Conference misery::feline_v1

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    I meant to say I think Smokey has mange, not mites.
    
    Mondays.......
    

    Mite be mites, too! (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
    
    Or, maybe flea allergy.  Has her food brand been changed recently?
    
    Lynne
    

    The only experience I've had with fur loss on the tummy was with my
    motherinlaw's cat.  She started losing fur sometime after she was
    spayed and needed a shot due to a harmone unbalance. I don't know
    exactly if this can happen further on down the road but the cat should
    be check out to see if it's an allergy, a harmone unbalance or some
    thing else.  Can you sister sneek her out of the house when he's at
    work?
    
    Good luck,
    
    Giudi +3

    Terry,

    See also notes 2994.* ... for various notes about fur loss. I had the
    same question last week, as you'll find.

    Also try SHOW KEYWORD BALD*/FULL. 

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    	When I got my last kitten she had some fur missing behind her ears
    	and when I took her to the Vets he said it could be Ring Worms
    	(yuck!) because that is a sign of them.  She was tested and she 
    	didn't have them, but if it is very contagious to humans.  I would
    	think that would make your relatives take her to the Vet!  As it was, 
    	my kitten's missing fur by her ear was due her littermates being 
    	too rough with biting and playing.
    
    	-d
    

    The keywords that I could find were bald_spot and hair_loss.  Try both
    of them.
    
    There are lots of different things that can cause hair loss.  
    
    1)flea allergy (you don't have to see a flea on the cat for it to be
      this)
    2)body mites
    3)fungus (ringworm)
    4)Feline Endocrine Alopecia (basically a hormonal problem)
    5)hypothyroidism (low thyroid)
    6)vaccine reaction (generally a small localized spot on the shoulder
      blades following vaccination)
    
    Best bet is to have a vet examine the cat.
    
    Jo

if mange is the problem, please make your sister aware that one form of mange
is contagious to/from humans....specifically, scoptic mange is scabies, a
very irritating rash-like symptom in humans.  If the cat has something like
this, it is imperative that the vet determine if the problem is transmittable
to the humans in the family...or if it possibly came FROM the humans in the 
family.

It is not uncommon for children to get parasites from one another at school...
the cat may be showing the symptom before the humans are aware of it.

    I didn't know that cats got mange.  I thought that was a canine
    ailement.

>    I didn't know that cats got mange.  I thought that was a canine
>    ailement.

Cats can also be affected....scoptic mange is caused by little mites and
they are not that species specific...they even use humans!

    There is also another type of mite that cats can get.  They just call
    them body mites (I can't remember the technical name for them but they
    are different than the mites that cause mange).  Anyway, for awhile
    there a lot of cats were getting them at shows, so lots of folks were
    bathing their cats in Rotenone shampoo as a preventative.  The body
    mite scare seems to be over now.
    
    Jo
    
    PS - NDC, isn't it Patriot's Day back there? What are you doing
    working? :^)  I know, you just didn't want us West Coasters to feel
    left out. ;^)  BTW, I heard on the radio that New Englanders get an
    extra day to file their taxes due to PD!  No fair!!
    
    

    Jo -  The only reprieve the Mass taxpayers get is the MASS STATE TAX
    normally due today not the Federal one.  Tim works in Mass and we don't pay
    that one until the clock strikes midnight. He works at Dascomb road
    in Andover and they work today, NO holiday for them. Could be the
    same as Nancy.
    
    Barbara
    
    

    Actually, it is a holiday in Maine, also, and I believe that they also
    get an extra day to file their state taxes. NH will be celebrating Fast
    day sometime this week, I think.
    
    Deb

    No, I was at home yesterday.  I was just having a hard time getting
    started so I decided to log in and read Feline with a cup of coffee
    while I got going.  I did also have to submit a job.
      Nancy

    I apologize.... my radio station steered me wrong, (along with 
    lord know's how many more). The folks that live in Mass do have
    an extra day to file BOTH their state and federal taxes.
    
    I don't believe in giving my money away in taxes any faster than
    I have to but we don't wait till "T" day to do the taxes just paying
    them.
    
    DEC NH doesn't consider Fast day a holiday. Mostly the banks and
    law offices are closed. DECies in NH get a choice day and a personal
    day, plus the regular holidays. Fortunately DEC, NH celebrates Memorial
    day with the rest of the country NOT the State of NH who celebrates
    it on MAY 30th, regardless to what day it falls on. Boy what a mess
    that makes things.
    
    Barbara

    Not to take this down a rathole, but what the heck is "Fast" day??
    Do you all have to fast for the day, or do you just rush around?? ;^)
    
    jo

	Fast Day is one of those silly hold-over holidays.  It seems that
	once upon a time, the governor of NH was very, very sick, and the
	people believed that if they all fasted, he might get better.  I
	think he died anyway, but for some reason (probably because Mass.
	has Patriot's day, and NH is not to be outdone), the 'holiday'
	remained.

	Sandy, who wouldn't think it was silly if she got the day off as
	a paid holiday :^}

    This is my belief on Fast Day.
    
    The New England farmers after a long winter of eating everything
    they had stored from the harvested crops of the previous year and
    before spring planting thought they should fast for a day to keep
    in mind what it will be like if the crops don't do well.  Sort of
    a real incentive to plow and plant well and hope the necessary rain
    and sun are provided from above. (Not too much just the right amounts.)
    Most of the day was spent in prayer, either in church or in their
    homes.
    
    Most "Old" New Englanders were very serious and very much introverted
    except with their "own kind." (Which would NEVER include someone who
    was not born in New England or the next state in some instances.) If
    they subjected themselves to some kind of pain it made them a better
    person. (I can write this as I "WAS" born and bought up in New England
    and lived most of my life here, but don't seem to match any of the
    above.)
    
    Barbara , who lives where the best lobsters in the world come from.

    Personally, I like Jo's definition of fast day the best... all of us
    rushing around!  Typically New England!! :^)
    

    Actually, the first defination was correct. I believe that the ill
    person was Gov. Bennington, who was either the 1st or second governor.
    Because he was so ill, a statewide day of prayer, fasting and putting
    aside one's chores was declared in hopes that he would regain his health.
    I believe that he died shortly thereafter. However, it is nice out this
    time of year, so the tradition of putting aside of one's chores has
    lived on. 
    
    Deb

    Geez, you guys get all the luck.  I would fast for a day if it meant an
    extra day off when the weather was so nice!!  Patriot's Day, Fast Day.
    I think we will have to come up with a California holiday...how 'bout
    "Radical Waves Dude" Day??? :^D
    
    Jo

>    "Radical Waves Dude" Day??? :^D
    
or maybe, "hit the malls" day?  "Avocado is like a necessity" day?  or
"be cool 'cause you're in California" day?  We could go on and on....

		yes, I DO know that I need therapy..why do you ask?