Hello from Memphis, Tennessee, and my household full of rescues. We have four pit bulls, five cats, seasonal mallards plus the opossums and raccoons that eat with the feral cats I feed (not included in the five cats mentioned).
all of my cats are young, from three different litters found in various bad situations like my dogs. There is a brother and sister long haired tabby among them, and it’s the brother I’m inquiring about. They are probably ten months old, abandoned in a box with siblings at a friend’s vet clinic when they were 2 or 3 weeks old, no mom. My friend kept them at her clinic til they were healthy and I took two. They have terrific personalities and are beloved family members. They are content and confident and they get regular vet care, as do all of my pets.They have cat doors so they come and go as they please. They are on flea and tick medicine which includes parasite control. They were spayed and neutered at six months.
here is where I need your wisdom. The male, friendliest cat I’ve ever had, has been shedding, normal at this time of year, but from his head only. It is an even shedding, not patchy. His personality is the same, his eating habits are the same but he has this bizarre pinhead. It started about 3 weeks ago and has not changed. His sister has not had this issue. I’ve texted with my vet, who said to bring him in though he wasn’t concerned, and I’be got an appointment next week but I’m hoping someone here might have ideas; my vet had never heard of this. I’ll attach a couple of photos but it is hard to see via the camera. Has anyone heard of a long haired cat who shed only the hair on his head?
the first photo shows how disproportionately he is shedding, it’s also a terrible pic of him so I included the second one to show he is a happy silly boy. The third one is from a month ago, before he shed at all. The last one is of his sister, who has not shed in the same manner.
thank you for your time.
all of my cats are young, from three different litters found in various bad situations like my dogs. There is a brother and sister long haired tabby among them, and it’s the brother I’m inquiring about. They are probably ten months old, abandoned in a box with siblings at a friend’s vet clinic when they were 2 or 3 weeks old, no mom. My friend kept them at her clinic til they were healthy and I took two. They have terrific personalities and are beloved family members. They are content and confident and they get regular vet care, as do all of my pets.They have cat doors so they come and go as they please. They are on flea and tick medicine which includes parasite control. They were spayed and neutered at six months.
here is where I need your wisdom. The male, friendliest cat I’ve ever had, has been shedding, normal at this time of year, but from his head only. It is an even shedding, not patchy. His personality is the same, his eating habits are the same but he has this bizarre pinhead. It started about 3 weeks ago and has not changed. His sister has not had this issue. I’ve texted with my vet, who said to bring him in though he wasn’t concerned, and I’be got an appointment next week but I’m hoping someone here might have ideas; my vet had never heard of this. I’ll attach a couple of photos but it is hard to see via the camera. Has anyone heard of a long haired cat who shed only the hair on his head?
the first photo shows how disproportionately he is shedding, it’s also a terrible pic of him so I included the second one to show he is a happy silly boy. The third one is from a month ago, before he shed at all. The last one is of his sister, who has not shed in the same manner.
thank you for your time.
It sounds like you have a lovely fur-mily. Thanks for rescuing all of them. 
