Ok so my cat is only about 4 years old. She is the fluffiest and sweetest thing that I could ever ask for, but she's driving me nuts! Today was the last straw, and it's not for behavioral reasons towards me, she's mutilating herself! Abou a year ago my dad and I took her to the vet because she's obsessive compulsive about licking/bathing herself to the point where she'll literally just rip her fur off bite after bite after bite. So they gave her a steroid shot which costs $$$ that we can't spend to take her to the vet every other month. She used to have fleas, but we've given her the recommended dosage of anti-flea medicine, and I dont think fleas are the problem.
But what concerns me the most is that recently she's just been gnawing at the end of her fluffly white tail. Now when you see her tail, it's all cute n fluffy and then you get to the end and it's like a bloody rat tail. The other day I came home from work to find blood and paw prints on the washing machine, and I asked my dad had happened and he had no clue either! I just can't stand looking at it anymore, it's just digusting! I've given her flea baths, seperated her from my other cat, picked the fleas off of her, and give her all the TLC I can simply give to a cat. Somebody tell me please what's wrong with my baby and how do I fix it?? Please help, I know I dont have personal relationships with any of you but it's killing me to see her so miserable!
Thanks so much in advance
-Cheerio's Mommy
But what concerns me the most is that recently she's just been gnawing at the end of her fluffly white tail. Now when you see her tail, it's all cute n fluffy and then you get to the end and it's like a bloody rat tail. The other day I came home from work to find blood and paw prints on the washing machine, and I asked my dad had happened and he had no clue either! I just can't stand looking at it anymore, it's just digusting! I've given her flea baths, seperated her from my other cat, picked the fleas off of her, and give her all the TLC I can simply give to a cat. Somebody tell me please what's wrong with my baby and how do I fix it?? Please help, I know I dont have personal relationships with any of you but it's killing me to see her so miserable!
Thanks so much in advance
-Cheerio's Mommy