Harv is now 7 years old and for most of his life has suffered with allergies, so after trying many medications the steroid, anti-histamine and dorwest herbs mix seemed to do just the trick and the constant scratching stopped.
However, over the last 2 or 3 weeks he has been drinking huge amounts of water, is starting to scratch again and has some large sores on the top of his head which are getting worse every day.
The vets scanned his tummy and have done several blood tests and it seems that he has quite high amounts of liver enzymes in his blood.
He is very lethargic and is pestering for food even more (we wouldn't have thought that possible before now), and just seems to have no enthusiasm for anything other than food, water and cuddles.
The vet has said that this is all linked to the long term use of steroids and that eventually we will be able to reverse the Cushings and to do this we have to wean him off them. This worries us because his skin is going to flare up again and I think the steroids are helping the small amount of arthritis that he has.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else has any experience of Cushings, brought on by steroids.
Marian x
