cats like to lick their fur, do they just like to be clean? Sometimes we should also pay attention to discovering anomalies. If your cat has excessive licking, be careful.
Netizen’s cat licked itself bald! Cats licking their fur may suffer from certain diseases.
It is not difficult for us to see such a post. Many netizens anxiously report that their cat licked some parts of their body. The famous Internet celebrity cat "Melon Skin" also licked the hair on its belly to bald. Therefore, when your cat's frequency of licking hair increases, or even biting and chewing hair, and the same type of "Zhang Dongsheng" partial hair loss appears on the body, please pay attention to it. Your baby may be suffering from the following diseases:
1 anxiety disorder . Gupi cats suffer from this disease. Pi’s mother moved house, causing Gupi to not adapt to the new environment. The fur also invested a lot of time and energy to treat the disease, so we can often see melon belts with Elizabethan rings. And pheromone collar. There are many reasons for cats to suffer from anxiety. New pet members in the family, strangers visiting the house, and unsanitary living environment may all cause cats’ anxiety. Usually, you need to pay more attention to your cat’s mental health.
2, skin diseases. The cat has been repeatedly licking the fur in the specified area, so it is necessary to check whether that area is suffering from skin diseases. Itchy skin will make cats lick their fur to relieve discomfort. Especially if you suffer from tinea vulgaris, the cat owner should stop petting the cat. The tinea vulgaris will be transmitted to people. Take the fur child to the hospital as soon as possible!
3, local joint dysplasia, local arthritis. The resulting discomfort can also cause cats to lick their fur excessively.
4. Cat mental hair removal. When your cat suddenly becomes aggressive and bites its abdomen and tail frantically for about five minutes, then you must consider whether the cat is suffering from this psychogenic hair loss.
In short, if the cat excessively licks its hair and causes localized alopecia areata, seek medical attention as soon as possible. You should get an injection, take medicine and take medicine. After you go back, put it on an Elizabethan ring, even if it refuses to bring it, until the bald hair grows back. . In addition, regardless of whether the cat has excessive licking of hair, it should be cleaned of the hair balls in the stomach. Cats that grow up in the wild can easily find cat grasses that excrete hair balls for themselves. Dog's tail grass, large wheat grass, and oat rice grass are all natural hair artifacts they can obtain. Cats raised at home by urban residents need to pay attention to hair balls. The problem, in order to prevent cats from suffering from severe hair bulb disease , provide them with cat grass as early as possible, or directly buy them more convenient and hygienic hair ball tablets.
