Cat Chewing Fur Off Legs
1 Year old Cat Chewing His Fur Off His Legs.
Cat chewing fur off legs. A cat licking hair off his front legs is a bit unusual. Sometimes it is the lower back itself that is bald. My cat is 11 years old and has just started chewing off her fur on her legs stomach and now her tail and back.
I got a 3 year old female typical tabby cat here and I noticed in the past weeks that shes been licking and biting her front legs one more then the other to the point that shes licked off all the fur in one spot. Arthritic pain and pulling out fur. In fact its usually a sign of an underlying medical condition such as parasites or a food allergy.
Cats lose or pull their fur out in chunks due to medical illnesses or disease allergies environmental insect or food-related skin parasites sudden changes to their environment or because they are a certain breed of cat. Dont let your cat get this bad we have tried EVERYTHING to get him. Well there are other reasons that can cause this and therefore it is your responsibility to ensure you have taken proper measures to restore your cats fur.
Their stomach sides inner hind legs as well as their legs. Hair loss around the neck legs and base of the tail can also be seen along with small crusty scabs called miliary lesions a term that was coined because the scabs look like millet seeds. Although cat hair shedding is often noted in older cats it can affect younger ones since many there are many reasons for the falling of fur as we are going to see.
These can include pain from arthritis or cuts and scratches. My cat almost ate all her hair off when I came across an article saying cat litter could cause it so I tried a basic unscented litter. He grooms and gnaws repeatedly at at the underside of his front and rear legs until they are completely bald and then sometimes until the underlying skin becomes raw and red.
It can be asymmetrical or symmetrical and it can affect not just the tail but also the back legs or on the belly. It could be a sensitivity to the perfume in cat litter. Over-scratching or licking may be some of the possible reasons why your cat is losing its beautiful fur on its hind legs and belly.
