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Alopecia is the complete or partial lack of hair in any area of the skin where hair would normally be found. Treatment depends upon the underlying cause.
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The best way to prevent problems developing with the anal sacs of your cat is to "express" them manually once a month. This is something anyone can easily learn to do at home.
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Feline acne and stud tail are more common than you think. It's a problem akin to teenage acne. Most cases are mild that they often go unnoticed. More serious cases may take some experimentation to find the best treatment.
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Some people rave about Colloidal Silver's positive results. Others say it has no effect. Still others warn about side effects. Regardless, this controversial alternative medicine may have a place in your cat's health care.
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Convenia is an injectable antibiotic that in a single shot can take the place of giving an oral antibiotic for twice a day for 14 days. While this is a major convenience when treating a cat, it also has a few drawbacks.
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Occasionally, even the most meticulous cat can develop an embarrassing grooming problem — chin dirt. But the black specks on a cat's chin are not actually 'dirt'. And it can be more serious than a simple grooming problem.
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Learn how to use your senses of touch, smell and vision to evaluate the condition of your cat`s skin and coat.
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Gentamicin is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections of the eye, such as conjunctivitis, and of the outer part of the ear canal (bacterial otitis externa).
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If your cat is experiencing any type of skin problem, the situation will almost always improve if the hair is clipped, trimmed or shaved.
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To help soothe irritations of the skin and to discourage the cat from licking and chewing at itself, consider adding Hexa-Caine spray to your medicine chest.
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Perhaps one of the most frustrating problems a cat owner can be faced with is the cat that scratches for no apparent reason.
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Sometimes referred to as Walking Dandruff, fur mites are often the reason for excessive scratching and skin eczemas. Frequently misdiagnosed as a food allergy, learn how to tell when your cat might have a mite problem and how easily it can be dealt with.
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Follow the story of a young Himalayan cat and her battle against the skin condition called Pemphigus foliaceus.
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Pemphigus is a general term that describes four different auto-immune skin diseases referred to as the Pemphigus Complex. Pemphigus is characterized by scabs, blisters and pustules that rupture.
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Jasmine Alexander of Snobelle Chinchilla Persians shares her story of treating a rodent ulcer on the lip of a cat that was still nursing a litter of kittens.
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Follow the treatment of a Exotic Shorthair neuter that developed a severe rodent ulcer.
Rodent ulcers are unique to cats. A rodent ulcer has a very distinctive appearance, beginning as a shiny yellow or pink spot where the skin joins the membrane lining of the cat's mouth,
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Scurf is the word used to describe a scaly or shredded dry skin condition on a cat. Dandruff is an example of a very mild scurf.
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Scurf (dry, flaky skin condition) that is unique to cats, is the result of the irritation to the skin when it is gripped by the teeth of a male cat as he grabs and holds the female's skin on the back of her neck when mounting and attempting to breed.
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Stud tail results from a build-up of sebum secretion at the base of the cat's tail. Initially it is a grooming issue, however, if not treated it can develop into a serious bacterial infection.
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