Cat shedding a lot

I think its just shedding its winter coat…my cat is shedding to.

I agree with dara, the baths every week might be leading to the shedding. it also could be the heat. I think that I am shedding also…:) if it continues, you might get a blood profile…hypothyroidism is rare in cats but that might be a cause. that is what I usually think of first in dogs when they start to look bald from shedding…

A girl that I met here told me that you can go to your vet and they can give you a pill to give to her to make her not shed as much. If you just take your hand and pet my cat you end up with a whole hand full of friggin hair. I am going to check out the pill myself this weekend!

Hmm do you just wash her butt or her whole body? I would really advise against such frequent baths.

But anyhoot, is she eating normally? What brand of food? It could be a nutritional change but if that is all normal, it could just be the heat. It’s 85 inside my house right now, with the air on…sigh.

This may sound odd but you can get your cat shaved at the groomer. Keep her shaved thru the summer and once winter sets in let her fur grow back. Cats don’t shed as much during the winter months. Good Luck!

no baldness, she still has plenty of fur! it’s like no matter how much she sheds there’s still more growing! yeah I thot it might be the heat, it’s been getting worse as summer got worse…

Quit bathing her so much and start brushing her…a slicker brush will get to the undercoat, and sleek the harder fur on top…PLUS, brushing slows down fur balls…

Too much bathing for any animal drys out the skin, and eventually the fur gets less healthy.

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smokey…figured it out

I did try to delete my other post wouldn’t let me :O(

and I crushed the tablets up and put them in a syringe and mixed it with 3 mls of cat milk before the vet showed me…it worked

Yeah I give her a bath with baby shampoo, the vet said it was fine (she sometimes has stuff on her backside) but now she’s just randomly shedding…

You wash her every week? Like…bathing her? Cats spend 80% of their time grooming themselves. You really don’t need to give them a bath, especially indoor cats. (Unless they are sick/old and not grooming themselves anymore).

If you do wash her every week like a bath, it could be a cause for the shedding. Overwashing could strip her fur of natural oils, and/or make her groom more to dry off, causing the shedding.

why can’t I add a picture?

tc bruiser…lol