My one year old american short hair suddenly is losing patches of hair
around his nose and under his eyes. It looks like mange. Any input
would be helpful.
hpickering@austin.rr.com - 05 Jul 2004 01:24 GMT
>My one year old american short hair suddenly is losing patches of hair
>around his nose and under his eyes. It looks like mange. Any input
>would be helpful.
See a vet. Could be ringworm.
You could get it too.
MacCandace - 05 Jul 2004 01:36 GMT
<< See a vet. Could be ringworm.
You could get it too. >>
Could be or it could be allergies or something else altogether. Once my late
cat, Cory, had that happen under his eyes. It was very strange. He had been
being treated for something else with depo-medrol injection and soon thereafter
developed patchy hair loss under his eyes. The vet never knew what it was and
then it went away after a few weeks. I felt it had to do with the depo-medrol.
Has your cat taken any medications lately?
Only a vet will be able to tell what it is.
Candace
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guynoir - 05 Jul 2004 06:42 GMT
Does it look like the black cat at the bottom?
http://www.fabcats.org/eosinophilicgranuloma.html
If it is eosinophilic granuloma from mosquito bites, it will go away
when the mosquitos go away. It can be treated with a steroid shot, and
left untreated, it's completely harmless.
> My one year old american short hair suddenly is losing patches of hair
> around his nose and under his eyes. It looks like mange. Any input
> would be helpful.

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Karen Chuplis - 05 Jul 2004 13:39 GMT
> My one year old american short hair suddenly is losing patches of hair
> around his nose and under his eyes. It looks like mange. Any input
> would be helpful.
You should have a vet check it out.
Dermuid - 06 Jul 2004 17:19 GMT
: My one year old american short hair suddenly is losing patches of hair
: around his nose and under his eyes. It looks like mange. Any input
: would be helpful.
Have you got a photo?