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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2004little bold spots over eyes
my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her paws. -L Hi, You should take her to see the vet. She might have ringworm, a fungal infection that makes the hair fall out. It usually starts on the cat's face. Debbie dberry@mitre.org > my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that > much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is > not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her > paws. > > -L >Hi, > >You should take her to see the vet. She might have ringworm, >a fungal infection that makes the hair fall out. It usually >starts on the cat's face. it's not ringworm for sure. i know exactly what it looks like and what she has on her face is just less hair between her ears and her eyes. doesn't look like ringworm infection at all. she doesn't have it on her chin, or around the base of her tail. anyway, she couldn't have gotten infected - i haven't been around any cats, or dogs, or people with ringworm and she is always indoors. -L >Debbie >dberry@mitre.org [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> -L > my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that > much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is > not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her > paws. There are scent glands located in the area you mention. The thin hair makes it easier to deposit scent when they rub against various objects 'landmarking' their territory. Watch your cat - she will rub those exact spots against corners, furniture, etc. >> my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that >> much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >'landmarking' their territory. Watch your cat - she will rub those exact >spots against corners, furniture, etc. aaah, yes. that makes sense. i've seen cats do that. i'm not sure i've seen her do that - she is just too hard to keep track of right now. -L > my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that > much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is > not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her > paws. > > -L Do you mean bwtween her ears & her eyes - sort of where a person's temple would be, only up just a bit? If so, then some cats just have sparse hair there. Cathy >> my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that >> much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Cathy yeah, exactly there! i recall my other cats having those. i know what ringworm infection looks like in people - i got that from a cat a few times, when i was little and i know what it looks like in a cat. Shaina doesn't have it. first, it looks nothing like it - healthy skin, no redness, no flakiness, no scaly skin, just sparse hair. second, there's no way she could 've gotten it from anywhere - she is a strictly indoor cat. i think it's from rubbing her face with her paws when she grooms herself. -L MadHatter <orlies@hotmail.com> quoth: >my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that >much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is >not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her >paws. All cats have thinner fur in patches sort of between their eyes and their ears. This is one place where they have scent glands. You'll notice them rubbing their faces against objects -- that's to mark them with their scent from those glands. Are you sure that's not what you're seeing? Priscilla >MadHatter <orlies@hotmail.com> quoth: >>my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Priscilla yeah, i think it's that. i know my demon cat at my mom's house does that - rubs that part of her face on furniture and on us. i just don't notice Shaina do that because she is like a little electron at the moment. her skin underneath the sparse fur looks healthy. i'm a very protective mother-cat. :) -L > my kitten had little spots over her eyes where she doesn't have that > much fur anymore. she doesnt' seem to have any skin conditions and is > not itchy. i wonder if this is just from grooming herself with her > paws. > > -L Does your cat have dark fur there? I notice the thin hair more on my black cat than some of the lighter colored ones but they all have "sparce" fur in that location. W
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