What's wrong with my cat?

Question

We recently got a white long-haired cat, and it was doing fine for the first 2 months, and then it started shedding a lot, and there is two bald patches on the cat, one on its neck, and one behind its ear. It has also started to vomit, but it has only vomited twice. What could this be?

Answer 1

i think your going to want to take kitty and have a consult with the vet - thats my best suggestion.
the vomitting could be from ahir - long haired cats tend to through up hair balls, and if im right, you should be able to get something from the vet to help with this also.

Answer 2

The bald patches could be from her scratching her ears, my first thought is ear mites.

Also, have you changed the diet recently. Not all animals can tolerate the same foods. If so, go back to the other, and if you still want to change try something else and go slow. Treats could potentially cause the same effect as well.

If this is a kitten, the increased shedding could be because she's getting in the adult coat, and losing her fine baby fur. If it's an adult I would think stress or a change in food would cause excess shedding. Also, it is winter has the temperature in the house changed excessively, I don't know where you live but if you had a snow storm and turned up the heat then that could cause the shedding. Either way just brush her out daily.

Vomiting twice is not normally a problem, as long as it's not an ongoing issue, she's acting normally, and her appetite is normal. Vomiting could be a result of the excess shedding causing a hairball when she cleans herself, again brush her out. Also, a food change could cause this if she's not tolerating the food.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Ringworm. Especially if the hair around the bald spots pulls out without even trying. There is not usually a lot of itching with ringworm. It's really contagious so cats can pick it up pretty easily especially when stressed. It's easy to get rid of
when treated with the right anti-fungal 2 times daily for a few weeks. I have treated gazillions of cats with ringworm and have only ever had it myself once- a teeny spot on my chin, so don't freak out.
Ringworm is totally common in cats.
Apply the cream to the edges of the bare spot as well, because ringworm spreads from the edges out.
I doubt the vomiting has anything to do with the ringworm.
Go to the store- foot section- and get lotrimin AF or another
anti-fungal with either clotrimazole or miconazol (spelling?) in it.
Vomiting is really common with cats.
Give the cat some petromalt every day for a week, and see how it goes.
If the cat is throwing up more than a couple times a day, you need a vet.
Most of the time, though, it's normal.

Answer 4

IMPOSSIBLE to say. Too many possible causes. Could be one problem, more likely to be two separate issues. When are you taking her to a vet? Is she on regular flea treatment?
Is she eating properly? Is she lethargic? What are her stools like? Vomiting is not usually a sign of allergies, it's usually a direct gut problem, anything from a foreign object to IBS.

Chalice

Answer 5

Allergies to food or environmental allergens are common causes for hair loss. Sometimes impacted anal glands, urinary tract infections, as well as other metabolic problems are implicated in patients with this configuration of hair loss as well. Only when your veterinarian has ruled out these causes of alopecia (the medical term for hair loss) by performing blood work, multiple skin scrapings, a dietary trial and multiple skin biopsies, he or she can then determine a diagnosis of psychogenic alopecia. As the name implies, this problem has a psychological basis and is generally thought to be an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 6

the vomiting could be hairballs, but i would take it to the vet, the blad spots could be a start of ringworms, which humans can get

Answer 7

mabie alergic or just ill take him or her to the vet

all the best

xx