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preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 4:19:39 AM   
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Reading this- I dont think my cat has things that badly.  Is there anything diet wise I can do?

There is a small patch of missing hair near the tail.  Thinning might be a better word for it.  However no inching.

Any thoughts?
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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 6:16:37 AM   
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Well if all else fails;

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 6:39:50 AM   
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Not a cat, but I couldn't help it.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 8:20:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		When cats itch they overgroom at the base of the tail. I had a cat going bald at the base of the tail and a visit to the vet helped clear it up dramatically . It turned out she was allergic to fleas, and that was easily cured.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 8:34:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		She needs to be checked by a vet. Don't self diagnose this unless you have some sort of background that would qualify you to do so. From your question, I'm assuming you don't.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/16/2010 8:42:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		I agree with blushes - see a vet.

However, I give my cat Dreamcoat by Halo.  It's an oil blend that gives your pet (dog or cat or...?) a shiny, healthy coat.  When I first brought my little guy home, his fur was thin and patchy and coming out in clumps :(  I added a tablespoon of Dreamcoat to each meal and in a relatively short time his fur began thickening and becoming healthy.  You can get it online, or at PetCo.  It's about $15 for a bottle and will last a long time.


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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 12:02:10 PM   
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Sorry, I hadda say that.

Seriously, I had a wolf hybrid with the same priblem and it cleared up with a supplement in his diet of fish oil caps and benadryl.  Ask your vet for dosages tho.  Obviously the dosage for 146# of wolf hybrid and the dosage for a cat would be a weeee bit different.

Good luck

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 12:51:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		As it turns out I have a home vet cat book- and it has quite a bit of info in it.   So far it is not something to be alarmed about.  I sounds tho like I need to brush her. 

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 1:11:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Uhm yerse...cats often go bald due to lack of brushing.

She NEEDS to see the vet!!

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 1:16:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		One of my cats has a nervous habit of obsessive cleaning.  She's licked all the fur off her belly which looks really odd when you have a black/white kitty.  I took her to the vet and after spending more money then I'll admit to, we (the vet and I) came to the conclusion that could be related to the food I had her on, which I changed, or she just wanted to be a clean puss.
She's better now all except for the pink peach-fuzz covered belly.

Here's a list that might be of help... http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+2141&aid=195

Regardless, a trip to the vet, as others have said, is in order.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 2:31:27 PM   
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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 3:52:29 PM   
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Seriously. You need to see a vet. My first St. Bernard got it mostly on the legs and it was a scininfection which was easily cured. The vet had seen it hundreds of times before.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 5:58:59 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: CarrieO

One of my cats has a nervous habit of obsessive cleaning.  She's licked all the fur off her belly which looks really odd when you have a black/white kitty.  I took her to the vet and after spending more money then I'll admit to, we (the vet and I) came to the conclusion that could be related to the food I had her on, which I changed, or she just wanted to be a clean puss.
She's better now all except for the pink peach-fuzz covered belly.

Here's a list that might be of help... http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+2141&aid=195

Regardless, a trip to the vet, as others have said, is in order.


She is obsessive about licking.   I had changed her food- and I am changing it back.  A friend lost her cat due to tainted Chinese cat food.   Jenny lost her cat after it got a shot at the vet..the vet did refund her money- but in the meantime she lost her cat.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 7:41:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hm had a cat once...he had a little patch of hair missing, (about the size of a dime) and a couple of weeks later...he had no hair left on his back at all. We do not have indoor/outdoor cats...this was an indoor cat.

You honestly need to see a vet!!

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 7:59:11 PM   
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I need to monitor the problem to see if it is a problem and then go from there.



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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 8:51:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		HM often thinks of me as his pet. If you were my owner, I would be a balding redhead. NOT GOOD!!

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 9:24:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		PA, seeriously, take that cat to a vet. It could be mange, fleas or something worse. By not doing so, you are neglecting your pet.

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RE: preventing cat baldness? - 1/18/2010 9:32:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ShaharThorne

PA, seeriously, take that cat to a vet. It could be mange, fleas or something worse. By not doing so, you are neglecting your pet.


Oh crap! I could have mange, fleas or something worse! Honey Master!!!

Seriously though...take your pet to the vet! (great advice often rhymes...)

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