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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007HELP! Cat has habit of licking it's tummy removing fur! WHY??!!
I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! Why would a cat do this? Indoor / outdoor, 7 years old, other than the licking - acts perfectly normal, only cat in the home, no other pets. I don't think stress is an issue in this case, what else?!  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his > tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I don't think stress is an issue in this case, what else?! Flea allergy? (I think that's the most common cause.) >I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his > tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I don't think stress is an issue in this case, what else?! Habit. If it is just a small bald spot and if the vet says the cat is healthy I wouldn't worry about it. Over grooming is a pretty common problem. Jo >> I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking >> his tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jo Could be. My little mutt dog Sampson was constantly licking fur off right behind his front paws. It was a nervous habit, according to the vet. I did have to apply some ointment the vet gave me when it created "hot spots" which looked red and irritated. Of course he just licked that off and kept right on going. Never hurt him any. Jill > Habit. If it is just a small bald spot and if the vet says the cat is > healthy I wouldn't worry about it. Over grooming is a pretty common > problem. Luna overgrooms her tummy and back legs. TED said not to worry, since she's not hurting herself. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com The vet suggested he is allergic to his food and has a itchy tummy...?! SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > The vet suggested he is allergic to his food and has a itchy > tummy...?! Not if he's only licking in a single small spot as your original post indicated. If he were allergic he'd be licking all over and itchy all over. And if the vet had any clue what he/she was talking about and suspected an allergy he would have recommended medication an a change in food. Jill <---getting suspicious >> The vet suggested he is allergic to his food and has a itchy >> tummy...?! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill <---getting suspicious I agree, that is why I am here asking. I did not agree with what the vet said, it seemed foolish. So, overgrooming seems to be the most likely explanation, I guess. Thanks SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> Habit. If it is just a small bald spot and if the vet says the cat is >> healthy I wouldn't worry about it. Over grooming is a pretty common >> problem. > > Luna overgrooms her tummy and back legs. TED said not to worry, since > she's not hurting herself. Sometimes unaltered female cats will do it, too - not necessarily only when they're in heat. > I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking > his tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I don't think stress is an issue in this case, what else?! Most likely an allergy of some sort, does it happen year round? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his > tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! When Nikki did that, we discovered she had hyperthyroidism, but if the cat has been doing it all its life, that is hardly the problem. I understand it usually sets in later in life. Sounds most of all like a nervous habit. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/ http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his > > tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Sometimes that's exactly what it is. Yoda licks the fur bald on the inside of his front leg. Only occasionally. He's done it all his life. Sherry >> I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking his >> tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > understand it usually sets in later in life. Sounds most of all like a > nervous habit. Come to think of it, when Cendrillon first joined us, her tummy seemed somewhat bald, and she licked it a lot. Her tummy is furry enough, now - she's short-haired, but there's not nearly so much pink skin showing through the white fur as there was when she came. In her case, I'm sure it was the stress of being abandoned - she's not nearly so shy of people as she was then, either. > I just had lunch with a friend who told me her cat has been licking > his tummy in one spot - for all it's life, leaving a bald spot! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I don't think stress is an issue in this case, what else?! Chloe's like that. She keeps pulling the hair out of her legs and it's not an allergy - she's deliberately doing it. She over-grooms and I have no idea why. If she's doing something bad, like hanging from my clothes in my closet, ripping the sleeves on our shirts, I tell her no and pull her off, she goes in a corner and bites her hair out. It's really weird. I don't know how to stop it. kili Last October I spent a week in the hospital. Apparently this stressed Amber and she developed a raw spot on her side which she kept licking. The vet said it was an auto immune problem and gave her a cortisone shot. Amber stopped licking it and the hair has grown back. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') Mike - What did he mean by auto-immune problem? Please explain! Thanks Last October I spent a week in the hospital. Apparently this stressed Amber and she developed a raw spot on her side which she kept licking. The vet said it was an auto immune problem and gave her a cortisone shot. Amber stopped licking it and the hair has grown back. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com The Cat Whisperer asked: >>What did he mean by auto-immune >> problem? Please explain! I have no idea what he meant. He is a good vet so I trust his opinion. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') > The Cat Whisperer asked: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I have no idea what he meant. He is a good vet so I trust his > opinion. Now that's just silly. The cat was obviously distressed by you not being there. You may well trust your vet but that's a stupid diagnosis. The cat was stressed, plain and simple. >> The Cat Whisperer asked: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >there. You may well trust your vet but that's a stupid diagnosis. The cat >was stressed, plain and simple. Well, I had the experience once of having heat rash make a section of my neck get itchy, so that I unconsciously kept rubbing at the itchy place. This further irritated the skin, resulting in a place where the skin was scaly and itched worse. Rubbing at the itch would temporarily relieve the itch, but the skin would then grow back more scaly and itchy. I had to force myself to ignore the itch for several days, and leave the patch of skin alone, before it returned to normal. It seems reasonable that a pet could suffer from the same problem. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> The Cat Whisperer asked: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > cat > was stressed, plain and simple. True, but an allergy is the most common auto-immune problem. And a mild allergy that normally is not manifested could well come to the surface under stress. They sure do that in humans. Jo |
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