What could possibly be wrong with our pet cat?

Question

We found him 2 years ago where someone had deserted him & he is an all in door cat. We do not let him outside. For the past couple of days now I noticed him constantly licking himself all over more than normal. Well today I looked at his backend cause it looked funny. The place he is licking the most is his back & near his tail. There are bald spots now on his backend & tail. Here where I live only has 2 vets & I cannot get ahold of them & they have not returned calls. He is eating & playing & sleeping normally. The only difference in him is the excess licking. I cannot get him now to the vet until Monday. What could be the problem? It has me very concerned ! Thanks

He has really long hair & it was hard to check him but he has a couple of sores right where hes been licking. I believe I saw a flea on him also. I applied a little olive oil on the sores. I hope the olive oil is safe.

Answer 1

His skin might be bothering him because of fleas or an allergy. That can cause a cat to lick himself until he removes the fur. Indoor cats can get fleas too--they come in our your shoes or pants but then transfer the the cat because they don't live on people. Also it can be a nervous condition. Has anything happened recently in your household that was a big change? I'd get him to the vet on Monday but I don't think it's an emergency.

Answer 2

If you can't see a vet for a few days--do you have a pet smart pet store where you live or nearby? They allow you to bring your pets with you and you can take him in a pet carrier. They can look at the spot and give you an opinion and they also have a vet dept. I would not put anything on it except for vaseline. That will soothe it and not hurt your cat if he licks it off. Also, check under the fur (rub your hand over the fur making it go back so that you can see underneath, and see if there is any black specks... like black seeds... if you see that it probaly is fleas and you should get frontline plus for cats. It is the best and I know you can get just one tube instead of the whole package. It kills the flea eggs as well as the adult fleas and it's the easiest for you and your cat.

Answer 3

I thought it might be anal glands too and they usually scoot a little bit on the floor when the glands are bothering them. So I really wouldn't have much of an idea. It is not an emergency and the vet will be able to help you on Monday.

He could have developed an allergy to his food which makes him itchy. You can get some Rescue Remedy from a health foods store tomorrow. You just shake the bottle well and put three to four drops on the fur between his ears as often as you can tomorrow. It should give him some relief and will also help if you apply some before his vet trip and even whip it out and apply when he is with the vet.

It is utterly benign and cannot harm him in any way. It should help him relax a little (and you too - you get "treated" just by having the bottle in your hand) and then the vet will help you figure out what's going on and hopefully be able to relieve his itching.

Answer 4

It sounds as though she has an greater respiration an infection. The dropping weight area is a actual subject - has she been eating many times? Cats that don't sense properly do no longer consume - attempt tempting her to consume together with her renowned canned ingredients, or treats of human chicken and tuna. There particularly isn't something which you would be able to get from the puppy keep which will help, i'm afraid. they are actually not allowed to sell pharmaceuticals, and any over the counter therapy they *do* have is greater probably to be a waste of your cash than the rest. the only subject that would help is they'd have an antibiotic eye oitment for her eyes, yet it is unquestionably in basic terms treating the symptom, no longer the underlying subject. What you're able to do is call around on your community shelters. lots of them the two have a vet on group, or have an afternoon or 2 a week whilst a vet is supplied in to verify their animals. they'll many times grant vet care to the popular public at an exceedingly decrease cost cost. in the event that they don't have a vet, according to risk they'd advise one for you which will decrease cost in a topic like yours. sure, vet care would properly be very costly. that's often a stable subject to set aside money each and each month so as that think ofyou've have been given some available if your cat gets ill. regardless of in case you gave up procuring your morning coffee as quickly as a week, and set that aside for a vet bypass to, you would be banking $10-$20 a month in direction of vet care and would by no potential omit it!

Answer 5

I saw a pet show about animals behaviours and some one cats was constant cleaning himself in some spots because of stress. they moved to a new home and the other cats were spaying their house and other animals and cats were possibly coming in through their kitty door. so they sniffed around the house and washed the house were they could smell cat pee, and got a new kitty door that only opened for the cat, it had a remote on his collar, so no cats would be in the house. after that the cat was much better.

it sound like this can wait until Monday when the vet opens. (unless he start bleeding) I'd put him flea treatments on him just to be safe if the vet says there nothing wrong and he doing this cause it stress, here's an article about stress

http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/stress.htm

Answer 6

First calm down honey he will be alright till Monday and also, have you seen any fleas or flea eggs on him...little black flecks? That can cause them to bite and lick more than normal. My cat Bob scratched some of his fur off his back end because of fleas and I just got some Frontline Plus in the mail to treat them...I also am gonna have to dust and get rid of fleas in the house.
Do not panic hon you and your cat will be alright!

Answer 7

could be fleas or he could be allergic to fleas, and the bites are irratating him and he is licking it and making it more irratated. Even though he is indoors, fleas can still be carried into the house by you. Could be other allergies as well. Does not sound life threatening so you should set up an appt. with the vet when you can get a hold of one.

Answer 8

Could be fleas or could be a tapeworm. If it's a tapeworm, which it sounds to me, it makes their rear end itch which would be why he's digging there. The only way to get rid of this is go to the vet. If he caught a mouse (whether you seen or not) he could have gotten it from that. My cat got ahold of a mouse little to our knowledge during us moving a few years back and the vet gave her one injection. It killed the worm and she safely passed it the next day.

Answer 9

He probably itched so he licked it to hard so it hurt him and he got a sore and wen cats are hurt they lick them selves so i guess but you want to be safe so take him to the vet any way and if the don't answer your calls come in unexpected, if they wont take you in well i guess they have to give you an appointment know that you are there.

Answer 10

Um it could be a # of things. Cancer, Fleas...........So much more. i would take him to the vet this is not normal! Don't call the vet, go to the vet to Set up an appointment.