Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
Hello,
I am the proud servant of four rescued cats. They are my children and I am distraught due to one of my cats reaction to a collar. I recently purchased collars and tags and a week after placing them on all four one has ripped alll his fur off of two large spots where the collar rested. I am beside myself. It looks horrific. I would appreciate any feed back on my situation. Especially any advice pertaining to expediting his recovery. Thank you for your time. |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
"FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote in message news:75b2604413bc3@uwe... Hello, I am the proud servant of four rescued cats. They are my children and I am distraught due to one of my cats reaction to a collar. I recently purchased collars and tags and a week after placing them on all four one has ripped alll his fur off of two large spots where the collar rested. I am beside myself. It looks horrific. I would appreciate any feed back on my situation. Especially any advice pertaining to expediting his recovery. Thank you for your time. Why do your cats need collars? |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
"FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote in message news:75b2604413bc3@uwe... Hello, I am the proud servant of four rescued cats. They are my children and I am distraught due to one of my cats reaction to a collar. I recently purchased collars and tags and a week after placing them on all four one has ripped alll his fur off of two large spots where the collar rested. I am beside myself. It looks horrific. I would appreciate any feed back on my situation. Especially any advice pertaining to expediting his recovery. Thank you for your time. Are these flea collars? If so, your cat may be reacting to the medication. Get rid of any flea collars immediately! They are not good for the cat, and it also is not an effective treatment for fleas. If fleas are the problem, *do not* use any over-the-counter preparation. Contact your vet for a preparation such as Advantage or Frontline. It is better not to use any collars at all. If you do use collars, make sure they are the breakaway type. They are designed to easily break apart so the cat cannot get hung up on something. Was the fur simply scratched or rubbed off, or did this actually create sore or raw spots (which is what I suspect)? If it is the latter, I would want to have a vet look at the area because you don't want that to become a place for infection. It's not clear to me if this is a new adoption or if you have had all four cats for awhile. If it is recent, all of the cats should be vetted and spayed/neutered spayed/neutered immediately (if that has not already been done). Since you say they are your children (that's how I look at mine, too), I'm going to assume that these are not new adoptions and that my last suggestion has already been taken care of. MaryL |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
cybercat wrote:
Hello, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] Thank you for your time. Why do your cats need collars? My boyfriend is in the military and we were suppose to return to the states so I was testing the collars for transport. Needless to say I have removed all their collars. I am doing my best to keep an eye on the injured one but I am afraid he is just going to continue for mowing the same spot. |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
Thank you so much for your response. The collars are just ID tags. I have
removed them. But I am very afraid of a superfical infection. All four are indoor cats. I have had them for over a year. I adopted them when they were 4- 6 weeks old. They had many health issue at first. Fleas, parasites, ear mites, sinus infections. It took me three months numerous vet visits, constant medication and care to get them to the healthy, rambunctious trouble making place they are now. I just hate seing him looking manged. Tiger the one injured right now is sort of my little side kick. He was the worst one in the beginning. Now he pulls the string on the ceiling fan in the morning to wake me up and serve his breakfast . MaryL wrote: Hello, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] Thank you for your time. Are these flea collars? If so, your cat may be reacting to the medication. Get rid of any flea collars immediately! They are not good for the cat, and it also is not an effective treatment for fleas. If fleas are the problem, *do not* use any over-the-counter preparation. Contact your vet for a preparation such as Advantage or Frontline. It is better not to use any collars at all. If you do use collars, make sure they are the breakaway type. They are designed to easily break apart so the cat cannot get hung up on something. Was the fur simply scratched or rubbed off, or did this actually create sore or raw spots (which is what I suspect)? If it is the latter, I would want to have a vet look at the area because you don't want that to become a place for infection. It's not clear to me if this is a new adoption or if you have had all four cats for awhile. If it is recent, all of the cats should be vetted and spayed/neutered spayed/neutered immediately (if that has not already been done). Since you say they are your children (that's how I look at mine, too), I'm going to assume that these are not new adoptions and that my last suggestion has already been taken care of. MaryL |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
"FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote in message news:75b3a95c80df9@uwe... cybercat wrote: Hello, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] Thank you for your time. Why do your cats need collars? My boyfriend is in the military and we were suppose to return to the states so I was testing the collars for transport. I see. That makes sense. Will they have to be quarantined? Needless to say I have removed all their collars. I am doing my best to keep an eye on the injured one but I am afraid he is just going to continue for mowing the same spot. I have a cat with allergies and who licks/bites her fur off when she gets upset. I think your baby needs to see a vet. Good luck. |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
"FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote in message news:75b3d1d5a526d@uwe... Thank you so much for your response. The collars are just ID tags. I have removed them. But I am very afraid of a superfical infection. All four are indoor cats. I have had them for over a year. I adopted them when they were 4- 6 weeks old. They had many health issue at first. Fleas, parasites, ear mites, sinus infections. It took me three months numerous vet visits, constant medication and care to get them to the healthy, rambunctious trouble making place they are now. I just hate seing him looking manged. Bless you, you sound like a great cat Mom! These are lucky cats. Are they siblings? Tiger the one injured right now is sort of my little side kick. He was the worst one in the beginning. Now he pulls the string on the ceiling fan in the morning to wake me up and serve his breakfast . This is really cute! Don't worry too much, he will heal. If you don't feed canned food, you might think about it, the extra protein helps them, and cats are often allergic to the grains in dry food, and that can make them itchy. My cat needs a steroid shot (Depo Medrol) a few times a year to keep her allergies controlled. Hopefully your cat was just allergic to something in the collar and the removal of the allergen is all he needs. Please let us know how he progresses, and welcome to the group. |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
Thank you for the wonderful welcome. Simba and Nala are siblings brown
tabbies, Tiger a sand color tabby with matching eyes, Alba a tuxedo cat with a grumpy old man disposition. Appreciate the flattery of being a cat MOM. I will up his wet food. I usually switch it up wet and dry for some variety. cybercat wrote: Thank you so much for your response. The collars are just ID tags. I have removed them. But I am very afraid of a superfical infection. All four are [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] making place they are now. I just hate seing him looking manged. Bless you, you sound like a great cat Mom! These are lucky cats. Are they siblings? Tiger the one injured right now is sort of my little side kick. He was the worst one in the beginning. Now he pulls the string on the ceiling fan in the morning to wake me up and serve his breakfast . This is really cute! Don't worry too much, he will heal. If you don't feed canned food, you might think about it, the extra protein helps them, and cats are often allergic to the grains in dry food, and that can make them itchy. My cat needs a steroid shot (Depo Medrol) a few times a year to keep her allergies controlled. Hopefully your cat was just allergic to something in the collar and the removal of the allergen is all he needs. Please let us know how he progresses, and welcome to the group. |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
On 25 Jul, 12:06, "FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote:
Hello, I am the proud servant of four rescued cats. They are my children and I am distraught due to one of my cats reaction to a collar. I recently purchased collars and tags and a week after placing them on all four one has ripped alll his fur off of two large spots where the collar rested. I am beside myself. It looks horrific. I would appreciate any feed back on my situation. Especially any advice pertaining to expediting his recovery. Thank you for your time. dont; put collars on them, microchip them or something, not natural to put collars on cats, they dont; like obviously and they could easily hang themselves from a collar if it got snagged on a tree or something i dont put collars on my cats, never have and never will, barbaric practise in my view bookie |
Cat scratched off fur due to new collar
"bookie" wrote in message oups.com... On 25 Jul, 12:06, "FourCatServant" u36121@uwe wrote: Hello, I am the proud servant of four rescued cats. They are my children and I am distraught due to one of my cats reaction to a collar. I recently purchased collars and tags and a week after placing them on all four one has ripped alll his fur off of two large spots where the collar rested. I am beside myself. It looks horrific. I would appreciate any feed back on my situation. Especially any advice pertaining to expediting his recovery. Thank you for your time. dont; put collars on them, microchip them or something, not natural to put collars on cats, they dont; like obviously and they could easily hang themselves from a collar if it got snagged on a tree or something i dont put collars on my cats, never have and never will, barbaric practise in my view bookie that is what they make break way collars for. A few of us were worried about you Glad to see you are ok |
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