Discover Why You May Be Causing Your Cat Hair Loss

Did you know your cats hair loss can be caused by you?

“Wait!” You cry. “I wouldn’t hurt a hair on my beloved felines head.” Many of you reading this article would say the same thing. But, the fact is that the loss of your favorite pet’s hair may probably be your fault.

This article will discuss some of the reasons why and the ways you can help your kitty.

For the purpose of this article, let’s name the pet we are going to be talking about, “Caesar”.

Now Caesar is your typical independent, lazy male cat and feels he is the “King” of your home, which means he pretty well does what he wants to in your home, right?

However, chances are that may not be the healthiest thing for Caesar.

As you have discovered through the years “Ol” Caesar can be a pretty finicky eater. So to try and please his “Majesty” you have tried one cat food after another. You have tried him on the most expensive canned filet of salmon, to your favorite dish off the table. But, all of this to no avail.

Finally, you put him on a “you get hungry enough you’ll eat” diet. When you do that Ol Caesar musters up his dignity and stalks out of the dinning room and you hear him muttering under his breath, Put what’s his name on the guillotine. Off with his head.

Frankly, switching Caesar back and forth does more than make him miss a meal or two. Cats are creatures of habit, as you have learned over the years. Each time you changed Caesar’s food you have broken a habit.

When the “comfort zone” of Caesar’s eating habits become disturbed, he has a tendency to get stressed.

You have seen this in the way he paces back and forth, loud meowing, constantly grooming himself and craving constant attention. Caesar also starts showing bald spots on his body. His cats hair loss seems to get worse and worse ever day.

Just like you his owner, when Caesar gets stressed out and stays stressed out, his hair will continue to fall out. Since Caesar is normally a healthy cat it’s time to take him to his vet.

Caesar’s vet ran a few tests and determined there was no physical illness, but he was stressed out. When you and Caesar tell his doctor about switching his diet back and forth, the vet said that was a major contributor to the stress.

Then the veterinarian told you and Caesar to get off the “you get hungry enough you’ll eat” diet. The Doc then pointed out a couple of healthy cat foods which should solve the problem.

Of course, Caesar will be the decision maker on which food he likes the best. That being said, Caesar tells you its time to go back home for his nap.

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