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cats losing hair

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Aleda M Cheng, D.V.M. - Small Animals, dogs, cats

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This forum is for pet health questions! Dr. Cheng's interests include: Small animal medicine & surgery, Veterinary Acupuncture and Veterinary Chinese Herbal Medicine and Veterinary NAED, Allergy diagnosis & treatment

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cats losing hair

by maddierace, Oct 16, 2007 11:49PM

Tags: cats, Health, bacterial, contagious, diarrhea, endocrine, family, neoplastic, parasites, pets, scabies, treatment, viral, weight, Multiple symptoms, My family

my cat is losing alot of hair and lost a lot of weight and has dirrerria bad can this affect my other pet and my family

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by Aleda M Cheng, D.V.M.

, Oct 17, 2007 09:48AM

You really need to get your cat to the veterinarian for a proper diagnosis and treatment. Your cat has multiple symptoms that may or not be related. Fleas or Scabies can cause hairloss and can cause itching in other pets and humans. Diarrhea can be caused by parasites that could be contagious to other pets. But all of these symptoms can be caused by non-contagious viral, bacterial, endocrine, neoplastic, or other etiologies.

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