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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
So am I tbh..
LeytonCatLady
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I'm keeping Lilith in for the night, although she probably won't want to go out in it anyway.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
He got his chance when the phone rang and it was my Ma so he had it for half an hour while I dealt with a load of fraught family politics. To his credit, he hopped off when I came back.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
My two stayed in last night as well. In fact Donut spent the night sleeping in between me and Mr K 
He's no fool.
He's no fool.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
It seems the storm has brought about a ceasefire in the recents days’ hostilities. Our two called a truce and slept in adjacent chairs last night. Thank you Isha 
LeytonCatLady
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High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
A low heat electric blankie that's designed to be left on for uptown 9 hours (so, in effect overnight) has resulted in some serious overnight cat attention I can tell you
philosophical
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Scrounger Bloom has a homing instinct of sorts.
LeytonCatLady
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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Vic on my lap again
BigTom
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Things looking happier in my house. Frida is much better, pic here just after having a play with a toy.
She's mostly been staying upstairs with Rosa downstairs but she's started going outside again which is good.
They are getting on better, Rosa is almost treating her like mum again but not quite, like she instinctively follows her like before for a moment then runs off!
We'll see what happens but at the least they are tolerating each other, we'll see if they get back to grooming each other and sleeping together.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
My question is how do I distract Beauty from overgrooming ?
Epona
Beauty is continuing to get bald patches - some quite large ones. And they seem to be growing in area.
Not sure of the cause, I'm blaming overgrooming but she did have a lot of ABs to accompany the removal of her smashed back leg.
She's got a lot of little scabs over small cuts / possible bites.
We have attempted to treat for fleas.
I've tried distracting her when we notice she seems to be washing too much.
Especially as she's not really a playing with toys cat, nor does she bliss out on catnip.
Responds to cat crack, though !
Being basically a stray/farm/feral cat, we still can't handle her like you would a full pet, which is why we are here.
Will attempt to talk to the vet tomorrow. [Yesterday no power and unsafe to travel]
Epona
Beauty is continuing to get bald patches - some quite large ones. And they seem to be growing in area.
Not sure of the cause, I'm blaming overgrooming but she did have a lot of ABs to accompany the removal of her smashed back leg.
She's got a lot of little scabs over small cuts / possible bites.
We have attempted to treat for fleas.
I've tried distracting her when we notice she seems to be washing too much.
Especially as she's not really a playing with toys cat, nor does she bliss out on catnip.
Responds to cat crack, though !
Being basically a stray/farm/feral cat, we still can't handle her like you would a full pet, which is why we are here.
Will attempt to talk to the vet tomorrow. [Yesterday no power and unsafe to travel]
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
I see your floofy cat belly and raise you a ball of cotton wool
Have I posted that on here before? Does it matter?
Silly sausage. 
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Our cat had a bad episode of overgrooming and we put it down to stress (he's an ex-stray, very tame and affectionate but very nervy). It has improved massively - at one point he had an almost bald belly but his fur eventually grew back.
We used Feliway which is a plug-in diffuser which had a calming effect. It might be worth trying for Beauty if she spends time indoors. It could be that she is itchy after surgery or because of fleas, or is stressed. I think all you can do is speak to the vet, wait for the flea treatment to work and maybe try Feliway if it's do-able.
Epona is an absolute fount of cat-knowledge and may have more ideas, you do right to tag her.
LeytonCatLady
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Lilith watching me through the crack in the door.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
This sounds very much like Lil’ Bob a few months ago. He was overgrooming and we initially gave him flea treatment but it got worse with scabs and rough patches so took him to the vet. Turned out it wasn’t fleas but dermatitis caused by a suspected allergic reaction - very likely from a collar we put on him. One (expensive) antihistamine/anti-inflammatory injection later and the poor lad finally got some relief and doesn’t look like a 14th century plague victim anymore. Hope you get her sorted
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Overgrooming can be a difficult one to solve as it can have several potential causes, eg. local skin irritation from external sources, allergies or auto-immune/systemic issues causing generalised itching, stress, pain, or it can become habit once the initial stimulus to overgroom is gone (as it releases endorphines when they are overgrooming to the point of removing hair and irritating their own skin).
Did you see the vet and what did they say about it? There are various treatments that they might prescribe such as anti-histamines or steroids to reduce any allergic reactions or simply to interrupt the itch-scratch cycle, which overgrooming can be similar to.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Had a chat over the phone this afternoon - now have an appointment tomorrow morning to see what's up, as there are several potential causes.
However, have found that both offers of cat crack and her flirt pole can distract her.
I did suggest mail gloves ! maybe be for me as I have to get her into the cat carrier and I'm not her favourite person to start with ...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
My old dog used to spend so much time lying belly up, legs akimbo that I'm pretty sure they installed his brain upside downAye, they did my Jakey's body in one unit of measurement, and his brain in another
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
My old dog used to spend so much time lying belly up, legs akimbo that I'm pretty sure they installed his brain upside down
I joke that when they were handing out feline grace, Jakey was back in the lunch queue trying to get seconds
On our Xmas redo last week when my parents were round here, they were treated to the sight of him missing a jump of less than a foot in distance and falling off the back of one of the sofas into his litter tray, bum first (after a lot of loony-tunes style scrabbling to stay upright, the only thing that was missing was the cartoon sound effect.
)Cosmo frequently does the head rub thing where they get so into it, they roll right over onto their back - at which point he falls off my shoulders because he'd forgotten where he wasI joke that when they were handing out feline grace, Jakey was back in the lunch queue trying to get seconds
On our Xmas redo last week when my parents were round here, they were treated to the sight of him missing a jump of less than a foot in distance and falling off the back of one of the sofas into his litter tray, bum first (after a lot of loony-tunes style scrabbling to stay upright, the only thing that was missing was the cartoon sound effect.
LeytonCatLady
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Lilith always wants to sleep on the bed when I'm about to make it.
LeytonCatLady
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philosophical
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Rather skittish feral Harry doing the eye thing when I came home this afternoon.
I felt honoured.
I felt honoured.
