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Kitten is losing hair
We have just recently gotten a new kitten that came from a litter of
outdoor cats. She was fine for the first couple of days and now over the past week she has started to lose have above her eyes and in the middle of the top of her head. She is about 7 weeks old right now. We contacted the person we got the kitten from and she said that some of the other kittens had started to lose there hair but she then put them back outside with her mother and now they are starting to grow there hair back. Any suggestions on what might be causing this and what we could do to cure this. Thanks |
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On Jul 2, 9:02 am, T wrote:
In article .com, says... We have just recently gotten a new kitten that came from a litter of outdoor cats. She was fine for the first couple of days and now over the past week she has started to lose have above her eyes and in the middle of the top of her head. She is about 7 weeks old right now. We contacted the person we got the kitten from and she said that some of the other kittens had started to lose there hair but she then put them back outside with her mother and now they are starting to grow there hair back. Any suggestions on what might be causing this and what we could do to cure this. Thanks Maybe it's ringworm. I've not yet run across a kitten from a private party that didn't have ringworm. Is there anything that is over the counter that we can give her? |
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Kitten is losing hair
On Jul 2, 9:26 pm, "
wrote: On Jul 2, 9:02 am, T wrote: In article .com, says... We have just recently gotten a new kitten that came from a litter of outdoor cats. She was fine for the first couple of days and now over the past week she has started to lose have above her eyes and in the middle of the top of her head. She is about 7 weeks old right now. We contacted the person we got the kitten from and she said that some of the other kittens had started to lose there hair but she then put them back outside with her mother and now they are starting to grow there hair back. Any suggestions on what might be causing this and what we could do to cure this. Thanks Maybe it's ringworm. I've not yet run across a kitten from a private party that didn't have ringworm. Is there anything that is over the counter that we can give her?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I like to use topical Conofite cream (from the vet) for kittens with ringworm. It is basically the same thing used for athlete's foot (ringworm is a fungus) and the active ingredients are Miconazole nitrate 20mg/g. Just look for that ingredient in the athlete's foot fungal cream. I know that others have gotten it over the counter that way before. Put it on the affected skin 2-3 times a day. It is always a good idea to have a vet take a look though, because it could be something other than ringworm. Debbie |
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Kitten is losing hair
wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 2, 9:02 am, T wrote: In article .com, says... We have just recently gotten a new kitten that came from a litter of outdoor cats. She was fine for the first couple of days and now over the past week she has started to lose have above her eyes and in the middle of the top of her head. She is about 7 weeks old right now. We contacted the person we got the kitten from and she said that some of the other kittens had started to lose there hair but she then put them back outside with her mother and now they are starting to grow there hair back. Any suggestions on what might be causing this and what we could do to cure this. Thanks Maybe it's ringworm. I've not yet run across a kitten from a private party that didn't have ringworm. Is there anything that is over the counter that we can give her? ------- A diagnosis of ringworm is made from a skin scraping that's been sent to a laboratory, although it can also be diagnosed with a wood's lamp. Hair loss could be a symptom of any number of possible ailments. You should not be treating your cat for ringworm unless you know for sure that's what it is. Mostly because you could be missing the real diagnosis. You need to take her to a veterinarian for a bonafide diagnosis. (Ringworm is quite contagious by the way). Best regards, ---Cindy S. |
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