Duncan and the Dermatologist

Duncan went to the dermatologist yesterday for allergy testing. He liked the car ride there, and all the interesting smells in the waiting room. He really liked looking into the room where the blood donor cats live - he wagged his tail at them to try to be friendly through the glass door, but Rupert swatted at him to make him to away. 

Then things went downhill. He got a needle to sedate him, and then they shaved his side and gave him 50 needles to see which ones made him itchy.

50 needles - one on each of the little black dots.

Turns out, a lot of things make him itchy. 

Duncan is officially allergic to 3 kinds of trees (including the maple tree he likes to pee on), lots of grasses, several weeds, quite a few moulds, gnats and houseflies, staphylococcus, dust mites and especially storage mites. Oh, and  cats. Maybe Rupert knew it was a bad idea for Duncan to hang around the "donor boys"!

He didn't feel so good after, and he just wanted to snuggle for the rest of the afternoon. He's still not back to normal today, and just wants to nap. He'll be starting on allergy shots soon, and hopefully they'll make him feel a lot less itchy.

Cuddling on Megan's lap