Bald Patches Above the eyes

both of my brown kittens have bald patches above both of their eyes what does this mean???

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Are you sure that the spots are bald patches and not just thinner sections of hair? It is common for some cats to have thinner looking hair by their eyes and on their ears.

Have the kittens been checked out by a vet? If not, that is a first step. The vet can check for any problems and see if the patches are due to something like fleas or an infection.

My older white cat has them right in front of her ears. There is a tiny bit of dwny fuzz there but no real fur. It scared me when I first noticed! She was really shy when I got her, so I didn't notice right away. But if I touch it, the skins soft there and the vet said its normal.

Those bald patches could be a number of things. It could be alopecia, it could be just a genetic trait, it could be that is where they are scratching, or some kind of mites, or allergy. It is hard to tell, but a vet could tell you or at least set your mind at ease.

My black cat has thinner hair over her eyes. Its not "bald" but you can see the skin thru it.

I was told its normal for the hair to be thinner in that area. So its probably nothing serious.

Are the patches higher up say near the ears more? If so it's completely normal because cats have scent glands on the tops of their heads and in some cats the fur will be thinner. 3 of my cats have this thinning there their wholes lives.

I have a picture of one of my former cats to show you as an example. This cat had thinner hair near her eye and ear area which was normal and didn't signify any problem. Is this what you mean?

I have a  beautiful ALL BLACK CAT, named Heidi, and she has thin hair from where her "eye brows " would be to her ears. I had never seen it before, and I didn't know if it was inherent to a certain breed. 

You have replied to an 11-year old thread!

However your cat is completely normal.

I concur my cat is black and white and that part is black and I asked the vet and he said "I think that's just more noticeable on black cats"

thats so weird, my cat is 4 and he is also all black and has the same patch. it never once bothered him, its been the same way since he was a baby. never really thought anything of it recently the husband has been worried, but now i can tell him its normal thanks guys!

Thank you so much for the photo! 

Hello from my lovely old female cat emelie.
I got her one year ago from an animal shelter, and she came with the very same near bold patches we all know so well. As surplus added a desire to scratch there with her hindpaws, sometimes till the skin was hurt. Also her chinhair was not so well.
At the vet I had fungus and skinparasites as reasons cleared with:no. Maybe food- or other allergies could be responsible...
Emelie is a not a very active cat. I feed her good quality canned food twice a day and a little dry food daily. The food amount is ca. 80gr canned food, less than 10gr dry food. She's 4.3kg, a little on the fatty side, says the vet, keeping her weight.
Since x-mas I started to add daily a little taurin to the canned food. I see a change now in febuary!! The hair grows back in finally. Maybe it is not normal after all. Now I search for the foodconditions of the comerades in red windows above the eyes.
Especially if your loved cats are indoorcats and older.
Kind and amount of food, amount of taurin per day consumed. Are there sucessful mouse hunting cats with the problem?

mine has em like that i just notice and this pic made me feel better i was scare for a second

Yeah it's normal, I think they do some scent marking from that spot. Mine like to be petted there :3

Hair loss on cats is not normal. Something is causing it. Over the past 11 years I have rescued between 20 and 30 cats. I currently have 16 cats in my house including five 3-month-old kittens. None of the cats I have ever had had any hair loss issues until we brought these five kittens into the house when they were approximately five weeks old. The last kitten to be caught started developing hair loss between her left eye and ear and I noticed there were a lot of little tiny scabs in the area. I started coating the area every night with neem oil which is great for killing skin parasites. Within a week the scabs have disappeared and her hair started growing back. Now I am seeing some of the other cats have suddenly developed bald spots but I’m not seeing the tiny scabs. Our oldest cat, 11 years old, now has it above his left eye and has a lot of scabby stuff going on. I have sent pictures to our vet and she said she couldn’t say for sure unless she does a scraping but she did not think it was mange.

My daughter has been battling demodex mites for the past year which were passed to her by the guy she was dating who has a dog that is apparently the source. There are various types of this Demodex mite and she has hit them with every natural substance available and even had facial peels done and those things are still in the skin on her face. She called her dermatologist and they said they had never even heard of Demodex mites. They are a very common cause of acne so if you go to a dermatologist you’re not going to get the help you need. They are only going to prescribe antibiotics for the inflammation but antibiotics do not kill the mites. She initially thought the bald spots on the cats’ heads are Demodex but the neem oil seems to be clearing them up whereas it has not worked on her face.

I am getting ready to go put neem oil on all the kitties’ bald spots which I will have to do for at least the next week or two to see if it clears them all up like it did with the first kitten. She was the last one caught and spent two very very cold nights outside by herself and I think her immune system was impacted. Demodex mites love and adore a damaged immune system. I am also putting diatomaceous earth in all the cats’ food until the last sign of roundworms disappear. Don’t know if roundworms could be causing the problem, but they are a parasite and parasites damage the immune system.

I learned this when my dearest friend, that I’ve known since birth, nearly died a couple years ago after getting a new puppy which transferred parasites to her and they got into her renal system and she went into renal failure. She used to work at the hospital where she ended up and those doctors ran every test they could think of and could not figure out what was causing her to have renal failure. She got to thinking about the puppy and asked the doctor if parasites could cause the problem. The doctor didn’t say anything but left and later a nurse came in with the different types of medications that treat parasites. All problems went away after a few days of taking the parasite medications.

We have been learning, through all our research on my daughter’s condition, that parasites are the cause of a lot of illnesses/diseases most people, including MD’s, do not know about. The entire medical system is so warped and twisted. But as far as this kitty bald spot on the face issue goes, try neem oil and/or go see your vet for a skin scraping.

I'm also having the same problem with my cats. I have a total of 8 beautiful cats. 5 of them are Persian Cat 1 is a Siamese, 1 is a cross breed of Siamese and Persian and the last one is a local from my country.

So, few years back when I first bought my female persian from a friend. A year after I bought my male from a workmate. So basically, the've came from a completely different owners. Few months later when I started noticing this thin hair around my female persian ears on both sides while the male persian doesn't have any sign of having them. So, recently my female persian gave birth to my precarious baby kittens. At first I don't even notice them until today, which bothered me to death. All of the her babies are actually doing the same exact thing. I haven't been able to bring them to vet due to my hectic schedule. But I'm suspect that its something to do with my female persian. I cant say that its natural, or this is some kind of mites or what.

This can be common in related older kitties, but I think a vet visit would be appropriate. Kittens losing fur means something is amiss. Could be a minor congenital issue though.