Kitten hair loss

My family adopted a two week old kitten two weeks ago. All as been going well as far as bottle feeding, litter box, etc. However she/he is slowly loosing her/his once long hair and now has very slick hair with a few long hairs still remaining. Is this normal? What does it mean? The kitten doesn't have anything (ring work, etc) I don't believe. everything is normally except the hair loss. Also the hair loss is primarily along the neck, back, and stomach. With long hair still on the head, feet, and tail. Thanks for the help!

Hi @zbever can you take a photo to show us?

View media item 221200 give me a few mins and I'll get a close up of her back

this is her/him the kitten use to have long soft hair and it just continued to shed until she looked like this.

OK this is definitely not normal.  There are many causes of hair loss in cats.  One possibility is Congenital hypotrichosis: A genetic condition where kittens lose any hair they are born with by about 4 months of age.

A big list of possibilities are in the links below, but only a vet can diagnose this.  Your kitten should be seen by a vet.

http://pets.webmd.com/cats/diseases-hair-loss-cats

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+2141&aid=195

Oh poor kitty !! No this is definitely not normal at all. He/she really needs to see a vet as soon as possible.

It looks a bit like fox mange or some sort of mite.

here's a closer picture. I am planning on going to the vets Monday afternoon!

Let us know what the vet says ok !

I also want to say that now looking closer it appears that there still is fur just not any long hair anymore. It's not just skin there is a small layer of fur over her body just to be clear!

zbever said:

I also want to say that now looking closer it appears that there still is fur just not any long hair anymore. It's not just skin there is a small layer of fur over her body just to be clear!

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Yeah I can see the thin layer of fur you mean. But this still is not normal at all :nod:
I'm glad you can get her to a vet so soon Please let us know how you get on