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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2005Hairless belly
In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She is about 6 years old. I have seen this in other cats. Is it normal? What causes it? Thanks. <bald cat> Short Answer: Heck NO! Cats have hair on their bellies. Tell us more, where does she sleep What does she sleep on For example: A man posted on here that his cat slept on a heating pad; and the cat started to loose hair on her belly. Give mo details. > In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She is > about 6 years old. I have seen this in other cats. Is it normal? What > causes it? Thanks. When I got my little tabby (she was two years old) her belly was totally bare. I commented on it in this group, as I thought it was natural--it just looked like her spay shave never grew back in. But when she began going bald on one side, I watched her more carefully and discovered that she was grooming much too much. She had licked her fur off, weird as that sounds. The vet concurred. Once I removed the source of the stress (our other cat coming into her special territory and hanging out there) her fur grew in quite nicely, not only on her side but also her belly! Has there been a change in your kitty's life lately that might be making her anxious? >> In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She > is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Has there been a change in your kitty's life lately that might be > making her anxious? My Isabelle had a bald belly when we first adopted her. I thought too that it was from where they shaved her to find her spay scar. Then the hair on her one side started looking shorter than on the other (she's a long haired cat). Since we got her UTI cleared up it appears to be starting to grow back. W > >> In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She > > is [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > cat). Since we got her UTI cleared up it appears to be starting to grow > back. Now this is weird. Same exact behavior, but clearing up the UTI made it stop? Do you think it was just that the UTI made her anxious and uncomfortable? >> "Mary" <marys@catlover.com> wrote in message > news:42c4312c_2@x-privat.org... [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > it stop? Do you think it was just that the UTI made her anxious and > uncomfortable? Must have been. I never saw her doing excessive grooming but she doesn't groom in public so she could have been going to town and I wouldn't have known. W They're funny like that. My Emma was bald on her belly and on the insides of her back legs, yet I barely ever saw her grooming. UTI? > >> In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She > > is [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > W > UTI? Urinary Tract Infection. > > "Mary" <marys@catlover.com> wrote in message > news:42c4312c_2@x-privat.org... [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > W Mary - How's your kitty after the vet visit on Saturday? > Mary - How's your kitty after the vet visit on Saturday? Laura, Thanks for asking! She just got her Depo Medrol shot, and we will get the rabies shot later. She is in good health, 7 and 1/4 lbs. Although the vets are gentle and kind, she is a major drama queen. She does not make a sound, but tries to get very, very small and gets a look of pure dread on her face. This time, she actually trembled AND drooled. A first. :) I will have a photo page up in a bit of my girls. They are not particularly beautiful but are my heart's delight. :) >I will have a photo page up in a bit of my girls. They are not particularly >beautiful but are my heart's delight. :) Can you repost the address?  Signature-- Meghan & the Zoo Crew Equine and Pet Photography http://www.zoocrewphoto.com > >I will have a photo page up in a bit of my girls. They are not particularly > >beautiful but are my heart's delight. :) > > Can you repost the address? They're not up yet! But I will when they are. > Laura, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I will have a photo page up in a bit of my girls. They are not particularly > beautiful but are my heart's delight. :) All kitties are beautiful. :) I'll look forward to seeing them! > In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She > is about 6 years old. I have seen this in other cats. Is it normal? > What causes it? Thanks. IMHO Contact allergy. What type of material does she lay on> Try something different. MLB My beloved Emma isn't with me anymore but she had a bare belly which the vet and I attributed to stress from allergies, then to just stress and finally I now know she had a horrible case of IBD and was pulling her hair out to cope with the pain. See your vet and ask him about stress. I'm not trying to alarm you, but it's better to be safe than sorry. > My beloved Emma isn't with me anymore but she had a bare belly which > the vet and I attributed to stress from allergies, then to just stress > and finally I now know she had a horrible case of IBD and was pulling > her hair out to cope with the pain. See your vet and ask him about > stress. I'm not trying to alarm you, but it's better to be safe than > sorry. Oh no! Do I need to worry about my Cheeky? She gets regular vet care--several times a year. What are the other signs of Irritable Bowel Disease? > > My beloved Emma isn't with me anymore but she had a bare belly which > > the vet and I attributed to stress from allergies, then to just stress [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > vet care--several times a year. What are the other signs of Irritable > Bowel Disease? Throwing up is another sign. Not eating is another one. I wouldn't worry right away, but it's something to consider. It's a horrible disease. Most do well with medications but mine had a raging case of it. Let me know what happens. > > > My beloved Emma isn't with me anymore but she had a bare belly which > > > the vet and I attributed to stress from allergies, then to just stress [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > disease. Most do well with medications but mine had a raging case of > it. Let me know what happens. Laura--she is five years old, a skinny "oriental" shaped tabby. She has asthma and EGC. She eats but not much--hardly ever finishes her canned food. She does throw up probably three times a week, but my old cat Gnarly did that and lived to be twenty. The vet says she is at a good weight at 7.5 pounds. How do they test for IBD? We have a vet appointment this Saturday. Hi Mary - IBD can only be diagnosed for sure by during a biopsy. Unfortunately. They can, however, treat as if she has IBD -- if that's what the vet deems appropriate. Poor little baby with her asthma. Maybe it is allergy-related. Try googling sites about feline alopecia also. Doing a blood panel for allergy analysis might be worth it on your tabby. When my kitty's blood panel came back with no allergies, we knew then that it wasn't allergies and we started looking in another direction. That's when we looked at IBD. I forgot to mention that diarhhea and going outside the litterbox are also signs. Ask the vet about food allergies as well. Good luck! > Hi Mary - IBD can only be diagnosed for sure by during a biopsy. > Unfortunately. Oh my. ?They can, however, treat as if she has IBD -- if that's > what the vet deems appropriate. Poor little baby with her asthma. > Maybe it is allergy-related. Try googling sites about feline alopecia > also. Doing a blood panel for allergy analysis might be worth it on > your tabby. When my kitty's blood panel came back with no allergies, > we knew then that it wasn't allergies and we started looking in another > direction. That's when we looked at IBD. Very good idea. This just requires taking a little blood? I can have it done this Saturday. We know she has some allergies but are not sure what all of them are. I know one is perfume--because she got better when I stopped wearing perfume altogether and switched to a less perfumed litter. I also think she has food allergies because she got worse when she ate Iams, Maxcat, and some other foods I was trying. Then she got better when I fed her Fancy Feast (!) and Purina One dry. Simply upsetting her can bring on an attack, too. Anyway--doing an allergy panel is something I can definitely look into. Cheeky is the most wonderful cat in the world, you know--just like everyone else's cat! lol! But honestly, she is an angel. Very polite, very gentle, very fast and athletic, with this great, expressive face. :) Vet techs take one look at her little face and laugh because her dread is so terribly apparent. And yet she does not make a single sound while there, even when they give her a shot. They each have such different and neat personalities! > Very good idea. This just requires taking a little blood? I can have it > done this Saturday. We know she has some allergies but are not sure [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > they give her a shot. They each have such different and neat > personalities! How cute! I have a sense of your Cheeky from the description. My Emma was gentle, sensitive, a cuddle-bug and had beautiful green eyes. My other cat, Hobbes, is a big, orange lug that loves to be talked to and petted. Oh goodness does he love to be petted!! And kissed. This morning my husband was going to leave for work and wanted a kiss. He saw orange hair all over my lips and said he'd pass. LOL. He gave me a peck on the cheek instead. :) > In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless. She > is > about 6 years old. I have seen this in other cats. Is it normal? What > causes it? Thanks. I'm dealing with this in my cat now, so have been doing some research. I don't know what your cat is being fed, but if she's been eating a "lite" food, this could be the cause. Lite foods fed over a prolonged period of time can result in this as they don't contain the proper amount of fatty oils. This results in dry and itchy and a loss of shine to the coat. Omega oils can be added - one must do this religiously, or switch back to regular adult food, which is what I am going to do now as I wasn't religiously adding the oil and Matilda has lost the desired amount of weight. |
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