It isn't an allergy so much as it is the fact that bacteria grow like
crazy on plastic dishes - therefore it is an infection and your little
one probably needs antibiotics and new, nonplastic dishes.

On Jan 6, 10:15�am, "sheel...@aol.com" <sheel...@aol.com> wrote:

Not always on the itching .  My spirit never scratched

Cortisone shots are not harmful to cats one of mine used to get one every
couple week due to his epilepsy.  Steroids are given to cats all the time
for allergies.

And if you are paying attention to some of the twits posting here about vets
not doing anything that is a big mistake on your part.

There may be itching involved with an allergic reaction, but not
necessarily.  My cat has allergies of some kind.  We aren't exactly sure
what is the cause...whether it's food or environmental.  (We thought it may
be food related but now I'm leaning towards environmental since it seems to
be worse in spring and fall.)  He gets sores on his mouth and on his foot
pads.  He scratches some, but not enough that you would think that he's
having a real problem.  If it's any consolation, my vet has yet to give my
cat a cortisone shot or any type of steroids for his allergies.  We have
changed his food to a novel protein diet and have been able to treat his
outbreaks (when he has them) with antibiotics.  So I don't think it's
automatic that a vet will treat with steroids (even though I do understand
that this is a normal treatment for allergies and my vet has said that if my
cat's problems worsen, steriods would be a course of treatment).

S.

Have you tried taking this cat to the vet to find out which allergy he has?
They can diagnose whether or not it is the plastic dishes or not. You can't
let someone else's poor experience at a vet prevent you from going to yours
and having it diagnosed especially if they're good. My cats at one time had
plastic water dishes and did just fine.