Can someone please advise me what can cause hair loss over most of the lower portion of the cat’s body…basically from the neck down, and sores that resemble mosquito bites? He is healthy otherwise. Good color, good eating habits, gets good food, playful, and his stools are fine. He doesn’t have worms either.
Yes, he’s been “vetted” and I fear that’s how we wound up in this mess. I had this previously healthy cat neutered, and since three days afterward he’s been in THIS condition. Three vets later now, $1600, they’re still telling me it’s a flea allergy. I DON’T HAVE FLEAS!!! I have seven cats. I have taken ALL of them to these three vets. One of said cats even has a documented history of flea allergy, yet she shows NO symptoms of hair loss. Now I’m broke and he’s STILL almost naked. I use Revolution on the dogs. Frontline on the cats, and my house AND my entire yard are treated faithfully because of my older cat’s flea allergy. Way back when, she went bald…no sores, just bald. Since then we’ve had no flea’s.
Can someone give me ANY ideas? I believe I now have what appears to be cat number two coming down with same symptoms. They’ve had skin tests and the whole nine yards…NOTHING! I don’t know where to turn and it’s getting cold. My cat is an insider but he’s freezing to death and I’ve resorted to putting a sweater on him. I need help and obviously something is seriously lacking in the vet department in my area. Surely this can’t be the first case of sores and hair loss from something besides a flea allergy on the planet?!?!
I can add pics if it could help……

Okay, My dog who is 12. He is a shih tzu. The last 2 month his hair has been thinin and i have been struggling with his allergies. He has flea dermatitus (acording to the vet, he has had it all his life) He gets depo shots to help the symptoms. But this is the first time his hair has gotten that bad. He also has tape worms i found out and in a few days im gonna get the meds to treat them. He still is a bit itchy but not as near as itchy as he was. He doesnt have mange. Do you think maybe the tape worms and his allergies could be causing it or one or the other? Or maybe something else?

I have a 2-1/2 year old Black lab/Border Collie mutt. Recently (within the last month or so) we noticed that on her sides, her hair is thinning. In some places, her hair is coming out in wandering lines; the lines look worm-like in shape, although there is no redness, its not ringworm, she doesn’t seem to be itchy, and it is not puffy or anything like that. We feed her quality food, and our other dog (a Bassett Hound) is not experiencing any skin problems. The only info I have found online about hair loss doesn’t seem to fit the bill. Any other ideas?