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My cat was showing lots of anxiety earlier this year due to another cat in the house. I noticed she had a patch of fur she was overgrooming by the base of her tail but she exposed some either scratches or bites. I thought it could be fleas so I've been applying a monthly flea medication. She kept grooming until it was quite a large patch. We went to the vet she got a shot the red marks/wounds went away and the hair started growing back. The other cat is long gone now and she's been much happier more talkative and less sulky, just a lot happier and currently lying with me right now. She does have anxious tendencies (will be weary of things on the floor etc) but is better than she was when the other cat was around. From what I can tell former marking and soiling issues are a lot less frequent too. I've tried to continue anxiety medication but it didn't seem to do much for her.
The past month it had been growing in really nicely but suddenly she's over-grooming again and it's rather patchy. Investigating the skin there are some patches/bumps that are irritated. She isn't due for a new application for another week and a half and I would think I'd encounter flea bites as well? I haven't seen any on her. I know cats are much more diligent in actually removing live fleas.
Should I switch food? Litter? It's very localized at the base of her tail and up her back/spine it's not from what I can tell on her belly or anywhere else and she has had a bit of dander flakes there in the past. I've taken her to the vet in the past to check for crystals in her pee but we 've never found any.
Could it be diet? She's been very picky with her food but she's been that way since we got her. The current food both wet and dry I have her on she's not very fond of and I need to trial something else. So far she's turned her nose at most if not every premium wet foods I've bought her, accept ones with pronounced gravy which she'll lap up and leave the shredded chicken or most of the actual "food" behind. Sometimes she eats it all. She doesn't like the current premium dry foods and if I offer one she used to like she doesn't like it either.
Any suggestions?
The past month it had been growing in really nicely but suddenly she's over-grooming again and it's rather patchy. Investigating the skin there are some patches/bumps that are irritated. She isn't due for a new application for another week and a half and I would think I'd encounter flea bites as well? I haven't seen any on her. I know cats are much more diligent in actually removing live fleas.
Should I switch food? Litter? It's very localized at the base of her tail and up her back/spine it's not from what I can tell on her belly or anywhere else and she has had a bit of dander flakes there in the past. I've taken her to the vet in the past to check for crystals in her pee but we 've never found any.
Could it be diet? She's been very picky with her food but she's been that way since we got her. The current food both wet and dry I have her on she's not very fond of and I need to trial something else. So far she's turned her nose at most if not every premium wet foods I've bought her, accept ones with pronounced gravy which she'll lap up and leave the shredded chicken or most of the actual "food" behind. Sometimes she eats it all. She doesn't like the current premium dry foods and if I offer one she used to like she doesn't like it either.
Any suggestions?