Friday, January 27, 2012

Excessive shedding due to lack of grooming ?

I adopted a cat from someone on Craigslist.com today and she seems to be excessively Shedding !! She has lived indoors her whold life and eats Friskies dry food with carnation milk I tried swithing her to natures recipe but she would not eat my question is can her shedding be from poor deit or lack of grooming her last owners said she had not been bathed for a year :0( and they really didnt brush her.or is her shedding a sign of illness ?

Excessive shedding due to lack of grooming ?
Shedding can be caused be any number of things from food stress or even a temp change. To be shure take her to the vet. Tell then comb her with a plain comb you may also take a damp paper towel and just rub her down with it, also going against the hair, this will get most of the hair to cling to the towel.
Reply:Cats do not need to be washed. They clean themselves. they are not like dogs.



They will shed at the change of seasons. The fur grows thicker with onset of winter and then they shed in spring.



It could also be mange or other skin ailment. You should take it to the vet and have the problem check and get proper medication.
Reply:Your cat may be shedding because of the change of food especially if you just switched her to her new food. Next time you change food mabey try gradualy switching her.
Reply:Most likely due to a very poor diet and the stress of being in a new home. Try to slowly switch the cat to something better than friskies, and stop the carnation milk. Stress will make a cat shed quite a bit too, after the fist few days in the new home, it might let up a little bit.
Reply:Diet. No question. Most cats don't need bathing and few really even need brushing, excessive shedding is almost always a sign of poor diet, and Friskies is as poor as it gets.



Try mixing some canned food into the dry food (good brand of each obviously, no more Friskies and no more milk!) and see if that will entice her to eat. Even if she'll just eat a good quality canned food, that's good enough. (Or possibly better, according to some research.) It'll take a few months to get her coat quality to improve, but stick with a good diet and she'll get there. In the meantime, you can brush her, but I would avoid bathing her if at all possible, cats just don't like water.
Reply:It could be from any of the above or just stress. Take her to the vet and get her a full new pet check up.
Reply:Her excessive shedding is a sign of stress due to a new environment. One thing you can count on is if you upset a cat, they shed. When you take her to the vet watch that hair fly.

In addition, if she looks clean, no need to give her a bath, but a good brushing always helps. Brushing out the excess hair also helps to lesson hairballs when licking the fur.

No more milk for the cat. It upsets their digestive system. Keep fresh water available always.


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