Still my favorite

Look at that face.
Buddy gave us a little scare a few months ago when he refused to eat. He lost weight quickly and I was afraid he was going to join Holly too soon. We took him to the vet and the Dr. gave him an anti-depressant to stimulate his appetite. It worked, and he started to eat normally again. Unfortunately, he already had a skin irritation to the food he was eating beyond a prescribed brand...and it just flared up even worse when we started to let him eat anything he wanted again. Uggh. So it's been since August that he's had these red spots on his belly and all he wants to do is lick them all day long. He licks the spot until all the hair is gone, the skin is thin, and he starts to bleed. It's driving us both nuts.

He then started to scratch his ears so hard that he developed an infection on the patch between his eyes and his ears. Both sides of his head were scabby and bloody from his own doing. What are you doing to yourself my poor boy??? So the vet fit him for a cone of shame - AGAIN- which he HATES of course, and he deals with it the best he can. Jimmy found a cone in Pet SMART that is clear so at least Buddy can have better vision/ less humiliation. Here he is caught in the act. This was during the summer before he got the cone of shame. Some people have since told me that it can also be something called summer itch- where cats just get rashy form the heat. Whatever it is, it's taking forever to heal. I want my healthy baby back.