Fur changes after an illness

Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

Mishi

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Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

Mishi

How old is she? They do have color changes in their fur over time. I sure
hope they are all well now. The speckled whiskers are what cracks me up.

Jo

Mishi wrote:

Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu.

I'm so sorry about Katie. I'm glad Widu made it, though.

It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

That sounds like a good theory. Usually, a Siamese will get darker over
its body as the cat ages, maybe because their circulation isn't as good?
So their body surface tends to cool. But what could have lightned your
cat's face? A fever seems like a good guess to me.

In any case, I'm very sorry about your loss, and I'm glad everyone else
is getting better.

Amanda's nose-touches sound very cute. My cat Roxy loves to do this, too.

Joyce

Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

I had something like that happen with my Ishmael - he was black and
white and the black areas turned grey from the roots. I figured out
it was biotin deficiency - the foods used for treating urinary tract
problems often contain a lot of egg, which binds to biotin (we had
him on the Hills c/d). So I got some biotin supplement capsules and
mixed them in with his food. After a few weeks his fur went black
again.

The capsules I used were intended for humans, 300mcg. About one a
week - I opened the capsules and sprinkled the stuff on his food.
I kept this up as long as he was on the Hills food (which was a few
years, until they changed the formula and he wouldn't eat it).

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Mishi wrote:

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

A Siamese's fur colour relates to how warm they are- the warmer the cat the
paler the fur. When she had the URI she probably had a touch of fever and
that's caused the hair to change colour. Her fur should return to normal
after her next moult when the affected hairs fall out

Lesley

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On Jul 3, 4:51 am, "Lesley via CatKB.com" u27720@uwe wrote:
Mishi wrote:

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

A Siamese's fur colour relates to how warm they are- the warmer the cat the
paler the fur. When she had the URI she probably had a touch of fever and
that's caused the hair to change colour. Her fur should return to normal
after her next moult when the affected hairs fall out

Lesley

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I've heard that. I even remember reading that a Siamese cat whose had
a cast put on an injured leg will have lighter-colored hair grow in on
that leg, since the temperature under the cast is warmer. But the
normal hair color will grow back in after the cast is removed.

It hadn't occurred to me that a fever might cause the same kind of
effect. Very interesting!

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

On 2007-07-03 08:50:07 -0700, Gabey8 said:

On Jul 3, 4:51 am, "Lesley via CatKB.com" u27720@uwe wrote:
Mishi wrote:

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

A Siamese's fur colour relates to how warm they are- the warmer the cat the
paler the fur. When she had the URI she probably had a touch of fever and
that's caused the hair to change colour. Her fur should return to normal
after her next moult when the affected hairs fall out

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200707/1

I've heard that. I even remember reading that a Siamese cat whose had
a cast put on an injured leg will have lighter-colored hair grow in on
that leg, since the temperature under the cast is warmer. But the
normal hair color will grow back in after the cast is removed.

It hadn't occurred to me that a fever might cause the same kind of
effect. Very interesting!

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

When Ming had an abscess on his side and had to have a big patch
shaved, the shaved part grew in darker at first, but then lightened
back up in a couple of weeks.


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On Jul 2, 10:00 pm, Mishi wrote:
Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

Mishi

Frankie's hair changed when he got sick once, too. It also changes any
time there's
trauma to the skin. He even got a spot shaved for surgery once and the
hair came
in black.
It'll probably change back by the time he gets his winter coat.
Frank's always did.

Sherry

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Jul 2, 10:00 pm, Mishi wrote:
Recently, I had a URI go through my clowder. I lost one cat, Katie to
it, and I almost lost Widu. It has been a long recovery for her.but
she is getting much better, and will give me kisses if I ask her.
(Little nose into the air, and touching mine.) Amanda, my siamese mix
had a fairly mild case of it. But, a few days after we noticed that
her face fur looked different, but couldn't quite figure it out. After
about a week, we realized that her dark fur (she is seal point) is
being replaced with beige fur. Right now she looks like she has a
speckled face - very different! We keep asking her when she is going
to get her face back, and she squeeks at us. (Amanda: How to heck do I
know!) We think she had a fever and it warmed up her face, so the fur
that is growing back will darken over time.

Has anyone else had this happen with a siamese?

Mishi

Frankie's hair changed when he got sick once, too. It also changes any
time there's
trauma to the skin. He even got a spot shaved for surgery once and the
hair came
in black.
It'll probably change back by the time he gets his winter coat.
Frank's always did.

Sherry


Jake has a shaved spot on his hip from his surgery. I'll have to keep an
eye on it as it grows in.

Jo