rediculous. Could be bacterial (maybe it got scratched or consistently wet starting a dermatitis), fungus, allergy (diet, plants), irritation. If its getting the right dose of Frontline then its likely not fleas, mites, or lice.

Without taking to the vet, I would think diet next, are you feeding it anything new?

If it doesn't go away on its own after a little while and it looks really irritating then I would take it to the vet, they can do skin scrapings etc. to be able to confidently rule things out by process of elimination. I can understand the money issue. Sometimes the solution is never found for some types of dermatitis and it gets written off to being idiopathic and just some non-steroidal anti-inflammatories are prescribed which are likely to help but will cost money.

If you describe it a little bit more then it might be possible to narrow it down a bit.