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My cat has hair loss, weight loss, and bloody stool. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | spayed | 4 years and 7 months old | 10 lbs

Cat with hair loss, weight loss and rectal bleeding

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 13th, 2017

This is an emergency. Sheba needs to be seen by a veterinarian tonight. Please take her to an emergency room or an out of hours veterinarian. Rectal bleeding is serious and could point to a life-threatening condition. Please take her tp a veterinarian now.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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    Oh no, this isn't good that Sheba is experiencing hair loss, weight loss, and rectal bleeding. There could be a couple of things going on with her at the moment. The hair loss could be caused by fleas, mites, allergies, or ringworm. The weight loss and rectal bleeding could be caused by intestinal parasites. The rectal bleeding itself could be caused by eating something toxic, a severe GI illness, GI tumors, a foreign body, trauma to the GI tract, GI polyps, or GI tumors. I would have Sheba seen by a vet right away for these issues. The vet can diagnose what is causing her myriad of symptoms so she can be treated.

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