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My cat just had a litter of four kittens. She was a stray so we don’t know how old she is. I noticed the other day that she was starting to loose hair. It starts right below her ears and continues down to her eyes!! HELP!!! I’m very concerned and I don’t know what to do. Is it going to go through out her whole body? What can i do to fix it? Please Help!!!
In addition to what the other commenters have said, cats’ fur is normally thin on the part of their head between the ears and the eyes. They have a lot of scent glands there, which they use to mark “their” people and “their” other possessions. Hormonal changes can affect hair growth. Also if your cat has dark fur, the thinly furred areas are a lot more obvious.
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She just needs a bit of extra nutrition. What she is going through is normal.. her body is busy producing milk for the kittens, which is stressful for her, and it takes extra nutrition. Some cats tend to lose some of their fur during this time if they weren’t completely healthy and eating well during pregnancy. When she is finished nursing them (or perhaps sooner) the fur will come back. Call the vet if the skin where the fur was lost begins to look scabby/scaly. Otherwise she’s fine. If it does spread far though, contact a vet.
You could give her some kitten replacement milk to help her with milk production, add vitamins, and ease a little of the strain on her body