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Cat losing fur...any cat people out there?
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 685314" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Nomad - One of our cats had this issue several years ago. Poor baby - started losing fur at base of tail and it spread to the back half of her entire body and about halfway up her tail. She was pathetic looking!! Our vet said it was a flea allergy. She looked so pitiful.</p><p></p><p>We treated house for fleas, treated her for fleas, treated our other 2 cats for fleas as well, and she eventually grew back her fur. I'm thinking vet gave her steroids as well. Took about 6 months for her to look like her old self. </p><p></p><p>She was the only cat that had this reaction, and it's only happened once. We don't seem to have much of a flea problem around here, but that one year it was bad. We try to keep all our cats inside, but of course she's the one cat who has mastered the art of bolting out the door the second it opens.</p><p></p><p>I would think topical tx would be tough with a cat, unless you keep her in a cone the whole time. Well, topical in terms of on the actual bare spots. The Frontline flea tx goes in between the shoulder blades and they can't get at it.</p><p></p><p>Actually, now that I think about it, every couple of years she does get bumps/sores on her skin - doesn't lose fur like that one time, but definitely is more sensitive to fleas than any of our other cats. </p><p></p><p>Hopefully vet checked your girl for diabetes. We had another cat who had a chronic ear problem and got intermittent steroids for it. Poor baby then developed a whopping case of diabetes, not directly caused by the steroids but definitely made worse by them - a year of insulin shots for him (he was such a sweetie, took it like a champ).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 685314, member: 8"] Nomad - One of our cats had this issue several years ago. Poor baby - started losing fur at base of tail and it spread to the back half of her entire body and about halfway up her tail. She was pathetic looking!! Our vet said it was a flea allergy. She looked so pitiful. We treated house for fleas, treated her for fleas, treated our other 2 cats for fleas as well, and she eventually grew back her fur. I'm thinking vet gave her steroids as well. Took about 6 months for her to look like her old self. She was the only cat that had this reaction, and it's only happened once. We don't seem to have much of a flea problem around here, but that one year it was bad. We try to keep all our cats inside, but of course she's the one cat who has mastered the art of bolting out the door the second it opens. I would think topical tx would be tough with a cat, unless you keep her in a cone the whole time. Well, topical in terms of on the actual bare spots. The Frontline flea tx goes in between the shoulder blades and they can't get at it. Actually, now that I think about it, every couple of years she does get bumps/sores on her skin - doesn't lose fur like that one time, but definitely is more sensitive to fleas than any of our other cats. Hopefully vet checked your girl for diabetes. We had another cat who had a chronic ear problem and got intermittent steroids for it. Poor baby then developed a whopping case of diabetes, not directly caused by the steroids but definitely made worse by them - a year of insulin shots for him (he was such a sweetie, took it like a champ). [/QUOTE]
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