Cat licking walls

RE: Cat licking walls

ell — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:40:20 GMT

Thanks we will check that.

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niamhjl — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:20:20 GMT

I have a long term feline IMHA case where the owners can always tell if it is poorly controlled or relapsing, because it starts eating cat litter again! That was it’s only initial presenting sign.

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Sara Ramsey — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:23:54 GMT

Another vote for ruling out anaemia. I've seen cats licking paving slabs, bare plaster and the " coals " on a fireplace.

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Sammy82 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:27:22 GMT

Agree with Louise, check Haematology if not done already. Saw a young cat with FIA once that was brought in because it was obsessively licking the soot off the fireplace.

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Louise6732 — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:26:48 GMT

Did you run haematology or just biochem? Could be pica related to anaemia?

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Anthony Todd — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:50:13 GMT

Why don't you rub lemonjuice on the area and stop the old cat's obsession? [my son's cat licks my fingers??] [normal bloods??]

Why connect a really strange obsession, and pretty rare, directly and causitively, with very common old-cat pathology?

Are the two connected?

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Thomas Johnson — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 11:15:07 GMT

[quote userid="10397" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/small-animal/f/misc-clinical-discussions/28895/cat-licking-walls"]The high lipase is the conundrum, otherwise would just consider it as kidneys and treat as such.[/quote]

Pancreatic enzymes are eliminated via the kidneys so can be elevated with kidney disease, and my understanding is that lipase is not very useful for diagnosing anything in cats!