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My cat's white fur is turning yellow, but he seems healthy. Why?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | neutered

My cats fur is white and black well recently I've been noticing it's turning a weird yellow color he dosent seem to be acting sick or anything. I would just like to know what to do about that

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Answered By Jeffrey Milner

Veterinarian

Published on January 17th, 2018

As long as it is the fur that is turning yellow and not the skin / gums / conjunctiva / nail beds, it isn't very concerning. It actually looks like it was caused by something environmental, or, Domino had something in his mouth that was yellow and cleaned the same area repeatedly causing this result. I have also seen this discoloration occur in animals that are stained with urine, though this would be a very unusual location for that to occur. If he is acting completely normal, I wouldn't lose any sleep over this. Hope this makes sense!

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