| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
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My longhair is shedding. Is it shedding season?? I've seen small
tufts of hair on the rug/furniture before but this time there really
big tufts of hair and sometimes I just pull them out of his fur.
There will be hair sticking out and I pull it and out comes a 4"
long, inch wide tuft of fur. This has been going on for about 1
week. Is this normal? There are no short areas or balding areas
on his fur. In general it just looks shorter all the way around.
Does anyone else's cat shed like this?
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| 747.1 | Always Shedding Season | 25192::MECLER | FRANK | Tue Sep 08 1987 12:28 | 7 |
It's always shedding season for longhairs at our house. It sounds
like you may have end of summer shedding prior to the winter coat
come in. If your house is dry, the low humidity can contribute
to dry skin and hair loss. While this shedding is ongoing, make
sure you comb or brush the cat a minimum of once daily preferably
twice. Dead hair leads to matting so you want to remove it regularly.
Frank
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| 747.2 | My house is full of cat hair just now | CADSYS::RICHARDSON | Tue Sep 08 1987 14:30 | 10 | |
Shedding leads to ...hairballs! YCCH! Nebula has started to shed
out her summer fur as of a week or so ago, and has produced several
wonderful messes in various places (she ahsn't gotten the bedspread
yet...), but JFCL hasn't started shedding (surprisingly, since her
fur is much longer, she hardly ever has trouble with hairballs).
Brushing will help, if your kitty will tolerate it. Nebula doesn't
like being brushed at all (it's right up there at the top of her
hate list along with being fed pills, having her claws clipped,
and geoing to the vet). JFCL loves it, but she isn't the problem
kitty.
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