Bald kitten

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Rebecca Marchewka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 21:12:01 GMT

Yep, suckered in by a kitten again lol

That picture is of her looking out of my bedroom window. :)

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Julie Innes — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:14:45 GMT

Aww, she's cute!

You kept her didn't you?!!

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Liz Barton — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:09:47 GMT

Thanks for the update!

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Chris Geddes — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:02:21 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]Do cats get Demodex?[/quote]

Yes.

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Rebecca Marchewka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 15:43:17 GMT

Quick update. Here is the kitten now. Hair regrowing quickly. Apparently completely normal tabby and white moggy.

thank you for all your replies

Becky

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Kelly Cremers — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:54:45 GMT

Seen this before in a rescue kitten few years back. only about 5 weeks old, covered in fleas. All his hair fell out and grew back once fleas were under control and he was fed a complete kitten food.

Managed to find a few pictures, taken from when we first started treating him in September and lats one 2 months later. No picture when he was brought in, think I was too shocked at the time to actually take pictures. Owners just dumped him on the reception because of his flea-issue and wanted him PTS as he wasn't cute and fluffy. Grrr.

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Thomas Johnson — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:24:34 GMT

[quote user="Rebecca Marchewka"]

Just to let you know that the hair looks to be growing now. A bit of a mystery really.

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Could it be something like 'wool break' in sheep where all the hairs have a weak point and break at the same length very close to the skin, caused by either malnutrition or illness.

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Rebecca Marchewka — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:18:35 GMT

Another pic

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Rebecca Marchewka — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:17:17 GMT

Hi,

Just to let you know that the hair looks to be growing now. A bit of a mystery really.

thank you

Becky

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Rebecca Marchewka — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:31:16 GMT

I haven't shone a woods lamp on it, will do so this evening. It doesn't look like any ringworm I have ever seen but definitely worth a look.

Yes, it is symmetrical.

The skin apart from being alopecic looks pretty normal and the kitten is bright, playing and eating like a horse.

thank you for your thoughts.

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Martin Atkinson — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:23:59 GMT

[quote user="Rebecca Marchewka"]I have attached some pics [/quote]Only one picture but from that it looks symmetrical so I would go for genetic part Sphinx especially with the ears as David pointed out. Maybe worth shining a Woods light on it but the distribution is wrong for ringworm. Do cats get Demodex?

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Bob Russell — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:00:46 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]

So cute. I want, I want, I want!!!

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No you don't! You just think you do!

Get one with hair, just as nature designed.

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Rebecca Marchewka — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:35:48 GMT

I did wonder about some sort of sphynx genetics. Just seems a bit odd for it to turn up as a stray.

Anyway, I have treated its fleas and we will see.

Maybe an owner will turn up and the mystery will be solved.

Thank you all for your input.

Becky

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Liz Barton — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:37:52 GMT

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]genetic issues[/quote]

We had an adult cat in recently that was utterly bald other than sparse hair on distal limbs. As a kitten it was fully haired, so we presumed a Sphynx-cross (had the same bat ears). Treat for the fleas, and if otherwise healthy skin and non-pruritic yours looks like a similar case.

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Nicola Cole — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:32:21 GMT

Was going to say looks like a bedraggled Cornish Rex with the lack of hair and bat ear...or part Sphinx would work aswell!

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Kate Richardson — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:44:26 GMT

So cute. I want, I want, I want!!!

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Linda Filshie — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:29:05 GMT

[quote user="David Mills"]

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]Part sphynx maybe?[/quote]

Yes and the ears!

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Bat-kitten!

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David Mills — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:19:24 GMT

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]Part sphynx maybe?[/quote]

Yes and the ears!

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Linda Filshie — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:24:53 GMT

Part sphynx maybe? Difficult to see clearly but truncal skin doesn't look to have 2ry lesions? I'm sure there are probably some genetic issues that can cause alopecia but I'd be tempted to just tx the fleas for the moment and observe for signs of hair regrowth.

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Rebecca Marchewka — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:22:56 GMT

I have attached some pics