My cats licking / chewing off his furr???

I adopted a cat from an animal shelter in april, he has no sign of fleas or a skin disorder but hes always licking and chewing off his fur. He has barley any fur on his lower belly now or around his paws...were bringing him to the vet tomorow does anyone know what this could be

My cats licking / chewing off his furr???
If there is no sign of fleas or other skin irritation, it could be allergies (environmental or food), it could be an endocrine problem, or it could be a stress reaction. Have your vet run a complete blood panel to rule out illness. If it turns out to be stress washing, your vet can prescribe medicine to calm him and stop the behavior.





I had a cat who used to stress wash and she ended up washing her sides entirely bald. She was much better after she had been on meds for a while, and she was later able to come off of the meds without returning to stress washing.





Good luck with him.
Reply:It sounds like a skin disorder.....
Reply:It could be a skin issue.





But if you adopted him from the shelter he could have some mental problems that you don't know about from before he was at the shelter.





Cats are known to get depressed and self mutilate. They suggest that you adopt cats in pairs so that they don't have time to get depressed.
Reply:..........your cat is stressed? Thats the only reason that i can think of. try circling your fingers on its head and shoulders to relax your cat, do that for about 10 minutes a day until after a couple of weeks it should calm down.Hope that helps!!!
Reply:it could be alergies b/c one of my animals did that and when we took them in all we had to do was give them a shot and it was better
Reply:I think your cat may have fleas that's the only thing i could think it would be. Well you taking her to the vet is a good idea or you could try flea medicine and see if it works.
Reply:It could be he's grooming himself or a skin infection.
Reply:Its sounds like your cat as allergies.However this could be caused by stress of being in a new place with new smells.It could also be his age,older cats seem to develop skin irrations without any visible troubles.I have a 8 year old Siamese cat and she does this if I don't give her baths.The skin could be dried out and causing him to itch like he does.vitamin E helps with dry skin and dull coats.Vitamin E helps promote a healthy coat and will give it a nice healthy shine and it will help with the dry skin as well.Your vet may also recommend that you change his diet as well.It sounds like a allergy problem.He may also have parasites that you cant see.I hope this has helped you out.I wish you luck with your vet visit.
Reply:probly flees or something like that.....ewww....poor thing.
Reply:one of my cats has an allergy that causes his skin to get very irritated and then he licks his tummy til it becomes raw and bleeds. He is now on meds that have helped no end and now his hair has grown back!





Cats also lick a lot if they are stressed or bored.