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My cat is licking his legs and tummy bald. What can I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Scottish Fold | Male | neutered | 5 years and 7 months old

My cat is 5yrs old scottish fold and persion about 7 months ago we had another male cat invading our house but that has stopped now it moved away. Anyway my cat started licking himself and he is bare around his legs and under his tummy. A vet advised me to reguarly worm him which iv been doing and i stopped giving him sachet food for 6 weeks and mainly feed him fish and fresh meat but they havent helped. Is there anything else i can do?

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 7th, 2019

Cat pheromone therapy to decrease stress is my recommendation. The product is called Feliway. I suggest using the diffuser product. ( https://www.feliway.com/au/Why-Feliway/Bald-patch-on-cat!-Here-is-how-to-help ) The other thing to do is environmental enrichment. ( thedrakecenter.com/materials/environmental-enrichment-indoor-cats ) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejmrLa_Cs4 )

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