I've had the cat about 8 months. Sort of accidentally adopted her. When we first got her she chewed herself a bit and got some nasty scabs, but they went away so we assumed she was stressed at change.
She got them again when we went away for few days guilt tripping cow. But again it sorted itself out.
About a month ago , she got them again along with some thin fur and then a couple of days later it became obvious she had a bladder infection. A trip to the vets she went from clearly distressed to right as rain within a day. But she has persisted since then in overgrooming.
She looks awful , she's pulled big patches of fur off! The vet noticed it when we look her in for the bladder thing and asked about flea / worming so I've since done that (she is indoor cat so I admit we have been lax about that) but no change. And I'm confident she didn't have fleas to start with .
I'm really short of cash ATM so although I'll take her if she needs it I'm trying to do anything I think the vet might suggest trying before we take her. I don't want to spend £40 to be told to use feliway or something .
I've just got feliaway and so far not seen an improvement but it's been less than a week.
I'm thinking the next step is food. Her old owners were feeding her purina but the pouches were so expensive we switched to whiskers and bulk buy the stuff. We were feeding her a mix of wet whiskas / felix and dry purina but she hardly ate the dry stuff, I was trying to persuade her to switch to dry because it's cheaper and easier if you go away for a few days but then the vet said the bladder issue can be caused by not drinking so she's on 100% wet whiskas food now.
Is there a cheapish hypo allergenic food that is wet food? She's eating 3 pouches a day I can't afford £1 a meal!
How long should I leave it before I know feliway hasn't worked?
Any other idea of things to try?
Or should I just take her to a vet?
Should add she's a very friendly seemingly happy cat, if she is stressed she's only showing it in her fur!