My cat has become an obsessive washer licking away a lot of her fur. Any ideas why?

Get a reputable flea treatment, preferably from the vet, Stronghold, Frontline, Advocate. She may have a tiny mite infestation that you can't see. These will treat it. If this doesn't work she may have a fungal infection and you would need to take her to the vet form some special cream. It won't cost an arm and a leg if you go to a reputable vet. I know there are some sharks out there but most are OKMy cat has become an obsessive washer licking away a lot of her fur. Any ideas why?
sometimes they do this when they are distressed, cats don't deal well with change or stressful incidents - has something happened recently?My cat has become an obsessive washer licking away a lot of her fur. Any ideas why?
My Mum's cat did that turns out it's bi-polar. Now I takes happy pills and is doing much better
may have developed grass allergy. my dog did same thing and thats what was wrong.
My cat started to lick/bite the fur off his back legs when we started to pack for moving home. Cats don't like change/stress so that was the way he delt with it. It's has been three months now, he has got used to his new home and has stopped the licking.
Allergies. A friends cat became allergic to several kinds of grass and pollen and licked all the fur off her stomach.





Take the cat to the vet and have an allergy panel done. There are several kinds of medications they can be given to treat it.





Sometimes stress can cause cats to behave strangely, but usually in the form of growling, biting, and hiding.
My 10 yr. old cat did this for awhile. Vet swore it was allergies, skin allergies but it wasn't. She was irritated, in pain %26amp; had cancer eventually.
Couldn't say, but my cat too has lost a lot of fur... and I can't be sure if it's because he's licking it off, or for some other reason. Don't think he's allergic, or bi-polar, he's the most good-natured cat you could ever want... I think a vet trip for him is in order just to make sure he's okay...
It could be allergies . You might waht to check with his vet .
Take her to the vet for a checkup - it could be an allergy, or parasites (mites %26amp; fleas can cause an allergic reaction %26amp; severe itching in some animals).





If the vet doesn't find a physical cause for the licking, it could be the way your cat copes with stress - see this link for stress in cats %26amp; how to help it: http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/鈥?/a>
My cat had this problem a while back. She was seriously thinning out. Before you do anything serious ( pills etc etc. ) try changing her shampoo it may be irritating her. Try another shampoo for a while or stop washing her so frequently a cat needs to be dirty at least a little bit. You may also want to check the shampoo bottle and see how old the cat needs to be before using that shampoo. In some cases its 12 weeks others 6 months.
could be as simple as allergies or ocd (yes, cats get it too) or if along with licking, theres some biting, it could be mange (under the skin mites), causing irritation.