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What is Feline Psychogenic Alopecia?

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What is Feline Psychogenic Alopecia?

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Alopecia or hair loss can result when cats overgroom and remove fur. Overgrooming can take the form of excessive licking, or the pulling out of tufts of hair. The diagnosis of Psychogenic Alopecia as a compulsive disorder is reserved for those cases in which no underlying medical problem is evident. Most cats with alopecia have an underlying skin disorder such as fleas, flea bite hypersensitivity, inhalant allergies, food allergies, parasites, infections or dysfunction of internal organs or the endocrine system. A steroid trial and an 8-week or longer food trial (with a novel antigen or hydrolyzed protein diet) may often be recommended before considering the diagnosis to be purely behavioral. Cats normally are fastidious groomers and as much as 30 – 50% of the time they are awake is spent performing some type of grooming behavior. As with other compulsive disorders, Feline Psychogenic Alopecia may begin as a displacement behavior arising from situations of conflict, frustration or anxi

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