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Old February 3rd 11, 04:38 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Peter Elem
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My female spayed cat has been biting her hair out leaving bald spots in
various places on her body. Seems to be constantly scratching and biting
herself. I will see a vet as soon as possible but does anybody have any
experience with this? Thanks in advance.


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Old February 3rd 11, 04:42 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Matthew[_3_]
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"Peter Elem" wrote in message
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My female spayed cat has been biting her hair out leaving bald spots in
various places on her body. Seems to be constantly scratching and biting
herself. I will see a vet as soon as possible but does anybody have any
experience with this? Thanks in advance.



Sounds like an allergy


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Old February 3rd 11, 10:25 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Rene
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On Feb 3, 9:38*am, "Peter Elem" wrote:
My female spayed cat has been biting her hair out leaving bald spots in
various places on her body. Seems to be constantly scratching and biting
herself. I will see a vet as soon as possible but does anybody have any
experience with this? Thanks in advance.


It could be any number of things. Like Matthew said, possibly an
allergy to her food or other item(s) in the house. She may have a
parasite that's bothering her and may need to be treated. Or, it could
be stress related.

What kind of food do you feed? Does it contain grains? Things like
corn and fish are common allergens.

Either way, yes, please see the vet to rule out parasites at the very
least. Sometimes, hair pulling can take a while to resolve.

Rene
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Old February 4th 11, 02:12 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Bill Graham
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Rene wrote:
On Feb 3, 9:38 am, "Peter Elem" wrote:
My female spayed cat has been biting her hair out leaving bald spots
in various places on her body. Seems to be constantly scratching and
biting herself. I will see a vet as soon as possible but does
anybody have any experience with this? Thanks in advance.


It could be any number of things. Like Matthew said, possibly an
allergy to her food or other item(s) in the house. She may have a
parasite that's bothering her and may need to be treated. Or, it could
be stress related.

What kind of food do you feed? Does it contain grains? Things like
corn and fish are common allergens.

Either way, yes, please see the vet to rule out parasites at the very
least. Sometimes, hair pulling can take a while to resolve.

Rene


Frequent brushing helped this a lot with our feral male, who also has some
kind of skin condition, similar to psoraises. Also, my wife bought some kind
of salve from a cat drugstore on the internet, and it helps stop the itching
too. Between the two, Smokey's scin has cleared up pretty well, and he is
happy again.

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Old February 4th 11, 03:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
chaniarts
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Bill Graham wrote:
Rene wrote:
On Feb 3, 9:38 am, "Peter Elem" wrote:
My female spayed cat has been biting her hair out leaving bald spots
in various places on her body. Seems to be constantly scratching and
biting herself. I will see a vet as soon as possible but does
anybody have any experience with this? Thanks in advance.


It could be any number of things. Like Matthew said, possibly an
allergy to her food or other item(s) in the house. She may have a
parasite that's bothering her and may need to be treated. Or, it
could be stress related.

What kind of food do you feed? Does it contain grains? Things like
corn and fish are common allergens.

Either way, yes, please see the vet to rule out parasites at the very
least. Sometimes, hair pulling can take a while to resolve.

Rene


Frequent brushing helped this a lot with our feral male, who also has
some kind of skin condition, similar to psoraises. Also, my wife
bought some kind of salve from a cat drugstore on the internet, and
it helps stop the itching too. Between the two, Smokey's scin has
cleared up pretty well, and he is happy again.


the rescue i work at occasionally has breakouts of ringworm that look a lot
like this.


 




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