QUOTE(elfreakz @ Aug 1 2009, 12:19 PM)
First of all, please don't expect the vet to know about cats life eheheh.. what they learn in school is about sickness, disease and maybe surgery. they dont learn about breeds and etc eheheh... and there is one vet telling me, most of them very familiar with dogs rather than cats.
Secondly.. please don't blame the food in first place.
What you need to check is other reason why fur shedding...
Other reasons include:
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parasites such as fleas, ticks, lice, determites, mites, ringworm, fungal, etc... since you mention about your cat with fleas few months ago, make sure it is complete gone. try the spray type if your cat has a lot of fleas. if your cat is indoor cat, you are lucky.. but if your cat running outside the house - you will have non-stop problem.
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is your cat spayed/neutered? is your cat on heat (horny for sex) ?? if yes, that is one of the reason why your cat is shedding fur. get them neuter to have a beautiful coat. stress, moody, horny will make the fur shed and when it is time for sex, cat will less grooming themself - they look terrible when they are super horny
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weather.. yes its hot lately... cats do shed fur during this time. some even change alil bit color.. i mean from dark to bright...
- the nature... yes by nature all cat shed fur. depending on how much much they are shedding... like human, our hair drops, dead hair falls, new hair come out... a friend of mine last time involve with hair drop like a lot and he thought he is suffering from leukemia LOL.
- how many time do u groom your cat? lets make it into 2 category.. .dry groom and wet groom...
dry groom = how many times do u brush your cat fur a day? you must brush their fur everyday. that is what u need to do when you have long hair cat. help them to brush the fur, it will help u reduce drop furs around the house. if your cat recently has fleas.. go get fleas comb, you must comb the fur to drop all fleas eggs and dead fleas.
wet groom = if your cat recently has fleas, why not bath atleast 1 time a week with fleas shampoo? brush your cat fur before you bathm them...
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vet check up = i think u already did this right.. make sure everything is done such as skin check up. cat with sensitive skin will end up having bad skin which can't hold the fur.
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hairball is the ball come out during vomiting.. have u ever see this in your house??? if no, that means your cat is super lazy... if he/she groom him/her self, with the amount of shedding, your cat should vomiting hairball.
and again i would love to know the age... and see if he/she is currently in the mood of sex or laziness.
remember, help him/her to groom .. help brush the fur.
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do all of the above first, before you spending too much money changing food, and also making your cat stomach in pain. im feeding iams at the moment, have no problem with "too much fur shed", since they are all neutered. i feed SP before too, and never encounter too much fur shed as well...
don't easily get flattering with the sweetness offer by your petshop too. they are trying to make you buy eheheheh..
long time ago im one of the victim... if u ask me how many times of cat food i have tried? almost all... why? because of the same problem like yours, and sweetness offer by petshop i end up buying too many cat food LOL.
if you keep changing it, you end up do know which one is the best for your cat. by giving best food but your cat is not eating it equal too 0. go get food he likes the most, and wait for atleast 4 months before you see changes.. if you change every month, all food will be useless.
good luck
woww..elfreakz!i really don't know how to thank you for the help!
it really helps me a lots!
ok,gonna answer abt all the tasks u asked me to do before changing the food.
before that,im kinda surprise that vet know more on sickness,diseases,or anything related to medical than breed!LOLL!!!
1) parasites:i am 110% sure she is completely gone from fleas,ticks,lies etc etc.when i brought her to vet for fleas prob the vet didn't even bother cause he says it not a major prob,as in not many fleas,but i insist to get the meds,and he gave me FRONTLINE COMBO SPOT-ON,then it all gone.
She's not really an indoor cat,i just lepas her,but ever since i just lock her in my room to keep me company what i noticed she's so rarely go outside,the farthest is on the balcony which is 10 steps away from my room.she'll ALWAYS sleep there on the cold floor but in the sunlight.
and i also notice that the fur shed more when she is lepaking at the window or balcony (hot and sunny plc-i am blaming the weather!huhu)..
2) Is your cat spayed/neutered?:To answer to this ques,I need to inform that she wasn't mine in the first place.She was my neighbour's (4 houses away).About 2 years ago she often came here to play with us,we kept on feeding her and at one time she didn't go to her owner at all!!
And seems like the former owner didn't bother at all and maybe they have a new one (i saw once their new persian or DLH outside their home wandering around the neighbourhood-damn!).If they really love her they'll do anything to find her right.So i dont find it's wrong for my family to keep her,since we also would do anything to her,and keep her save!
So,i dunno if she had been spayed.But i think she had. Because she didn't wandering around the house to menggatal and if the male come near her she'll ran away!She's scared to death to the male.And at one time that horny male trying to sneaked into my room maybe to check on her! Can this sign makes sense that she had been spayed??SHE JUST NOT INTO IT!and i found that she's really a good groomer.
3) weather:im totally agree with you on this.but what can i do,place her in the fridge?LOL! Even we human feel so restless with the weather right,apa tah lagi dia yg dipenuhi bulu-buluan?LOL!
pergh!Leukemia?that must've been a nightmare for him uhh!
4) grooming? :dry groom-i help her brush her fur about 10x a week like that?isn't that enough?Cause i was terrified looking at the comb there's thick fur of her stucked there! what if she get bold one day?and im gonna have like that fur-less breed of cat?!LOL!
wet groom-since the fleas are gone,i still bath her 2 weeks -one month once,depends on the smell and the dirt on her.even if she no longer have fleas i still use the medicated soap sometimes.
5) vet check up:yeah,i've done this.once i asked the vet,if there's an injection to stop the fur shed (i know it sounds silly
).i ask that cause my ignorance friend told me that the vet she met gave the injection to her cat!DUH!
i guess she must have been misunderstood what the vet has said!
and my vet said there's no such 'stopping the fur shed injection!!)
hairball is the ball come out during vomiting.. have u ever see this in your house??? if no, that means your cat is super lazy... if he/she groom him/her self, with the amount of shedding, your cat should vomiting hairball.
and again i would love to know the age... and see if he/she is currently in the mood of sex or laziness.
i don't have idea on how does the hairball looks like.and i've never seen it around my house,or maybe she had vomited outside of the house.BUT, recently she had puked ON my bed sheet,for God sake!
and apart from i think the digested Science Plan there something like ketul2 panjang looks like poo poo
(how the hell she eats her own poo poo!!) and i now notice that it's the same colour as her fur!!
How i wish i take a pic of that thing,so i can show it to u! L.O.L!
and again as i mention before,i dunno her age,not even guessing and neither the vet can guess also her age.but from her canin,im afraid the vet said she's not so young..
im positive it have nothing to do with sex,but laziness?as in?playing or grooming?she's great and so rajin at both i can say!
wait,why do u say my cat is a super lazy if there's no hairball coming out during the vomiting?
So if the hair ball comes out,the cat is a super good boy/girl ehh?
if you keep changing it, you end up do know which one is the best for your cat. by giving best food but your cat is not eating it equal too 0. go get food he likes the most, and wait for atleast 4 months before you see changes.. if you change every month, all food will be useless.
This is actually what i am planning on doing.I know her stomach might be upset if i keep changing her food every month at least.That's why it's almost 6 months i've been feeding her with SP,that why im asking for a suggestion for any other brand (jgn la yg pelik2 sgt),so that i know which one the best for her kan?So far she loves Science Plan tuna flavour than Chicken!haha.
Eh,one more thing,since that she had puked and if that weird thing is hairball,does she needs IAMS HAIRBALL CARE or DIGESTIVE CARE? or that's normal?
Or any other hairball care from Royal Canine product??
THANK YOU so much for that help,and maybe it would be easier if we talk in private (PM)?
Ahh,but in that way others can't give their opinion..
P/S:Maybe all this excessive fur shed is actually normal for them,it's just me the owner is over-worried about it?
Jun 20 2009, 01:46 AM, updated 15y ago
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