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My cat that has up until a week ago lived primarily outside and now its living mostly insde. Yesterday I noticed she had a patch of fur missing right above her tail about 1/2"x1/2" and today it lookks like the hair on the inside of her legs and lower stomach is thinning. Whats wrong, anyone know?
 
Wow, that leaves alot of possibilities. First, check for fleas. If no, fleas or flea dirt present then I would have a vet check in order. It could be food allergies, excessive grooming, skin conditions like ringworm,pemphigus can be possible, though rare. Have bloodwork done, high thyroid can cause increased shedding. How old is she? Good luck. Let us know
 
What does the skin where the fur is missing look like? Is it normal, red, crusty, etc?
 
The skin is normal, looks fine, and doesn't seem to bother her. I can't remember how old right off hand, but probably eight or so. I'm going to call for an appointment.
 
As long as the skin looks normal, then you can rule out ringworm or pemphius(it's an auto-immune problem). I have seen very rare cases of ringworm where it looked like normal skin, you usually see scaling and some redness of the skin. How has she been since you brought her indoors? Is she stressed? Any other animals in the house that she doesn't get along with? How's her appetite? Good luck with the vet. Hope all goes well.
 
Actually the skin above her tail is a bit dry now. She seems to be really relaxed. Eating like a pig as always. No conflicts with any pet.
 
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.
 
Chris Steele said:
Just drugging her up? That kind of seems harsh, but yeah, they ruled out ringworm and said it didn't look like flees.
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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.
 
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