Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!!! (Oryian)

~* Helen *~ · #1 February 9th, 2011, 12:30 PM

My cat is an old lady bless her , shes 16 .. but shes got this strange hairloss at the base of her tail ?? Its not irritating her .. shes eating and drinking normal.. acting normal .. shes not licking the area or its not showing any signs of interfereing or not that i'v seen her do .. will have to try and get a pic of it! .. but any ideas ??

Oriyan · #2 February 9th, 2011, 05:43 PM

Uh huh.

Take her to a vet. Ask them to express her anal glands.

If shes an outside cat, ask them to test her for fecal parasites.

Other things to rule out would be flea allergy, folliculitis, hyperthyroidism, ringworm, and demodex mange.

I would try the anal glands first though. Second, I would get a test for ringworm.

~* Helen *~ · #3 February 10th, 2011, 02:55 AM

Will she need that anal thing doing if she still poops anyway ?? She still pees and poops as normal

Oriyan · #4 February 10th, 2011, 04:50 AM

Yes. Anal glands are two small sacks in the anus that are normally expressed when a dog or cat poops, however, if they become clogged, it can make the animal very uncomfortable. They will drag their butt on the ground, bite their butt and pull out all the hair, etc. If they stay clogged for too long, they can become impacted and infected and instead of 30US to fix it, it will cost 500US.

~* Helen *~ · #5 February 10th, 2011, 12:18 PM

Oooo I see ..I've got pics so will post them when upload em on the comp!!!

Mjp121212 · #6 February 10th, 2011, 05:09 PM

My cats both have had similar sounding spots of no hair and they had lil tiny booboo's that I didn;t see. They pulled out their hair so they could clean it I guess.

~* Helen *~ · #7 February 13th, 2011, 12:54 PM

Ok have had a closer look and gone through her fur there .. well her skin is very flakey ?? Almost like excema ??? Its not sore or irritable as she allowed me to look through properly for quite a while !!!

Oriyan · #8 February 13th, 2011, 03:49 PM

Helen that can be anything from mange, flea allergies, food allergy or just a lack of oil in the diet. Try finding something called Linatone (its given orally, its like a gel paste for cats usually found in hairball prevention) and try that for a week. If that does not work she will need a vet to rule out mange.