Persia was in my lap while I was typing early this morning. I noticed she
had some dandruff by the base of her tail so I gave her a good scritching
along her spinal cord and promised her I'd brush her later while saying
"kitty scritches!". She loves that! (I also promised myself I'd rub her
down with one of those bath cloths.)

I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this
before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line
of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice
and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right
behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle
the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily',
if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it
down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right
above her tail.

Her fur is all the same shade so I really had no idea there was this
difference in her fur. When stroked downward it all feels the same and
looks the same; silky soft. The light just happened to catch it right this
morning when she was in my lap; that's how I noticed it. What's up with
this?

Jill