Possible skin condition my cat may have, have u had your feline experience the SAME??

Gabriella (our cat) for the last 3 months keeps licking her tummy over and over and there's a bald spot now.


But there's NO RASH! It's not red, nothing but plain white skin (looks normal other than the fact that she's licking her fur off in that area)


Yes, I'm taking her to the vet, but if your cat has experienced the same, what is the 'condition' possibly?? Do you know??


THank you

Possible skin condition my cat may have, have u had your feline experience the SAME??
Same thing happened to my cat.





It was her food.


Corn and wheat cause skin problems. Read labels and switch to a more natural food (my favorites listed below)


Remember treats. My kitty's fur was just growing back when I gave her some Pounce treats. The next day it looked like I pulled out the hair in tufts. It was all over my living room and her tummy was bald again.





It was definitely the food in my cat's case.





Look into Innova EVO, it's doing great things for allergic cats. California Natural, Felidae, Wellness, and Artemis are also good.
Reply:I heard of this happening on a friends cat, and it might either be the cat is stressed or else it is a ring worm. My guess is that it is a ring worm =)
Reply:i wouldn't guess ringworm if the cat's been doing it for three months. if it were happening anywhere else in addition to the belly or if it looked rashy, i might think it was allergies of some sort (to flea bites, food ingredients, plastics, pollens, whatever), but as it's only on the belly %26amp; there is no redness, i'd be more likely to think it was a behavioral issue than anything else.





my siamese has done this for years and her stomach is pretty bald. the vet i worked for had me wipe her belly with a cotton ball of white vinegar (be careful not to get it near the face) %26amp; give her fish oil supplements - it seems to help.
Reply:If the it just hair loss i could be many things but i would most likely thinkone of a these. Either fleas which can cause itching and licking but from what you discribe i doubt it. Next it could be stress but that would most like be all over hair loss same as fleas. The last possibility could be you have an OCD cat that overly cleans its self till the hair is gone. Kinda like the guy that washes his hands 12 times cause he can't help himself. good luck.
Reply:It could be anything from flea allergy (1 flea bite in allergic cat can set off excessive licking) food allergy, nervous behavior, possibly ring worm, etc. I have dealt with all that in my own cats and in the clinics I have worked in.
Reply:There's a lot of reasons for obsessive grooming, from stress to allergies (food or seasonal or fleas) to organ disease. It can be tricky to figure out why. Sometimes a change in diet helps, sometimes the cat needs anti-anxiety medication. You need a vet that's willing to take a thorough history and spend some time with you helping you to figure it out. The "volume-based" vet practices that make their living by just giving out vaccines won't have the time or patience to help you. It may be worth your while to find a "cat specialty" or "cat only" clinic, this can be a tricky thing to figure out.
Reply:One of the most common causes of this kind of problem, is flea allergy. Often a cat will also show hair loss on its back just above the tail area, and down the hind legs. It only takes the bite of one flea to set off an allergic reaction. You may not actually see fleas on the cat if there aren't many fleas, because fleas actually spend most of their time off of the animal, jumping onto the animal only to get a meal.





If your cat is a pregnant female, she may be losing hair on her belly and pulling it out as her breasts change in preparation for making milk for kittens.





Shows what hair loss due to flea allergy looks like


http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/fleB.htm...





Self-mutilation and over-grooming in a Siamese cat


http://www.heska.com/linked_files/VETM36...


shows a cat with problem similar to what you describe





This page has links to several sites on feline skin disorders, as well as links to many other cat related topics.


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