Go to the vet! You can't diagnose something you can't see. Medical care for your pet is a necessity; not the last thing you provide when all else fails.
Your cat should also be responsibly spayed/neutered and vaccinated. If it isn't already; get it all done in one visit and save some $.
My cat FANCY loses her hair on her back legs at the hip section this time every year. My husband says it's mating season. Then during the fall and winter she always grows it back.
My cat had this & it was allergies. He was allergic to frontline flea control, but they can be allergic to anything. They itch & groom all the hair off their legs & back end.
Have you applied any meds or does your cat have fleas?
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Request: Cat Losing Hair on Legs
Archived on 04/21/2009
My cat is losing his hair on the side of his leg, any ideas?
Barry Worthington from Houston
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RE: Cat Losing Hair on Leg
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By Lynda
RE: Cat Losing Hair on Leg
Get him to the vet. It could be any number of things and you don't want to treat it with the wrong thing.
(08/28/2007)
Take the cat to the vet or give one a call and ask. We had a cat once that lost most of the fur on her tail. She so vigorously cleaned herself there and would sort of bite and chew as she did it that eventually she had a practically bald awful looking tail. It may have been some sort of nervous condition even, but it stopped when she had some bad teeth that had to get pulled. Maybe it's a skin condition, maybe nerves, who knows but if you love your pet, you'd be best off to just take him in to see what's up. (08/28/2007)
I had a friend who had the very same problem with their new kitten. Turned out to be ringworm. (08/28/2007)
RE: Cat Losing Hair on Leg
Look at it closely, he may just be chewing it off. My cat makes her legs completely bald every summer. It is an allergic reaction she is having. I have to take her to the vet for a shot of cortizone to calm down the whole situation. I have been doing this now for the past 4 years. She'd start with her legs and then it would progress to her belly. Poor little thing. I wish you good luck on fixing up your kitty. Laura. (08/29/2007)
