Two of my cats are roughly 3 yr old fixed females. They both came to us as stray cats, and are not very social. They hide in the bedroom the majority of the time, coming into the common areas of the house on weekends and at "treat" times twice a day. They like getting love from us around bedtime and sleep at our feet but are mostly independent kitties.
In the past two weeks I have noticed them both spending a lot of time licking their back ends....at the very back of their backs, where their tails connect to their bodies. One kitty is black, the other dark grey so I hadnt noticed until I was petting them in the past couple days just how bad it has gotten....they both "bald" spots on their backs right where their tail connects, and the grey kitty is missing about 1/2 inch of fur at the base of her tail.
The spots aren't really bald, because there is hair....I would say it really feels like those spots have been shaved to about 1/8th of an inch or so. There is never an actual bald spot, just very short spots. These are indoor only cats and the hair loss is on the spots that they are licking the most.
We have had no crazy changes in the past two weeks, or so. We moved to this house back in May, and the cats adjusted well. We added a kitten in June but he doesn't really interact with these two. It is just about time to deworm them again, could that cause it....if they did get worms (we had baby kittens for a little while that had their own litterbox but I can't be sure other cats did not use it....all the other cats have since been dewormed except these two because it wasn't time for them yet and we didn't see any signs that they needed it....) would having worms cause them to obsessively groom their backsides to the point of losing this hair?
I am planning on calling the vet about this as well, just thought I would see if anyone had any advice/suggestions for me! Thanks!
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