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Line of Demarcation?
Persia was in my lap while I was typing early this morning. I noticed she
had some dandruff by the base of her tail so I gave her a good scritching along her spinal cord and promised her I'd brush her later while saying "kitty scritches!". She loves that! (I also promised myself I'd rub her down with one of those bath cloths.) I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. Her fur is all the same shade so I really had no idea there was this difference in her fur. When stroked downward it all feels the same and looks the same; silky soft. The light just happened to catch it right this morning when she was in my lap; that's how I noticed it. What's up with this? Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
Persia was in my lap while I was typing early this morning. I noticed she had some dandruff by the base of her tail so I gave her a good scritching along her spinal cord and promised her I'd brush her later while saying "kitty scritches!". She loves that! (I also promised myself I'd rub her down with one of those bath cloths.) I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. Her fur is all the same shade so I really had no idea there was this difference in her fur. When stroked downward it all feels the same and looks the same; silky soft. The light just happened to catch it right this morning when she was in my lap; that's how I noticed it. What's up with this? Jill I used to have a big black cat named Nicky when I was a kid. He had the same thing, the fur on his back half was much oilier and he used to get dandruff at the base of his tail too. Vino never gets it, he's very rabbitty in his fur. It's super fine and floofy and with a twitch of his skin, he can arrange it all perfectly after a heavy petting session :-) -- Britta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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Line of Demarcation?
jmcquown wrote:
I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. I think there's a condition where cats get dandruff around their tail, but IIRC it's supposed to affect only male cats. It's not life-threatening, but you might want to mention it to the vet. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... jmcquown wrote: I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. I think there's a condition where cats get dandruff around their tail, but IIRC it's supposed to affect only male cats. It's not life-threatening, but you might want to mention it to the vet. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Are you thinking of "stud tail"? I just googled it, and it says it's not necessarily sex-related. They compare it to adult-onset acne in humans. Sandy |
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Line of Demarcation?
Sandy wrote:
"Marina" wrote in message ... jmcquown wrote: I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. I think there's a condition where cats get dandruff around their tail, but IIRC it's supposed to affect only male cats. It's not life-threatening, but you might want to mention it to the vet. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Are you thinking of "stud tail"? I just googled it, and it says it's not necessarily sex-related. They compare it to adult-onset acne in humans. Sandy Yes, that's it. I suppose the 'stud' in the name of the condition had me thinking it only affected males. ;o) -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
... Persia was in my lap while I was typing early this morning. I noticed she had some dandruff by the base of her tail so I gave her a good scritching along her spinal cord and promised her I'd brush her later while saying "kitty scritches!". She loves that! (I also promised myself I'd rub her down with one of those bath cloths.) I've had this girl for 4 years. I can't believe I've never noticed this before! While I was scritching her back I noticed she has an obvious line of demarcation just after her front legs end. Above there, the fur is nice and smooth and even if you ruffle it backwards, it lays back flat. Right behind this "line" (which you can see if the light is right), if you ruffle the fur backwards it stays standing up. It's thicker and feels more 'oily', if that makes any sense. And it stays standing up unless you smooth it down. It's past this line she gets the dandruff, although it's mostly right above her tail. Her fur is all the same shade so I really had no idea there was this difference in her fur. When stroked downward it all feels the same and looks the same; silky soft. The light just happened to catch it right this morning when she was in my lap; that's how I noticed it. What's up with this? Shmogg has one too. I used to think it was from the time when I first got him that he chewed his fur off up to that line[1] and that his fur never grew back quite as well as the 'original' fur. I now wonder if its something else. Yowie [1] he is allergic to fleas and I had *no clue* about what to do about fleas, as the only other cat I knew at that point in time never seemed to be bothered by fleas. I now know better. |
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