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my cat is licking his hind legs and has managed to remove some hair in patchs what can i do?
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Breanne Wehmeyer says:
January 16th, 2009 at 08:37 PM
First, I would rule out fleas. If he doesn't have those, I would have a urinalysis done on him. I know this sounds wierd but if you look at his belly, lower groin, above his bladder...I'm wondering if he is licking there too. If not, I would still have it checked because we do find that cats will do an obsessive compulsive licking of their back legs when they have a UTI. Plus, he may be working on partially plugging from a UTI or crystals, or even stones. He would be licking his genitals and then decided that he wanted to start working on his back legs. Either way, it is something I would have checked out immediately.
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