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Molting Cat
A cat has been making appearances in my yard who is missing a lot of
fur. There's a large patch on his back where too much bare skin is showing. The skin looks healthy, the cat seems ok. I trapped him, he isn't feral, doesn't have fleas. Any likely causes of the hair loss? http://www.spiretech.com/~guynoir/livestock/molt01.JPG http://www.spiretech.com/~guynoir/livestock/molt02.JPG -- John Kimmel GET YER STINKING PAWS OFF ME YOU DAMN DIRTY APE! |
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Molting Cat
"John Kimmel" wrote in message
.. . A cat has been making appearances in my yard who is missing a lot of fur. There's a large patch on his back where too much bare skin is showing. The skin looks healthy, the cat seems ok. I trapped him, he isn't feral, doesn't have fleas. Any likely causes of the hair loss? http://www.spiretech.com/~guynoir/livestock/molt01.JPG http://www.spiretech.com/~guynoir/livestock/molt02.JPG -- John Kimmel Even if he doesn't have fleas on him he could have flea allergy , just one flea bite can set this off. Why have you trapped him? Alison |
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Molting Cat
If the bare skin looks healthy, it's probably not feline mange
(scabies). It might be ringworm, but that usually appears on the cat's head. Here's a website on causes of hair loss in cats. http://www.peteducation.com/article....&articleid=195 Another possibility is that he got a cut on his back that's healed, but the hair hasn't grown back yet. Our cat, Phred, scraped his tail a few months ago, and although the cut healed quickly, it took a long time for the hair to grow back. Phred's missing hair patch was much larger than his cut because he licked it so much. digbklyn |
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