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Kitten scratching bald spots: Is it fleas, new food, or allergies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 12 days old | 2 lbs

lucy has some bald spots on her, she just started new food, purina kitten chow dry food, and has fleas that I have ordered capstar for. is it allergies? what can I do to help her before she scratches it until it bleeds?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 29th, 2019

This is probably caused by an allergic reaction. first of all make sure you de-flea Lucy regularly every month with a high quality spot on (ex. Advantage) as fleas are by far the most common reason for these reactions. If the fleas are not the problem, it could be an allergic reaction to food or an environmental factor. this is more complicated to treat and will sometimes require medications such as Steroids, anti histamines or cyclosporin in order to stop the allergy.

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