Re: Stress related hair loss?

2006-11-03 Thread Kelley Saveika
ting (which is why I thought the head was ringworm).   I will see about the Benadryl and I'd probably go for the compounded stuff too..this poor baby is so sick of meds..  On 11/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought stress related hair loss in cats is usually

Re: Stress related hair loss? (a NEW 8% fiber cat food)

2006-11-03 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi there.. Well, the high fiber isn't due to the hair loss.  The high fiber is due to the chronic diarrhea.   At this point he is not convinced that she has IBD.  It may have been giardia for all this time that was just not detected in the initial fecal.  My normal vet did not diagnose her with IBD

Re: Stress related hair loss?

2006-11-02 Thread Lernermichelle
I thought stress related hair loss in cats is usually on the belly and legs from them pulling it out.  If it is stress related, though, try Benadryl.  My vet prescribed it for Patches, and it stops her from pulling her hair out. Without it she had a bald belly and back legs.  I get it

Re: Stress related hair loss? (a NEW 8% fiber cat food)

2006-11-02 Thread Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn
I have a hairless cat here too, well, he was just in my lap until I just had to get up to blow my nose from reading about Dharma passing. The scraping, cultures, and biopsies didn't discover anything on him. He tends to fluctuate with his baldness. A month or so will go by, and he'll grow som

Stress related hair loss?

2006-11-02 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi guys,   I took my Ciara in to see the vet again yesterday.  (She is my IBD? kitty).  She had stomatitis and had 8 teeth removed to address that.  She was diagnosed at that vet (not my regular vet) with IBD.  Now we are wondering if it is actually Giardia, and not IBD, which would be a relief.  S