He doesn't seem to be overly itchy. It actually doesn't seem to bother him at all. How would he have gotten mites? All my cats are indoors. I've had him for over a year now and he was much sicker when I first got him. He seems to be healthy now. I was also watching him play last night and it appears his brother likes to bop him on the head. Could that be it?
> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:57:45 -0800 > From: Hotmail Junk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hair Loss > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > My Gray Kitty has had some hair loss too, however, his is due to his > Prednisolone. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 23, 2010, at 6:24 AM, "Laurieskatz" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Demodex mite is a possibility. Is he real itchy? > > The clumps and itching are what Coco had. It's hard to find the > > mites as > > they are very small. They can apparently live on the animal and if > > their > > immune system is compromised the mite can start affecting them. Coco > > was on > > steroids and that shut down her immune system and then we had the mite > > problem. She had to have lyme baths. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carol Tsai > > Begnoche > > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Hair Loss > > > > Hi all. My 1 year old FeLV+ male cat has started to have some hair > > loss on > > his head and neck. I noticed a bit of a bald spot on his neck a few > > days > > ago with a small scratch (he plays rough with his brother). I > > didn't think > > anything of it as I thought maybe he just scratched the hair off. > > Then I > > noticed that the top of his head had some balding spot. This > > evening I > > noticed an entire clump of hair missing on top of his head. I > > haven't seen > > him scratch or act any differently. He still lets me pet him. I > > haven't > > changed his diet or environment. He seems to be eating normally and > > drinking too. I'm at a loss. I plan to call my vet and take him in > > if this > > doesn't improve in the next couple days. Any ideas on what this > > could be? > > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
