[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

995.0. "hair loss under collar?" by PADC::KOLLING (Karen) Mon Apr 22 1996 10:21

    I'm wondering if anyone else has had experience with their cat losing
    hair under their collar.  This first happened with Sweetie a couple of
    months ago, and now it's happening with Little Bit.  I've used this
    type of collar for years (and they are relatively loose), soft,
    flexible, suede like leather about a 1/4 inch thick.  In fact, several
    years ago I bought a whole handful of them and tossed them in a
    drawer for use as they wore out, so it's very unlikely that there is
    actually something suddenly wrong with the two I just happened to
    pull out during the past few months.  There's a flea battle going on,
    but I have it pretty much under control -- combing each cat finds maybe
    one flea twice a day...

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
995.1		JULIET::CORDES_JA	Eight Tigers on My Couch	`Mon Apr 22 1996 11:16`	12
	Karen, I had this problem with Ashlar just before I discovered that I needed to wage major war on fleas. His hair fell out all around his collar and fleas were visible on him in that thin white hair. I had a cat show judge point one out to me. :^} Shortly afterwards I ended up with a major flea infestation that took me weeks to get under control. Perhaps it's just coincidence but it's something to be aware of. Jan
995.2		PADC::KOLLING	Karen	`Mon Apr 22 1996 12:26`	5
	Thanks. I wonder why fleas somehow cause this. I could understand excessive grooming causing a hair problem, but I haven't noticed the cats trying to do that under their collars.
995.3		JULIET::CORDES_JA	Eight Tigers on My Couch	`Mon Apr 22 1996 16:23`	9
	I never noticed Ashlar trying to groom there either. It was really strange how his fur fell out. And, it was only him. None of the other cats had the problem. With him being an all white kitty it was really strange to look at his neck and see all this pink skin instead of fur. I took the collar off while he regrew the fur and I've never put it back on. Jan
995.4		PADC::KOLLING	Karen	`Mon Apr 22 1996 16:44`	4
	I'm concerned about not having collars on my indoor-only kitties. I imagine fire, burglars, whatever ... that could lead to their being lost outdoors.
995.5		JULIET::CORDES_JA	Eight Tigers on My Couch	`Mon Apr 22 1996 18:53`	13
	I know. That is a problem. When I lost Torbie I kicked myself for not having a collar on her (not that anyone could have gotten close enough to her to read it anyway). But, I show my cats and having the collar on causes the fur to be all funky or rubbed off around the neck and that is not a good thing for a show cat either. It's something I go round and round on...collars for their safe return or funky necks during a show. The plan is to get collars on all of them soon since I'm not showing as much now. I've got to order their tags. Hopefully, I won't have a repeat performance of bald neck syndrome in the future. Jan
995.6		NETRIX::"[email protected]"	Jean Marie Diaz	`Wed Apr 24 1996 18:17`	8
	I recently microchipped all my cats (current show cats included). I can hardly find the chips, even knowing that they're there, but they come up nicely on a scanner, such as vets and animal shelters use. I feel more secure now knowing that there is SOME form of ID on the cats, but collars and show longhairs just don't mix well. [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
995.7		PADC::KOLLING	Karen	`Wed Apr 24 1996 19:50`	6
	I have my kitties microchipped as well, except my newest addition, who I haven't gotten around to doing yet. But, random folk in the neighborhood wouldn't know the difference between a collarless cat and a microchipped collarless cat, and might think the latter is an ownerless stray and take them in, etc. (paranoia lives.)