I just noticed Marlee has a very bad dandruff problem right now! I had noticed a few white spots here and there when I petted her, so I went and bought a brush thinking it would help. Well every time I brush her it just seems to get worse! What do I do? Is there some kinda shampoo I can try and bathe her with or something?
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7/6/06 at 5:14pm
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Bathing will dry her out. I wouldn't recommend doing that, at least not right away.
Weight and food are important factors in causing dandruff. What brand of food are you feeding her? She should be on a high quality cat food. Is she overweight? They cannot properly groom themselves sometimes when they are overweight.
You can also add some oils to her diet but I am not sure which ones, so I cannot help there. As your vet, search on here or wait until someone else asks. This question has been asked and answered many times before so search for a thread. But if you are feeding a bad food and the cat is fat, I would start with correcting those problems before putting oil in her diet.
Weight and food are important factors in causing dandruff. What brand of food are you feeding her? She should be on a high quality cat food. Is she overweight? They cannot properly groom themselves sometimes when they are overweight.
You can also add some oils to her diet but I am not sure which ones, so I cannot help there. As your vet, search on here or wait until someone else asks. This question has been asked and answered many times before so search for a thread. But if you are feeding a bad food and the cat is fat, I would start with correcting those problems before putting oil in her diet.
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She is eating Nutro Natural Choice food, and I do not believe she is overweight....she weighs about 9 lbs I believe. It is getting close to time for her one year check up, I may just try and make it a little early. Thank you and I will try and search for some old threads
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fish oil or olive oil... NC has loads of omega 6 but not always the perfect 3 leval
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