My cat has extremly dry skin, anyway to treat her?

United States
June 18, 2007 7:15pm CST
My female cat gets extremely dry skin during the summer and develops bad skin irritations. She keeps cleaning her fur in one spot, until the hair falls out. And, I'm sure that's her way of trying to treat an itchy spot. I haven't found any fleas on her so far, but it's possible that they're simply biting her and jumping off. We have a lot of heat in our area, so maybe it's heat rash. Not sure. Do you have any suggestions for products I could use on dry skin on a cat? What do you use for your cats?
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Katagiri
@Katagiri (426)
• Brazil
19 Jun 07
Talk to the vet, my cats' vet said to us to use an ointment that worked a lot with my oldest cat dry paws. I'm sure you have some kind of medicine in your Country. But make sure she's not stressed, some cats take fur out when they're stressed.
Nykkee
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
19 Jun 07
Take her to the vet, have her treated for fleas even if you can't see them, then you know that's taken care of. If she is still itchy like a week later you could try bathing her with some anti-itch pet shampoo or maybe a cod liver oil supplement would help her skin.