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Hair loss
My 7 year old female brown long hair tabby started leaving tufts of hair
all over the place during the last week. Surely, she loses hair every now and then, but this time the hair loss seems to be excessive. Let me give a few particulars in order to aid in your giving me some help/direction. Most amazingly, although her hair loss seems to be excessive, at least compared to her hair loss pattern over the years, her coat seems to be in great shape! Her coat is shinny and healthy looking, without a hint of bald spots. Her health (appetite, bowel movements, urination, and attitude) are perfectly normal. We live in south eastern Florida and recently have been entering into a cold spell, which would lead one not to expect hair loss. Also, Kismet has eosinophilia granulatoma which was treated with a depot steroid about three weeks ago. She has had such treatments sporadically over the last three years with no apparent hair loss. Given that overall she seems quite healthy and normal, my only "naive" thought is that she is going through a period of normal shedding and putting on a "new" coat. What do you guys think? Thanks, Adam |
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"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message ... in article , Flycaster at wrote on 12/20/04 7:06 PM: My 7 year old female brown long hair tabby started leaving tufts of hair all over the place during the last week. Surely, she loses hair every now and then, but this time the hair loss seems to be excessive. Let me give a few particulars in order to aid in your giving me some help/direction. Most amazingly, although her hair loss seems to be excessive, at least compared to her hair loss pattern over the years, her coat seems to be in great shape! Her coat is shinny and healthy looking, without a hint of bald spots. Her health (appetite, bowel movements, urination, and attitude) are perfectly normal. We live in south eastern Florida and recently have been entering into a cold spell, which would lead one not to expect hair loss. Also, Kismet has eosinophilia granulatoma which was treated with a depot steroid about three weeks ago. She has had such treatments sporadically over the last three years with no apparent hair loss. Given that overall she seems quite healthy and normal, my only "naive" thought is that she is going through a period of normal shedding and putting on a "new" coat. What do you guys think? Thanks, Adam Well, if the coat is in good shape, no bald spots and everything else is OK, I wouldn't worry. Seeing as this cat was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granulatoma," can you tell me what this is? I did a web search on this and nothing came up. Judy |
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Judy wrote:
"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message ... in article , Flycaster at wrote on 12/20/04 7:06 PM: My 7 year old female brown long hair tabby started leaving tufts of hair all over the place during the last week. Surely, she loses hair every now and then, but this time the hair loss seems to be excessive. Let me give a few particulars in order to aid in your giving me some help/direction. Most amazingly, although her hair loss seems to be excessive, at least compared to her hair loss pattern over the years, her coat seems to be in great shape! Her coat is shinny and healthy looking, without a hint of bald spots. Her health (appetite, bowel movements, urination, and attitude) are perfectly normal. We live in south eastern Florida and recently have been entering into a cold spell, which would lead one not to expect hair loss. Also, Kismet has eosinophilia granulatoma which was treated with a depot steroid about three weeks ago. She has had such treatments sporadically over the last three years with no apparent hair loss. Given that overall she seems quite healthy and normal, my only "naive" thought is that she is going through a period of normal shedding and putting on a "new" coat. What do you guys think? Thanks, Adam Well, if the coat is in good shape, no bald spots and everything else is OK, I wouldn't worry. Seeing as this cat was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granulatoma," can you tell me what this is? I did a web search on this and nothing came up. Judy Your search failed because I misspelled the word "granuloma." Here's the results of a Google search: http://www.google.com/search?num=50&...nuloma&spell=1 |
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"Judy" wrote : Seeing as this cat was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granulatoma," can you tell me what this is? I did a web search on this and nothing came up. Judy, My 5-year-old females was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granuloma" after she was diagnosed with asthma and they found some little bumps on the backs of her legs. (The kind she has is called "linear granuloma" and the vet says it is rare. It just means "bumps in a line" from what I can tell.) Someone below sent you some links for the "eosinophilia granuloma complex," so you can read more. It manifests as different things--sometimes an ulcer on the lip, but usually some sort of skin disturbance. It is, like asthma, allergy related. She was diagnosed over two years ago and the only thing I do for her is get her Depo Medrol shots if I see her wheeze or cough or if the bumps on the back of her legs come back. (This is a powerful and really effective steroid injection, but with repeated use brings side effects like diabetes, so the idea is to get your cat as few as possible while still controlling the condition. It works wonders, but there are also other treatments with less side effects that you may discuss with your vet.) But back to hair loss. About three months ago I started finding tufts of her fur (she is a shorthaired cat) around and noticed a small bald patch on her side. I attributed it to overgrooming from stress due to our other cat coming into her territory for the first time, but now I am not so sure. She now has a very stylish "fade" looking do-it-herself haircut on one entire side of her body. In other words she has licked the fur completely off the entire area she can reach, all the way up to the pretty longer fur at her back bone, so that it looks sort of mohawkey. I sometimes notice very small bumps, but cannot be sure if the licking causes them or they cause the licking. But I know for sure it is time for a Depo shot. The thing is she does not seem to be in any discomfort. But I have noticed that she keeps the backs of her legs bald, too--and her tummy around where her spay incision is. |
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Mary wrote:
"Judy" wrote : Seeing as this cat was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granulatoma," can you tell me what this is? I did a web search on this and nothing came up. Judy, My 5-year-old females was diagnosed with "eosinophilia granuloma" after she was diagnosed with asthma and they found some little bumps on the backs of her legs. (The kind she has is called "linear granuloma" and the vet says it is rare. It just means "bumps in a line" from what I can tell.) Someone below sent you some links for the "eosinophilia granuloma complex," so you can read more. It manifests as different things--sometimes an ulcer on the lip, but usually some sort of skin disturbance. It is, like asthma, allergy related. She was diagnosed over two years ago and the only thing I do for her is get her Depo Medrol shots if I see her wheeze or cough or if the bumps on the back of her legs come back. (This is a powerful and really effective steroid injection, but with repeated use brings side effects like diabetes, so the idea is to get your cat as few as possible while still controlling the condition. It works wonders, but there are also other treatments with less side effects that you may discuss with your vet.) But back to hair loss. About three months ago I started finding tufts of her fur (she is a shorthaired cat) around and noticed a small bald patch on her side. I attributed it to overgrooming from stress due to our other cat coming into her territory for the first time, but now I am not so sure. She now has a very stylish "fade" looking do-it-herself haircut on one entire side of her body. In other words she has licked the fur completely off the entire area she can reach, all the way up to the pretty longer fur at her back bone, so that it looks sort of mohawkey. I sometimes notice very small bumps, but cannot be sure if the licking causes them or they cause the licking. But I know for sure it is time for a Depo shot. The thing is she does not seem to be in any discomfort. But I have noticed that she keeps the backs of her legs bald, too--and her tummy around where her spay incision is. My cat manifests EG by having swollen lip margins. Depo Medrol does do the trick when this issue doesn't resolve by itself. DM is a great drug and cats do tolerate it much better than do dogs. However, it is a good idea to only use it when necessary and try not to use it too often. I believe that in humans, hair loss has been reported with its use and i guess anything can happen in animals, too. But as my cat presently shows a good caot, albeit there appears to be a lot of tuffed hair loss, I'll just keep an eye on her. |
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