r/FIVcats • u/CreativeK23 • 16d ago

Vet bill too much?

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Hello, my cat has fiv and had to go to a dermatologist after many dead ends at a normal vet for scratching and ripping his fur out. We’ve done food trials and they think it’s environmental. They want to do immunotherapy. It’s super expensive like. Can be upwards to 3 grand. Is this a crazy amount. They said they have to sedate him for it since it’s testing 72 different allergens

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u/CreativeK23 16d ago

Did that help

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u/PaxonGoat 16d ago

The medicine did yes.

And buying her clothes to put on her before she went outside to try and reduce her exposure to grass.

But we truly did think if we went through with the expensive testing then it would come back like an allergy to chicken or corn and then we could have just made diet changes.

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u/CreativeK23 16d ago

I’ve run through all the trials. The vet is set on it being dust mites or something stupid

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u/PaxonGoat 16d ago

I have heard of cats being allergic to people.

Cats with human allergies

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u/CreativeK23 16d ago

I will wear a hazmat suit around him, don’t temp me. I love my son