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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2007Fur changes after an illness
Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her. (Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur that is growing back will darken over time. Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese? Mishi > Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to > it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mishi How old is she? They do have color changes in their fur over time. I sure hope they are all well now. The speckled whiskers are what cracks me up. Jo > Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to > it, and I almost lost Widu. I'm so sorry about Katie. :( I'm glad Widu made it, though. > It has been a long recovery for her.but > she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur > that is growing back will darken over time. That sounds like a good theory. Usually, a Siamese will get darker over its body as the cat ages, maybe because their circulation isn't as good? So their body surface tends to cool. But what could have lightned your cat's face? A fever seems like a good guess to me. In any case, I'm very sorry about your loss, and I'm glad everyone else is getting better. Amanda's nose-touches sound very cute. My cat Roxy loves to do this, too. Joyce > Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to > it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese? I had something like that happen with my Ishmael - he was black and white and the black areas turned grey from the roots. I figured out it was biotin deficiency - the foods used for treating urinary tract problems often contain a lot of egg, which binds to biotin (we had him on the Hills c/d). So I got some biotin supplement capsules and mixed them in with his food. After a few weeks his fur went black again. The capsules I used were intended for humans, 300mcg. About one a week - I opened the capsules and sprinkled the stuff on his food. I kept this up as long as he was on the Hills food (which was a few years, until they changed the formula and he wouldn't eat it). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 >Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese? A Siamese's fur colour relates to how warm they are- the warmer the cat the paler the fur. When she had the URI she probably had a touch of fever and that's caused the hair to change colour. Her fur should return to normal after her next moult when the affected hairs fall out Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > >Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200707/1 I've heard that. I even remember reading that a Siamese cat whose had a cast put on an injured leg will have lighter-colored hair grow in on that leg, since the temperature under the cast is warmer. But the normal hair color will grow back in after the cast is removed. It hadn't occurred to me that a fever might cause the same kind of effect. Very interesting! Donna, Captain, and Stanley >>> Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese? >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Donna, Captain, and Stanley When Ming had an abscess on his side and had to have a big patch shaved, the shaved part grew in darker at first, but then lightened back up in a couple of weeks.  SignatureHistory: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time -KWorley, 1997 ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- > Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to > it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mishi Frankie's hair changed when he got sick once, too. It also changes any time there's trauma to the skin. He even got a spot shaved for surgery once and the hair came in black. It'll probably change back by the time he gets his winter coat. Frank's always did. Sherry >> Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to >> it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Sherry Jake has a shaved spot on his hip from his surgery. I'll have to keep an eye on it as it grows in. Jo |
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