Can cats get seasonal allergies?
Yes
The skin around a cat’s eyes is thin and gets rubbed and groomed often, so it shows irritation faster than the rest of the coat does
In most cats this is just a reflex, the same twitch you would get from a fly landing on your arm, and it is especially common along the lower back…
A food allergy is the immune system attacking a protein and shows up as itchy skin. A food intolerance is a digestive problem with no immune system involved. Here’s how to tell them apart, why grain-free rarely helps, and why an elimination diet is the only reliable test.