I lost the details of this forum but thank goodness I have found it again. I am so worried about my cat, she's only small. It's a long post but any advice would be so gratefully received.
I got back from from holiday on saturday. A neighbour had been checking in on her (house cat - part ragdoll) everyday for us. Neighbour reported no concerns. When we got in, she had thrown up all over the house, there must have been 6 large piles of vomit dotted around the place. I wondered if she'd kept anything down since we left! We'd only been gone a week. Anyway, phoned the vet who said to take her off food for 1 day then give her chicken and rice. She's not eaten much of it (never has been a fan of food not from a tin!) but she hasn't been sick since.
Then I noticed that the fur above her eyes and near her ears was thinner than usual. Her skin in this area looks red and sore, she was jumping around like she had fleas and was over grooming. I gave her a flea treatment (Bob Martin, vet subsequently told me this was a terrible brand to give her! I didn't know!). She was less active than usual too.
I took her to the vet yesterday, he took her temperature (bit high) and felt her tummy (no soreness). He said it might be an allergy (to what? she doesn't go outside and the food is the same as always), could be a foreign body (hence the vomiting BUT he doubted it as her tummy wasn't sore). He was very concerned about the redness of her ears. He said that if it doesn't go down, to bring her back and he would do tests (to the tune of £130) as he was concerned it might be an auto immune disease!
I got home today and pronounced her cured - ears back to normal, cat back to usual self. I took a photo and sent it to my husband. Then the ears went back to red! Which is what they have stayed. Is it really likely to be an auto immune problem? Could it still be a flea allergy?
Thanks in advance