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Hello. I have a 8 year old female Persian we call Lolly. We adapted her from a breeder and have had medical issues with her that included muscle spasams in the low back, attacking her tail, severe over grooming on her mid back right down through the skin, and scratching leaving scabs. We have used three different shampoos on her, the most recent being the Davis Ketohexidyne shampoo which worked the best leaving her coat less dry with more shine, it seemed to work well for months but now the scabs from scratching are coming back.
As far as behavior, Lolly will often sit and watch her tail twitch and then her back muscles start to spasm and run off like she is being chased sometimes running into things. The frequency of these episodes seems to be increasing.
We had been told before we received Lolly that she had damaged her tail after she attacked it when the breeder had her spayed. She woke up from the anesthesia and attacked her tail almost biting part of it off requiring stitches from what we were told. After talking with the breeder about a year or so later we found out that part of her tail actually had to be amputated.
I plan on taking Lolly to a Pet Chiropractor that treated a Basset Hound we had for spinal problems to se if a chiropractic adjustment will help.
I have read a lot about Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome (FHS) and Lolly's behavior fits the symptoms of FHS to a Tee. If damaged nerves are causing irritation in her tail and triggering the problem I am considering the possibility of having the rest of Lolly's tail amputated. Any thoughts you may have on this would be appreciated. She is a little sweetie.
As far as behavior, Lolly will often sit and watch her tail twitch and then her back muscles start to spasm and run off like she is being chased sometimes running into things. The frequency of these episodes seems to be increasing.
We had been told before we received Lolly that she had damaged her tail after she attacked it when the breeder had her spayed. She woke up from the anesthesia and attacked her tail almost biting part of it off requiring stitches from what we were told. After talking with the breeder about a year or so later we found out that part of her tail actually had to be amputated.
I plan on taking Lolly to a Pet Chiropractor that treated a Basset Hound we had for spinal problems to se if a chiropractic adjustment will help.
I have read a lot about Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome (FHS) and Lolly's behavior fits the symptoms of FHS to a Tee. If damaged nerves are causing irritation in her tail and triggering the problem I am considering the possibility of having the rest of Lolly's tail amputated. Any thoughts you may have on this would be appreciated. She is a little sweetie.