When touching Charlie’s lower back I noticed he craned his
head and neck at a very strange, contorted angle, a couple of times he whipped
around with an angry meow as if to bite me … I got the hint and stayed away
from that area. Soon the fur of his back started to part in clumps, indicating
trouble and he cleaned this area quite manically too.
The healing I gave him only
seemed to exacerbate his irritation. There is a wonderful natural remedy that
works on almost everything …. Garlic spray; I crept up on Charlie with the
spray then ran along behind him spraying as we went, it became a game of ‘cat
and owner’ this, however had little or no effect either.
I decided a visit to the
vet was called for. He was a good boy and went into the carrier without too
much of a struggle. On arrival at the Vet’s table, having explained the
situation Charlie was prodded and poked around, he did his strange head
movement but did not complain. There were no fleas to annoy him, no dry skin
but it was rather pink close to the area where Charlie had been grooming
frantically, as close as he could get to the spot. The vet suggested putting
some oil into his food to help the skin, if it continued we could test for
allergies but he hinted that it was not always conclusive.
Charlie was very happy to be back in his new home but continued
to groom. The thought crossed my mind that poor Charlie might be getting
withdrawal symptoms from the drugs his late owner, John, smoked in the house;
itchy skin, manic movements, even hallucinations, perhaps I should try
contacting John for some advice!
I decided to talk to
the living first; namely Richard Allport, the homeopathic Vet I work alongside
at The Natural Medicine Centre, the following day.
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