Cat shedding: what to do?

If you have a cat, be prepared to periodically stumble on scraps of cat hair - your pet will certainly shed. But if the cat is shedding too much, this can be cause for concern. About the nuances of molting cats will tell the Country of Soviets.</ p>

They molt almost all breeds of cats,short-haired and long-haired. The exception is unless the sphinxes (because they do not have wool, they just have nothing to shed) and to some extent - Cornish Rex and Devon Rex (they molt, but less than the rest of the breeds, because of the unusual structure of the wool). So that what your cat molts is quite normal.

Natural molting of cats is called seasonal. From time to time the animal is almost completelychanges hair. In general, felines do this once a year, in the spring, but domestic cats can shed at any time. This depends, in part, on the conditions of detention. Often a cat sheds a couple of months after giving birth, having finished feeding the kittens.

If a cat lives with you not for the first year, you can track the time of seasonal molting and mentally prepare for molting in advance. When a cat molts, it must be combed daily, otherwise the wool will be lost in the coils, whichSometimes it is impossible to untangle and it is necessary to cut off with scissors. Long-haired cats are combed with special metal combs, and grooming loops and gloves are used to care for short-haired cats during moulting.

But if the cat molts constantly and very intensely, this is cause for concern. Causes a prolonged off-season moult there may be a shortage of vitamins and minerals,stress, disease. So, if your cat is shedding, the reason may be a shortage of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, which the body can not produce by itself. So you need to introduce in the diet of feed containing these acids. Well, do not forget about vitamins and minerals.

However, not always in the lack of vitamins andminerals are to blame forage. It happens that there are enough of them in the feed, but for some reason the body does not absorb them, and the cat fades. The cause of this can be hormonal disruption if the normal functioning of the thyroid gland, gonads, adrenal gland or cerebellum is not functioning properly. This causes problems with metabolism and pathological molt.

In many cases, the cat fades due to stress. It can be caused by almost anyexternal stimuli: loud sounds, stressful situations, traumas. Also, intensive hair loss can cause various diseases, for example, leukemia, lichen, allergic dermatitis, skin parasites, pathogenic fungi.

If the cat molts so much that it is in his handremain shreds of wool, when you iron it, if the hair goes unevenly - be sure to contact the veterinarian. He will take tests, diagnose and prescribe a treatment. Pathological molt will pass as soon as the underlying disease is cured. Do not self-medicate and do not delay the visit to the vet: procrastination can turn into problems more serious than moulting.

Improve the condition of the coat after molting will help special air conditioners. Their task is to restore damaged wool,moisten the skin and maintain its pH and remove static electricity. Some of the air conditioners are applied to wet wool after bathing and then washed off, the part to the bathing is not tied. Depending on the type of air conditioner and the intensity of molting, the restoration of wool will take from a week to several weeks.

So, if the cat is shedding, first of all you needcreate optimal conditions for her, review her diet and comb her regularly. In the event that it was seasonal molt, it will eventually pass. And with a prolonged intense molt, you do not need to put it off and go to the vet - so you keep both your pet's coat and its health in general.