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by K Marie Alto Updated 2 min read
Have you ever come back from vacation to find your fur baby has some bald spots on his/her legs? Maybe you’ve moved to a new house or started a job with very different hours.
Kitties are creatures of habit and big shifts to their routine can often lead to changes in behavior. Once your vet has ruled out any underlying medical issues, you’re generally left with the dreaded “behavioral” diagnosis.
I say dreaded because often time behavior issues take more time and effort to overcome than say simply treating an acute medical issue.
Normal Grooming to Excessive Grooming
Cats spend anywhere from about 30-40% of their day grooming. It’s important to understand that when your kitty grooms, the licking releases endorphins.
These happy hormones relax your kitty so during a stressful time they may resort to extra grooming to self-soothe.
When normal grooming becomes more obsessive, hair loss (psychogenic alopecia) and even skin lesions can occur.
Most common areas of over-grooming
Usually, the easiest-to-reach areas tend to be chosen. Bald patches can often appear symmetrical on both sides of the body.
Some of the most common areas to notice missing fur are as follows:
Treatment
Behavior issues aren’t as clean-cut to treat.
Your vet will likely recommend several of the following potential solutions, which looking to the pet parents for updates on progress.
Has your fur baby ever experiences psychogenic alopecia? What did you do to reverse the behavior?
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K. Marie is an animal lover, wife, kitty mom, dog auntie, writer, and co-founder of Toe Beans, a proud American family-owned online boutique pet supplies store focused on the improvement of the life of furry family members via pet parent education, better products, and advocacy. She has over 20 years of experience as a pet momma. She loves sharing her personal journey and experience as a pet parent via her blog and Facebook page where she currently has more than 50K followers (@furrytoebeans) and counting :-). Read more
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