Almost every owner of a cat or a dog is confronted with problems of skin and hair of his pet. Neighbors, relatives and friends came to visit you, sitting in the dark pants (skirt) on the sofa, where just laid a nice kitty - and underlining layer of cat’s hair is adorned their clothing.
Dry skin, itching, hair loss and cat dandruff are often found on cats. Some of the famous slogans commercials completely relevant to our four-legged friends: «Your hair needs special care», «Fatty roots - Dry ends? », etc.
Many people believe that the keeping a cat or a dog in the house – it’s a lot of hair in all accessible and inaccessible places. The Doctors from Veterinary Clinics have a different opinion. Thick, smooth and shiny hair of the animal, (if you are not the owner of the bare Chinese dogs or cats of breed the Don Sphinx) shows a good pet health. Conversely, if your dog itching every 10 minutes, and its beautiful coat looks like a beaten by moth, you should thing about possible disease.
The common reasons for the enhanced loss of wool, as well as a miraculous remedy against this scourge is not exists. Nevertheless, it is useful to know some general information about the problems of skin and hair in your pets. Most breeds of dogs sheding happens 2 times a year – in spring and autumn, some species change wool comes as the cats, all year round, and there are rocks that have little or no shed. Combing the hair with special combs 1 time per week is usually enough for a dog or cat with medium length hair. More intense comb-out required for seasonal sheding and long-haired animals.
One of the most common causes of enhanced deposition and reduce the quality of the wool is an unbalanced feeding. Many animal owners understand the problem as «beriberi», and are beginning to increasingly feed their pet with various vitamins, often achieving the opposite results.
Balanced feeding involves the content of the stern all the necessary body substances in optimal quantities. Good quality wool in the advertising of feed for dogs and cats - not an advertising gimmick, but a valid result.
Of course, the food is very different between the both quality and price. Advance forage are the most high quality and expensive. Forage Class «premium» (Pedigree, Whiskas) took the middle ground on price and quality. But even cheap full ration feed economy class (Kitekat, Chappi) from the point of veterinarian view, is preferable for a dog or cat, than the home food.
A special place in the list of skin diseases in dogs and cats took the manifestations of allergic reactions. Allergic dermatitis may be caused by various factors: insect bites, household chemicals, food components and more. Almost always, this disease is accompanied by itch. The correct diagnosis of allergic reactions requires special study.
This is very important because some medications used in the treatment of allergic dermatitis are contraindicated with other skin diseases. Parasites skin is also widely distributed among domestic animals, some species of subcutaneous mites and dangerous to humans.
Microscopy or ringworm - fungal skin disease of cats, dogs and humans is linked, perhaps, with the largest number of rumors and speculation. This disease does not frighten children without reason: children are really more susceptible to microscopy than adults. Competent treatment of modern methods gives almost 100% positive result.
Some share of skin problems account for hormonal diseases, hereditary and immunological nature. Sometimes the skin and wool affected by the diseases of internal organs, although the relationship of liver disease with deterioration of the skin and hear in dogs and cats has no serious reason.




