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Loss of fur due to scratching
We have a 6 1/2 year old female who tends to scratch the fur off her skin in
areas on her back, sides, and rear underbelly around her legs. We have taken her to the Vet. He gave her a temporary solution of a cortisone shot. He also recommended flea drops instead of the collars we were using. We use the flea drops now on all our cats. What is weird is that her 2 daughters are fine and not doing this excessive scratching. I cannot afford to shuttle her to the Vet every time she loses hair. -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Loss of fur due to scratching
"gerri via CatKB.com" u22349@uwe wrote in message news:60f1d58d74386@uwe... We have a 6 1/2 year old female who tends to scratch the fur off her skin in areas on her back, sides, and rear underbelly around her legs. We have taken her to the Vet. He gave her a temporary solution of a cortisone shot. He also recommended flea drops instead of the collars we were using. We use the flea drops now on all our cats. What is weird is that her 2 daughters are fine and not doing this excessive scratching. I cannot afford to shuttle her to the Vet every time she loses hair. She is probably allergic to something. Get her on good canned food (meat as the first ingredient, no wheat gluten or corn) and give her 2 mgs of Chlortrimeton every 12 hours, just the allergy kind, not the "D" or decongestant kind. See thread above, "I have a question." Also, cats do this if they are upset about something. I had a cat that was going bald (your cat is likely licking the fur of her belly etc) until I figured out why she was overgrooming. (My other cat had started invading her turf every night, sleeping on her bed. I stopped that by visiting with the other cat downstairs, voila, no more overgrooming, fur grew back in.) P.S. My cat also gets the Depo Medrol shots, and you are wise to keep them to a minimum, they have bad side effects when used too much--like diabetes. Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
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Loss of fur due to scratching
gerri via CatKB.com wrote: We have a 6 1/2 year old female who tends to scratch the fur off her skin in areas on her back, sides, and rear underbelly around her legs. We have taken her to the Vet. He gave her a temporary solution of a cortisone shot. He also recommended flea drops instead of the collars we were using. We use the flea drops now on all our cats. What is weird is that her 2 daughters are fine and not doing this excessive scratching. I cannot afford to shuttle her to the Vet every time she loses hair. -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com does not have parasites like giardia or cryptosporidium? |
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