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by four_oclocker_2_Archive
Bumping an old thread here for some advice. One of our cats is being weird. I'll let my partner explain - We noticed a bald spot developing right on the base of our cat's tail. He's medium-hair, and we've noticed he occasionally pulls out his hair in small clumps while grooming, but it's never created a bald spot until now (we try to brush him daily.) He's been on the same food for at least 6 months, so no changes there, and his brother (shorthair) doesn't have any issues like this. The skin itself looks healthy and there don't seem to be any tender spots. He does get some dander on his back from time to time. Any ideas on things to try out to remedy this? The hair-eating also means there are some gnarly hairballs (once again, his brother doesn't have these either). We could also bring him to a vet, but didn't know if we should look into trying a different food or some sort of topical treatment before then.Any ideas or insight would certainly be welcome!