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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2008Daisy, bald spots?
I am not sure if this is just her shedding behavior but she's developing some near bald spots. The skin under looks pink and healthy. One seems to have been the flea medicine given the day we took her home. I've never experienced this before. She has a vet appointment in a little less than 2 weeks. She still hides in the daytime (perhaps always will, some cats are more strongly nocternal than others). he comes out in evening just as the sun sets to play with us and stare Cash down <g>. She seems otherwise totally healthy. She is currently on dry free feeding food (drinks lots of water) but I plan to convert her to wet food (at least mostly). She loves her dashi (fish stock broth) and last time I added just a little diblit of duck fat and she lapped up all 4 TB in about 3 mins. Prhaps she isnt getting the proper fats in her diet? Any ideas? > I am not sure if this is just her shedding behavior but she's developing > some near bald spots. The skin under looks pink and healthy. One seems to [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Any ideas? Mine sometimes gets a bald spot where we put the Advantage flea treatment. Not every time though. Doesn't hurt him otherwise and it grows back in. Bobble > cshenk wrote: >> I am not sure if this is just her shedding behavior but she's developing [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Mine sometimes gets a bald spot where we put the Advantage flea treatment. > Not every time though. Doesn't hurt him otherwise and it grows back in. Same here, seems to be growing in. I'm wondering if she accidently 'spred' the flea medicine due to hiding under the sofa in the daytime and is reacting to the spread? The new stuff is a sort of hypnoallegenic but it's not due to be given to her for anothr 2 weeks almost. > I've never experienced this before. She has a vet appointment in a little > less than 2 weeks. She still hides in the daytime (perhaps always will, > some cats are more strongly nocternal than others). he comes out in evening > just as the sun sets to play with us and stare Cash down <g>. She seems > otherwise totally healthy. Have you noticed her pulling her fur out while grooming? Sometimes cats do this from anxiety (one of mine did). Another possibility is a food allergy. It would not hurt to try a canned food without grains (such as Wellness) because grains often cause allergy problems. Certainly ask your vet about this to rule out any medical problem first. Where are her bald spots? Spots on the face tend to be food allergies, spots around the middle back and base of tail are many times flea allergies. You might want to just call in to the vet and see if it could be something they'd want to check right away. Rhonda > I am not sure if this is just her shedding behavior but she's developing > some near bald spots. The skin under looks pink and healthy. One seems to [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Any ideas? > Where are her bald spots? Spots on the face tend to be food allergies, > spots around the middle back and base of tail are many times flea > allergies. > > You might want to just call in to the vet and see if it could be something > they'd want to check right away. Thanks Rhonda! Since posting that (should have made a close out) can't find the spots other than the little one where the flea medicine apparently bothered her. They seem to have grown back in. Possibly stress related? Now, looking at her ears. Shes got an appointment in 10 days for the vet. She seems to have a persistant ear mite problem. > > Where are her bald spots? Spots on the face tend to be food allergies, > > spots around the middle back and base of tail are many times flea [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Now, looking at her ears. Shes got an appointment in 10 days for the vet. > She seems to have a persistant ear mite problem. This is a very interesting post.. I have a neighbor who's cat has had an ear mite problem for some 2 months now. I have never had this problem, so when she came to me for advice, I wasn't able to help in that instance. However, if anyone knows of a good product that I could recommend, please? Would anyone who has treated a similar problem let me know what you used & where the most likely place that I would find it too? One last thing, is it safe for a 8 week old kitten to be treated with it? She has 3 cat's. One of them is an old tom cat, & the other one is one of our regulars that came to the winter feeding station, She took her in 2 weeks before she had a single kitten. It's the mother of the kitten that brought the infestation indoors, & Now, the kitten & Ming have them as well?!! TIA, Sheelagh >"o"< It's my understanding that ear mites are contagious so it's not surprising the other cats in the household have them now. My one cat had problems with ear mites at one time. The vet gave me some medication...drops that you put into the ear...can't remember what it was called....it began with a T, that I do remember. Seemed to do the trick. The stray that I recently brought in also had a bad case of ear mites. The vet cleaned her ears out good and treated her with Revolution. Vet said that the Revolution would get rid of the mites, and fleas, etc. The stray's ears look pretty good now. I'm not sure how old a cat has to be to be treated with Revolution (or other flea meds like this). S.  Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- On Mar 30, 2:36 am, "cshenk" <cshe...@cox.net> wrote: > "Rhonda" wrote > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Now, looking at her ears. Shes got an appointment in 10 days for the vet. > She seems to have a persistant ear mite problem. This is a very interesting post.. I have a neighbor who's cat has had an ear mite problem for some 2 months now. I have never had this problem, so when she came to me for advice, I wasn't able to help in that instance. However, if anyone knows of a good product that I could recommend, please? Would anyone who has treated a similar problem let me know what you used & where the most likely place that I would find it too? One last thing, is it safe for a 8 week old kitten to be treated with it? She has 3 cat's. One of them is an old tom cat, & the other one is one of our regulars that came to the winter feeding station, She took her in 2 weeks before she had a single kitten. It's the mother of the kitten that brought the infestation indoors, & Now, the kitten & Ming have them as well?!! TIA, Sheelagh >"o"< > It's my understanding that ear mites are contagious so it's not surprising > the other cats in the household have them now. My one cat had problems with [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > - Show quoted text - > It's my understanding that ear mites are contagious so it's not surprising > the other cats in the household have them now. My one cat had problems with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > sure how old a cat has to be to be treated with Revolution (or other flea > meds like this). In my personal experience, Revolution is one of the best anti parasitic treatment since sliced bread was invented! The only problem is that you can't use it on kittens under 12 weeks old @ the very least; the kitten is only 6 weeks old, so the best advice I can give her is to call the local vet & see what she might suggest. I don't want to tell her to try treating a cat with an unsuitable treatment that might possibly harm the kitten in the process, & that would be terrible thing. I guess she was asking, Just to see if she could get out a consultation, if she could. I am not a vet, So under the circumstance's that is what I would do. Thank you so much for trying to help out Blkcatgal. It was appreciated. Sheelagh >"o"< Sheelagh wrote >In my personal experience, Revolution is one of the best anti >parasitic treatment since sliced bread was invented! The only problem >is that you can't use it on kittens under 12 weeks old @ the very Yup! Call vet and ask. Normally this is a free call. It's very true that is Momma has ear mites, all the kitties will get them too and pass them around. They have to be killed off and the bedding washed. There are a few home remedies that can be used in the interum but the best of those arent very effective at doing more than keeping it at bay until the kitty is older. > Sheelagh wrote > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the best of those arent very effective at doing more than keeping it at bay > until the kitty is older. Thanx for that info cshenk, I appreciated that. In that case, I will tell her to call the local vet & ask for a prescription for something appropriate for the Mother, kitten's & her old tom cat too. If he wants to see them, then I think it is worth the consultation fee; I hope she does too! We have never once had a case of ear mites, so I wasn't able to advise her. Hopefully, her vet will will have a look & prescribe something appropriate for her kitten's. It's good info for future reference though. Sheelagh >"o"< |
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