Hello all
My cat, Gigi (Male, neutered, 2 1/2 years old, indoor only, domestic shorthair) has been dealing with something strange for a while now. Every vet I go to always says something different.
He's loosing his fur to overgrooming. Not just calm overgrooming, frantic overgrooming. Almost like he's allergic to his own fur or something. Every now and again, If I don't keep him coned all day every day (which I feel dreadful about, so sometimes I give him a few hours of no cone time), he consumes so much fur that he vomits. It all seems to be in the same place, not just a random itch. Lips (scratching). shoulders, hindquarts (booty), and the backs of his hind legs. The hair is all prickly where he grooms it.
Nothing has changed recently. No no stress, no new job, no new anything tbh. Not even a new laundry detergent. It doesn't seem to be seasonal. I have been feeding him a hydrolized protein diet, as per drs orders, and he has also just been treated for parasites. I tried a destressing spray (Natures Miracles), but to no avail. Anti-itching spray was a bust too, but that might be because I got it at target.
Vets told me it's allergies, vets have told me it could be stress (despite no life changes), and vets have just shrugged at me. I'm not sure what to do for him, and the internet has been quite unhelpful with any potential answers. The most puzzling bit is, this is all a fairly recent development. It started about a year and a half ago and has only gotten worse.
Has anyone else had a kitty that has gone through something like this? I want to help my poor baby
My cat, Gigi (Male, neutered, 2 1/2 years old, indoor only, domestic shorthair) has been dealing with something strange for a while now. Every vet I go to always says something different.
He's loosing his fur to overgrooming. Not just calm overgrooming, frantic overgrooming. Almost like he's allergic to his own fur or something. Every now and again, If I don't keep him coned all day every day (which I feel dreadful about, so sometimes I give him a few hours of no cone time), he consumes so much fur that he vomits. It all seems to be in the same place, not just a random itch. Lips (scratching). shoulders, hindquarts (booty), and the backs of his hind legs. The hair is all prickly where he grooms it.
Nothing has changed recently. No no stress, no new job, no new anything tbh. Not even a new laundry detergent. It doesn't seem to be seasonal. I have been feeding him a hydrolized protein diet, as per drs orders, and he has also just been treated for parasites. I tried a destressing spray (Natures Miracles), but to no avail. Anti-itching spray was a bust too, but that might be because I got it at target.
Vets told me it's allergies, vets have told me it could be stress (despite no life changes), and vets have just shrugged at me. I'm not sure what to do for him, and the internet has been quite unhelpful with any potential answers. The most puzzling bit is, this is all a fairly recent development. It started about a year and a half ago and has only gotten worse.
Has anyone else had a kitty that has gone through something like this? I want to help my poor baby