Hi, my aunts cat, 12 year old female has been scratching herself waaay too much. She is causing the skin to break and bleed. She is an indoor cat and is not exposed to any other animals.
She has occasional matting on her rump accompanied by flaky white skin we assume, which we brush out and problem is eliminated.
What can be causing her to scratch so much?
Nothing in her environment, or food or other behaviours has changed.
Shes a happy cat but keeps hurting herself, if you try and persuade her to stop scratching herself she gets upset cause youre bugging her......lol
She is a very nervous cat and wont let anyone near her to trim her nails, and if a vet is called she hides and if caught gets so upset she has a fit.
What can we do to help her?
She has occasional matting on her rump accompanied by flaky white skin we assume, which we brush out and problem is eliminated.
What can be causing her to scratch so much?
Nothing in her environment, or food or other behaviours has changed.
Shes a happy cat but keeps hurting herself, if you try and persuade her to stop scratching herself she gets upset cause youre bugging her......lol
She is a very nervous cat and wont let anyone near her to trim her nails, and if a vet is called she hides and if caught gets so upset she has a fit.
What can we do to help her?