my cat sometimes has palpitations on skin around her back part, i dont know what word its called but when her skin moves cause something is irritating it u know what i mean? we took her to the vet and they said shes fine as far as everything else is. she does everything normally
2007-01-10 15:50:43 · 3 answers · asked by skibunny 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
I've always known this as Rippling Skin Syndrome, but it's true name is Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome (FHS)
http://www.purelypets.com/articles/felinehyperesthesia.htm
I've had 5 cats and I've only seen one with the syndrome. As you have found from your vet, they understand what it is, but no one yet knows a "cure". Your cat will be just fine in spite of it.
More info:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=Rippling+skin+syndrome&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAnYM54NvMNPtXBeKUqFf2zcazKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAs6qPmKbEGuHV570VYkOMTkazKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=Rippling+skin+syndrome
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2007-01-10 16:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by spazrats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are irritating the cat. This is one of the only ways cats express stress, irritation or unhappiness.
If it is happening only when the cat is stretching, it is part of the stretch. Otherwise, its you or something/somebody around the cat.
Your cat is not happy.
2007-01-10 16:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is flaky skin. then is dry.
2007-01-10 16:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by wolfpup 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋