Today, my sister told me about a website that explained why our stressed cat has been obsessively pulling out the fur on her legs. Interested, I asked for a link. Not just out of deep concern for the cat, but because I have the same problem. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my sister is nursing an injured cat back to health in our home because she accidentally hit it with her car. Now I can't decide which is contributing more to my insomnia: the incessant meowing, or the constant itching because our house is infested with fleas. FML
Today, my girlfriend's cat adores me. I can't sit down without her jumping on my lap and purring. The cat is also overweight, with very sharp claws, and likes to knead on my legs. My legs look like I lost a fight with a thorn bush. FML
Today, I was half asleep when my cat came over to cuddle. I was petting her in the dark when I felt what I thought was a patch of matted fur under her neck, as if she had been injured and bleeding. Alarmed, I felt for that spot again and found myself holding her tail. What I'd felt was in fact my cat's anus. FML
Today, I saw my cat licking something on the side of the road and went to check what it was. It was someone's old cigarette. I now know why she wants to be let out so often: She's addicted to nicotine. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house, when she commented that her dog's fur kept getting tangled because of its length. I reached over to tickle his tummy, felt a big tangled knot and agreed that he needed a good grooming. Then I realized what I'd grabbed wasn't fur. FML
Today, while waiting the required 5 minutes for my hair removal cream to work, my cat rubbed all over my legs while I wasn't looking. After getting clawed to death throwing her in the bath to get the cream off, all her hair on that side fell off. I now have a half hairless cat. FML
Today, my cat is extremely sick and has trouble grooming himself. As evidenced by his butt. He laid on me for a while and it wasn't until a few minutes after he got off that I realized he had stained my pants. That also explains why my chair suddenly looks so nasty, and why my room smells horrible. FML
Today, I spent an hour cleaning up cat hair from every surface in my house, only for my cat to immediately jump up on the counter and shed her fur all over again. I guess I'll just admit defeat. FML
Today, I found out after $200 worth of checks and tests, three rugs being ruined from her peeing and pooping on them, that my cat isn't sick. She just has really bad separation anxiety. FML
Today, I realized my cat has a foot fetish. She keeps randomly flopping over on my feet while I'm walking, and will lick my toes if I am barefooted. I have absolutely no idea where this came from, but it makes me super uncomfortable. Even my other cat looks at her like she's gone insane. FML
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Saone_fml 27
You have fleas. :(
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There's also this strange condition called "trichotillomania" where people compulsively pick at their hair. Brought on by a variety of factors.
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RainbowButtFace 13
Now I'm curious...
xsydneyx123 28
Trichotillomania.. I have it, too.
miss_vain 12
Believe it or not, my vet told me that animals sometimes have the exact same health issues as the owner!
GuiLD15 7
maybe your sister knows lol
AmyRisa 5
Sorry to hear that. It sounds like you have fleas.
Hopes23 1
I have Trichotillomania and it sound like you have it too. Search "TLC" on Google. it's really helpful and you can meet people with the same problem as you
merryhill 5
You have Tricotillomania. This is pulling your hair out. It is a mental illness that you can take medicine for to stop. I have it. I take medicine every day and now have a full head of hair. Don't procrastinate. It can leave you w bald patches and turn you prematurely gray.
anoumous999 1
My cat does that! Hers is from stress. I'd google alopecia in humans.
MissKris14 3
Contrary to what a lot of people on here have said, this is NOT a form of OCD, and cannot be treated with OCD medication. Trichotillomania is classified as an impulse control disorder. It's in the same family as Tourettes. Thus, it's actually very difficult to treat with medication. The most common way to treat it is with cognitive-behavioral therapy. I've also heard that many have success with hypnosis.
CanadianBaconEH 14
You may have trichotillomania...