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Siamese going gray
My 12 year old Traditional Siamese, who has looked like a kitten his
entire life, is quickly going gray on his body all of a sudden. :-( He developed diabetes this year, probably as a result of the prednisone shots he had to get to stop himself from scratching all his fur off around his head and neck (he apparently is allergic to something, and this was the second time in a couple of years he had the problem, but we never found out what. It wasn't food - we switched him to rabbit - very expensive - as per vet's instructions, and, after many months, with his fur back and him back to normal, save for the diabetes, she suggested trying a sample of the original food to see if that was the cause. It wasn't - no reaction. The allergen must be something used in the house occasionally, rather than food. So, we keep an eye on him. If the fur removal starts again, we should be able to deduce what product we used in recent days that we don't normally use.) Alan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please use address alanh77[at]comcast.net to reply via e-mail. ** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 and eComStation 1.21 BBS - The Nerve Center Telnet FidoNet 261/1000 tncbbs.no-ip.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Siamese going gray
Hi Alan,
Did he lose some fur? I have Siamese, and unless it's medical (which the others will know more about) it could be one of several things. Firstly, what colour is he? Many siamese darken with age, so this could be the cause of the 'grayness' as the darkening is not as dark as the points, but a kind of 'shading'. The other reason might be the fur loss; after losing fur Siamese usually grow the replacement fur back darker. If he looks mottled or patchy this would be why, and it will grow back normally after his next seasonal moult. Now as for allergic reactions, I've never had any, but I have modern Siamese which are slightly different to Traditionals. I have had fur loss under stress, so look for any causes of stress, especially territorial such as a neighbourhood cat terrorizing him through windows. Check around your door and window frames for male cat spray (about 1ft from the ground downwards); it smells metallic and glows under UV light. If there is a spraying thing, either from him or outside from another cat, try putting a door snake at the bottom of the offending door, and keeping him away from offending windows until he settles down. Other allergies that cause fur loss are detergents, flea allergy (quite common and even 1 flea bite can set it off), floor cleaners, even room fresheners in some sensitive cats. Have a look at his whole environment, and try and figure if anything has changed, either stress-wise or allergen-wise. Anyway, I'm just throwing ideas around. I don't know much about diabetes, but many of the others do and I'm sure will have something of value to contribute. Best wishes for your kitty wrote in message .net... My 12 year old Traditional Siamese, who has looked like a kitten his entire life, is quickly going gray on his body all of a sudden. :-( He developed diabetes this year, probably as a result of the prednisone shots he had to get to stop himself from scratching all his fur off around his head and neck (he apparently is allergic to something, and this was the second time in a couple of years he had the problem, but we never found out what. It wasn't food - we switched him to rabbit - very expensive - as per vet's instructions, and, after many months, with his fur back and him back to normal, save for the diabetes, she suggested trying a sample of the original food to see if that was the cause. It wasn't - no reaction. The allergen must be something used in the house occasionally, rather than food. So, we keep an eye on him. If the fur removal starts again, we should be able to deduce what product we used in recent days that we don't normally use.) Alan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please use address alanh77[at]comcast.net to reply via e-mail. ** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 and eComStation 1.21 BBS - The Nerve Center Telnet FidoNet 261/1000 tncbbs.no-ip.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Siamese going gray
In , on 11/17/06
at 02:46 AM, "meeee" said: Did he lose some fur? I have Siamese, and unless it's medical (which the others will know more about) it could be one of several things. Firstly, He'd lost fur before (allergy problems), but the fur grew back normally colored. He's a seal point, so he was dark. what colour is he? Many siamese darken with age, so this could be the cause of the 'grayness' as the darkening is not as dark as the points, but a kind of 'shading'. The other reason might be the fur loss; after No, this is going gray like an old man, or an old dog's muzzle. losing fur Siamese usually grow the replacement fur back darker. If he looks mottled or patchy this would be why, and it will grow back normally after his next seasonal moult. Now as for allergic reactions, I've never had any, but I have modern Siamese which are slightly different to Traditionals. I have had fur loss under stress, so look for any causes of stress, especially territorial such as a neighbourhood cat terrorizing him through windows. Check around your door and window frames for male cat spray (about 1ft from the ground downwards); it smells metallic and glows under UV light. If there is a spraying thing, either from him or outside from another cat, try putting a door snake at the bottom of the offending door, and keeping him away from offending windows until he settles down. Other allergies that cause fur loss are detergents, flea allergy (quite common and even 1 flea bite can set it off), floor cleaners, even room fresheners in some sensitive cats. Have a look at his whole environment, and try and figure if anything has changed, either stress-wise or allergen-wise. Anyway, I'm just throwing ideas around. I don't know much about diabetes, but many of the others do and I'm sure will have something of value to contribute. Best wishes for your kitty Thanks for the ideas, but none fit the situation. Alan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please use address alanh77[at]comcast.net to reply via e-mail. ** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 and eComStation 1.21 BBS - The Nerve Center Telnet FidoNet 261/1000 tncbbs.no-ip.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Siamese going gray
Thanks for the ideas, but none fit the situation. Alan Sorry I couldn't help, Alan. All I can suggest is that you pop into a Siamese breeder forum; they will be more likely to have experience with it. Here are a few I just googled http://www.hawaiiforums.net/SiameseWorld/ http://www.siamesecatchat.com/ http://forums.cathobbyist.com/forum.php?catid=105 Here's an old style siamese site with lots of links, try some people from there. http://www.oldstylesiamese.com/ |
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