I have a 1 year old female cat who very recently started losing hair on her ears, back of head and neck, and down almost to her shoulder blades in some spots. It's pretty uniform across her ears and back of head and then when it gets lower it's just in spots. I thought it could be because I'd gotten a new collar, but I took it off and she's still losing hair. We did just get a new pet, but since we got her we've added 8 other pets and she's never had a reaction like this. No changes in behavior. The only significant change has been the addition of wet food to her and our other cat's dry food once a day. They split one of the small cans between the two of them. Since I started doing that she has gained some weight and it's been since then that she started losing the hair. Is it possible that she's having allergies to wet food that she didn't have to dry only?
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Anything is possible but if you have not taken your kitty to your vet for help for her hair loss, you do not know the actual problem and she will continue to suffer!!! The hair loss could be from mange, fleas, mites, an allergy, a skin disease etc. Her condition might also be contagious to your other pets. As she continues to have problems, please take her to your vet now for a correct diagnosis and treatment. She has already suffered for some time from the unknown problem and will continue to suffer until you take responsible action and take her to your vet for help.
Yes, it is possible that she has allergies to the wet food. Stop feeding that for a while or switch kinds to see if it helps.
It could also be another problem like mites or mange.
This could still be stress related. Have you heard of the straw that broke the camel's back? Eight could just be one too many for your cat.
Ringworm & mange come to mind - maybe one of your other 'pets' introduced it to the household . Get the wee one to a vet to treat it - she deserves all the loving she can get. Don't neglect her due to the amount of other ' pets ' you have. Also ringworm can move onto humans & spread through the others.
Dinovite claims to help with this problem. It's on the Internet.
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