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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2006Cat Losing Hair
My 11 year old female tabby has lost most of the hair from her belly and a lot from her hind legs. Her brother, a male, is as bushy as can be. A few months ago, we switched the cats from dry food to canned food (because of digestive problems) We're not sure if the hair loss had already begun at the time of the switch. She recently was at the vet, and blood work was done, which came back normal. The vet didn't know what the hair loss was... he suggested it could be an allergy --possible to wheat in the food..or he said it could just be nerves--she always has been a Nervous Nellie. I assumed the vet checked the cat for fleas and ringworm. They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that be the problem? Any other suggestions? If they've been eating the same food for a long time, I doubt it's that. Ringworm one can only assume the vet checked, with fleas did he/she use a flea comb? Our Rainbow is losing hair too, around the base of her tail, but at least we know the reasons. Allergy to fleas and a few of the cats have them. Plus when fleas get in, they work into the nervous system. I hope that's some help. Again, I wouldn't look to the food, more like an allergy. A new litter box or type of litter? Think about what touches the areas where hair is falling out.  Signature"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives." > My 11 year old female tabby has lost most of the hair from her belly > and a lot from her hind legs. Her brother, a male, is as bushy as can [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that > be the problem? Any other suggestions? wrote: > They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that > be the problem? Alpo, isn't that a dog food? > wrote: > >> They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that >> be the problem? > > Alpo, isn't that a dog food? Yuppers! alpo also makes cat food these days > My 11 year old female tabby has lost most of the hair from her belly > and a lot from her hind legs. Her brother, a male, is as bushy as can [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that > be the problem? Any other suggestions? Hi, Did your vet check for thyroid dysfunction? Spider not sure...I'll ask I have a kitten that has very thin hair and has 4 spots that are down to the skin. Just behind her ears and on her "shoulder blades". Does anyone know what might be causing this? I don't see any fleas or feel any scabs or anything on her. >My 11 year old female tabby has lost most of the hair from her belly >and a lot from her hind legs. Her brother, a male, is as bushy as can [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that >be the problem? Any other suggestions? > My 11 year old female tabby has lost most of the hair from her belly > and a lot from her hind legs. Her brother, a male, is as bushy as can [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > They're eating pretty cheap supermarket food, mostly Alpo.. could that > be the problem? Any other suggestions? Same thing happened to mine and it was an allergy to fleas. He was having flea injections but this does not kill the fleas when they jump on the cat. I now use a 12 month Bob martin flea collar (works very well) and if I see him pulling at his hair I use the Bob Martin stuff you put at the back of the cats neck. |
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