bald patches - food allergy?

[John T]

Our 8 year old neutored Tom has bald patches on his legs, getting
progressively larger (the bald patches not the cat.!)

Thje 1st vet sugfested stress (a cat that spends most of the day
asleep with no rival felines). New vet has suggested an allergic
reaction to food - he eats Whiskas pouches (cat not vet).

anyone else any ideas?

John T

To reply br email take out "the rubbish"

[hockeyw...@yahoo.com]

Yep, I also have a neutered boy, 2 years old, and he really started chewing
on his inside leg, too, and we took him to vet. Vet suggested that it might
have been food allergy.

However, getting the furry guys to like eating a new brand of food is
difficult. I would really like it if the good canned food was more
delectible to them. Funny how they love the 38 cent canned food, but don't
like the 99 cent canned food!

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[watchcat]

My spayed female moggie Tosca (10 y o) was developing a growing bald patch
on her tummy and inside legs. She's a tortie, so the bald skin was mottled.
The bald spot started on that saggy bit that spayed females get, so she
looked really skanky from behind. If you looked closely, you could see
very fine down stubble ie, it wasn't shiny skin. Anyway, the vet did some
tests and diagnosed hyperthyroidism. I had never seen her gnaw on her fur
to any unusual degree, (which he reckoned she was doing) so I sort of
resisted that diagnosis (I had read too much about feline alopecia on the
'net). She was happy enough and very active. However, she was a bit light
(in kg) and wasn't showing the benefit of all the food she was scarfing,
looking skankier by the day. If a stranger cat got in her garden, she was
bug-eyed with enthusiasm to get out there and give him a tune-up. So I let
the vet put her on Neo-Mercazole, and the improvement after about 4 weeks
was very noticeable. She's much heavier now and the fur has all grown back.
Also, I think she's calmed down a bit and sleeps more. The vet tells me
that she is likely to need this medication for the rest of her life.
Fortunately, I've got the pill-popping method down to a fine art.
cheers

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