Question about my little Chloe **UPDATED**

[heidiv]

Knowing most of you have dealt with just about anything...... I thought that I would get the best answer from all of you 1st.

My 2nd youngest kitty Chloe was laying on the couch last night and I noticed that the fur on the inside of her legs was gone It doesn't look as if she pulled it all out it almost looks like she has licked it all off????

Now Chloe is what I call an obsessive cleaner. She will wake up my husband in his sleep because she is over cleaning his hair. My question is....Does anyone in this forum have a cat that does this???? Should I be taking her in to the vet??? Do you think it could be a nervous thing???? And if it is a nervous thing what would I do to make it better????

Any help would be great I might just call into the vet anyway to see what they say. Thank you all!!

[Catty1]

It's an obsessive-compulsive disorder. My formerly wild boy, Oscar, has that, and he is on twice-a-day Feliway for the rest of his days. His fur seems to be growing back, slowly.

I asked my vet about Feliway instead of anti-depressants, as Feliway contains the cat facial pheromones. My tiny bottle was $70 - but I bought it in June and still have about a month or two left!

She might also have a UTI and licking the area there because it is uncomfy. Let us know what the vet says.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear this. As Catty1 has said it does sound like an obsessive compulsive disorder. It may be caused by stress. Do you know if she did this before you adopted Paris? If not then maybe Paris is stressing her out. Does she get along with Paris? Hopefully the vet will be able to give you something that will help her. Good luck.

[heidiv]

I am in tears right now I just found another patch of missing hair under one of her arms I am going to get into the vets office tomarrow ASAP. I have made a list of things that could be causing this.

1) Adopting Paris-This was back in August?????? They seem to get along if anyone gets picked on its Mopar (By Chloe and Paris) It seems as if they gang up on her.

2) We stared to feed our cats indoor formula Science diet food so that everyone likes the food. I am going to go and buy Their Iams food tomarrow since we are almost finished with the other one.

3)Her obsessive cleaning habit (Caused by stress??)
She has since she was a kitten freaked out by any little noise sudden movement and the other night she hissed at me because I accidently startled her???

I don't know what to do I can't believe I didn't notice this sooner? She is totally into my husband and I am constantly trying to keep Paris out of whatever she is into at that moment....that checking Chloe really hasn't been on my mind. I noticed she is still eating alright and using the litter box. This hasn't been a problem at all. Does anyone think that this could be hormonal at all? And if it could be Paris what am I going to do to lesson the burden on Chloe? I know I would not be able to rehome Paris I would not be able to do that we are like best buds.... I am such a bad meowmie I always thought I was on top of the cats health..... Any help would be great I am feeling extremely bad right now.

[Catty1]

WHOA....cats, like people, have individual personalities, and Chloe just might be a bit more jumpy than her housemates. It is NO one's fault at all...

Oscar had been doing this, and I had been slow on the uptake about his UTI - till one day he went to the closet door where the litter box was - the one door that was NEVER opened...I opened it, he stepped into the box, peed just a trickle, and got out again. I was MORTIFIED that I hadn't noticed earlier, though I was suspecting something.

You got this in time...Chloe will be ok....don't beat up on yourself, k? Keep us posted!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Cats are very good at hiding pain and illness and probably many other things from us so please don't blame yourself for not noticing this issue sooner. I'm glad that you're going to take her to the vet. Hopefully your vet will be able to diagnose her problem and give her something that will make her feel better. Please continue to keep us updated. Good luck.