Cat fur

Could be stress, dry skin, or static electricity. I have a cat that has the same problem every winter, but when nicer weather comes he's fine.

So I took her to the vet and they gave her an allergic reaction shot and I've put a new flee collar on her. Its been a month or more ago now and she's still not gained any significant amount of fur.

What now?

Have they ruled out ringworm etc?

Stress can make a cat lose hair too. I don't know if they do this in the States but in England we have these plug-ins called feliway, which help 'mellow out' cats.

Just drugging her up? That kind of seems harsh, but yeah, they ruled out ringworm and said it didn't look like flees.

Originally Posted by Chris Steele

Just drugging her up? That kind of seems harsh, but yeah, they ruled out ringworm and said it didn't look like flees.

LOL, no it doesn't drug them up. Its like catnip... Its a plug-in for a wall socket and it puts out 'happy cat' scents, I guess. Do a google search.

Oh, well she doesn't live inside but there is an outlet right beside her house's entrance haha. So it's not like a zombie drug that we have for us humans lol?

Feliway also comes in a spray bottle so that you can spray directly inside her house. It's not a drug, exactly, and it's not really catnip. It's actually a synthesized version of the pheromones that cats give off when they are content. Since cats define much of their territory by smell, the presence of the pheromone relaxes many cats. But this will only work if the problem is stress related.

It's also the case the cat hair seems to take FOREVER to grow back, so it could just be that the improvement isn't really visible yet. If the vet thought it was allergy related, then you may just need a more effective flea treatment, especially if she is mainly an outdoor cat. Flea collars are typically only minimally effective, and only work at all against adult fleas. Ask your vet about putting the cat on Revolution or Advantage. These are both liquids that come in a small tube. You squirt the tube of liquid on the back of the cats neck once a month and it takes care of all fleas. Revolution has the added benefit of preventing infestations by ear mites and worms.