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at 12:01 AM, none said: My cat is licking off big bald spots of fur. He could be allergic to something. Fish, perhaps, if you feed him tuna or or other fish cat food? Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please use address alanh77[at]comccast.net to reply via e-mail. ** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 and eComStation 1.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing
it? How old is he? -- M9 "none" wrote in message ... My cat is licking off big bald spots of fur. The spots are on his belly back and front leg. We have had him to the Vet twice. Full exam with blood tests etc and we have always given him excellent vet care and food and affection. No disease or pests of any sort found. Sometimes he licks so hard it bleeds a little. We have two other cats that he lives with that seem to be fine. He sleeps well and eats well and otherwise seems OK. Any ideas? Very worried about my old friend "Happy". Grandpa |
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Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing
it? How old is he? -- M9 "none" wrote in message ... My cat is licking off big bald spots of fur. The spots are on his belly back and front leg. We have had him to the Vet twice. Full exam with blood tests etc and we have always given him excellent vet care and food and affection. No disease or pests of any sort found. Sometimes he licks so hard it bleeds a little. We have two other cats that he lives with that seem to be fine. He sleeps well and eats well and otherwise seems OK. Any ideas? Very worried about my old friend "Happy". Grandpa |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:50:41 -0500, "minerva nine"
wrote: Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing it? How old is he? -- M9 He has been doing this for about two months and is nine years old. He lives with two other cats and none of them are ever allowed to run free. The cats have their own nice warm south facing porch protected by chicken wire where they can lay in the sun and watch the birds and stuff. We live in the woods in an isolated rural situation. The other two cats are Nick 15 years old who is feral. He has never allowed us to touch him but he will sleep at the foot of our bed and gets along well with the other cats and us otherwise. He is our only mouser which is very important to us living as we do out here in the woods-our place would be over-run with field mice without him. Little Man is a young stray we brought in a little over a year ago who seems to have adjusted well to our household. Affectionate and always knocking things off the desk and tables to get our attention when he wants something from us. Just a good sound all-around stray barn cat. Happy we got from my niece when he was about 5 years old when she could no longer keep him. He is a Siamese. He is a very people-centric cat who has little interest in the other cats. He sleeps between us in the bed. He is always the first to notice our leaving the house and the only one sitting in the window waiting for our return when we come driving up the driveway. It could be the most beautiful warm day with the other two cats sitting in the sun out on the porch but happy will be right next to me on the desk as I work on office stuff. His humans seem to mean everything to him. I wish I could do something for him.... I'm thinking of bringing him into the University Vet school to see what they might have to say. The local vets are primarily large animal vets for the local farmers and may not be up on cat behavior problems. Grandpa |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:50:41 -0500, "minerva nine"
wrote: Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing it? How old is he? -- M9 He has been doing this for about two months and is nine years old. He lives with two other cats and none of them are ever allowed to run free. The cats have their own nice warm south facing porch protected by chicken wire where they can lay in the sun and watch the birds and stuff. We live in the woods in an isolated rural situation. The other two cats are Nick 15 years old who is feral. He has never allowed us to touch him but he will sleep at the foot of our bed and gets along well with the other cats and us otherwise. He is our only mouser which is very important to us living as we do out here in the woods-our place would be over-run with field mice without him. Little Man is a young stray we brought in a little over a year ago who seems to have adjusted well to our household. Affectionate and always knocking things off the desk and tables to get our attention when he wants something from us. Just a good sound all-around stray barn cat. Happy we got from my niece when he was about 5 years old when she could no longer keep him. He is a Siamese. He is a very people-centric cat who has little interest in the other cats. He sleeps between us in the bed. He is always the first to notice our leaving the house and the only one sitting in the window waiting for our return when we come driving up the driveway. It could be the most beautiful warm day with the other two cats sitting in the sun out on the porch but happy will be right next to me on the desk as I work on office stuff. His humans seem to mean everything to him. I wish I could do something for him.... I'm thinking of bringing him into the University Vet school to see what they might have to say. The local vets are primarily large animal vets for the local farmers and may not be up on cat behavior problems. Grandpa |
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Any changes at all in the house, food, schedule, etc. that would coincide
with when he started? When I've seen this it's been either an allergy or a stress reaction. When allergic, cats get itchy skin rather than runny noses and watery eyes like we do. Any new plants or new kinds of food he's been exposed to? Changed laundry detergent recently? Anything new in the house that he might have rubbed on or eaten? As far as the stress goes, since he is so attached to you he's going to be extra-sensitive to any changes in schedule, behaviour, etc. If it's none of these I'd have the vet check him to make sure nothing organic is wrong -- M9 "none" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:50:41 -0500, "minerva nine" wrote: Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing it? How old is he? -- M9 He has been doing this for about two months and is nine years old. He lives with two other cats and none of them are ever allowed to run free. The cats have their own nice warm south facing porch protected by chicken wire where they can lay in the sun and watch the birds and stuff. We live in the woods in an isolated rural situation. The other two cats are Nick 15 years old who is feral. He has never allowed us to touch him but he will sleep at the foot of our bed and gets along well with the other cats and us otherwise. He is our only mouser which is very important to us living as we do out here in the woods-our place would be over-run with field mice without him. Little Man is a young stray we brought in a little over a year ago who seems to have adjusted well to our household. Affectionate and always knocking things off the desk and tables to get our attention when he wants something from us. Just a good sound all-around stray barn cat. Happy we got from my niece when he was about 5 years old when she could no longer keep him. He is a Siamese. He is a very people-centric cat who has little interest in the other cats. He sleeps between us in the bed. He is always the first to notice our leaving the house and the only one sitting in the window waiting for our return when we come driving up the driveway. It could be the most beautiful warm day with the other two cats sitting in the sun out on the porch but happy will be right next to me on the desk as I work on office stuff. His humans seem to mean everything to him. I wish I could do something for him.... I'm thinking of bringing him into the University Vet school to see what they might have to say. The local vets are primarily large animal vets for the local farmers and may not be up on cat behavior problems. Grandpa |
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Any changes at all in the house, food, schedule, etc. that would coincide
with when he started? When I've seen this it's been either an allergy or a stress reaction. When allergic, cats get itchy skin rather than runny noses and watery eyes like we do. Any new plants or new kinds of food he's been exposed to? Changed laundry detergent recently? Anything new in the house that he might have rubbed on or eaten? As far as the stress goes, since he is so attached to you he's going to be extra-sensitive to any changes in schedule, behaviour, etc. If it's none of these I'd have the vet check him to make sure nothing organic is wrong -- M9 "none" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:50:41 -0500, "minerva nine" wrote: Is this new behaviour, or has he always done it? How long has he been doing it? How old is he? -- M9 He has been doing this for about two months and is nine years old. He lives with two other cats and none of them are ever allowed to run free. The cats have their own nice warm south facing porch protected by chicken wire where they can lay in the sun and watch the birds and stuff. We live in the woods in an isolated rural situation. The other two cats are Nick 15 years old who is feral. He has never allowed us to touch him but he will sleep at the foot of our bed and gets along well with the other cats and us otherwise. He is our only mouser which is very important to us living as we do out here in the woods-our place would be over-run with field mice without him. Little Man is a young stray we brought in a little over a year ago who seems to have adjusted well to our household. Affectionate and always knocking things off the desk and tables to get our attention when he wants something from us. Just a good sound all-around stray barn cat. Happy we got from my niece when he was about 5 years old when she could no longer keep him. He is a Siamese. He is a very people-centric cat who has little interest in the other cats. He sleeps between us in the bed. He is always the first to notice our leaving the house and the only one sitting in the window waiting for our return when we come driving up the driveway. It could be the most beautiful warm day with the other two cats sitting in the sun out on the porch but happy will be right next to me on the desk as I work on office stuff. His humans seem to mean everything to him. I wish I could do something for him.... I'm thinking of bringing him into the University Vet school to see what they might have to say. The local vets are primarily large animal vets for the local farmers and may not be up on cat behavior problems. Grandpa |
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"none" wrote in message ... My cat is licking off big bald spots of fur. The spots are on his belly back and front leg. We have had him to the Vet twice. Full exam with blood tests etc and we have always given him excellent vet care and food and affection. Any ideas? Very worried about my old friend "Happy". Grandpa Pulling his hair generaly means stress, boredom or habit. Try finding out what may have happened 2 moths ago when he started this. Since he's madically OK, he is either still doing it cos of stress or now he's too used to doing it to stop. Pls check some of the sites I found on Google search: http://www.vetinfo.com/cathair.html#...ng%20out%20fur http://www.vetinfo.com/catfur.html http://or.essortment.com/atopydiseaseca_rnsc.htm http://medicinegarden.com/Pets/CatPullingHair.html http://www.practical-pet-care.com/ca...04041411395176 http://www.auspet.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000236.html http://www.auspet.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000180.html http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/Advic...ehavior/06.htm http://www.billingsgazette.com/commu...1009_cvet.html http://www.voy.com/74269/7.html http://handicappedpets.com/msgboard....msgnum=1007957 Gee |
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