Common causes of a cat’s oily tail:
1 .Environmental impact: If the cat lives in a dirty, cold and humid environment for a long time, or if the owner does not clean the cat litter
regularly, and does not take the cat litter to the sun to keep it dry, it may cause the cat to get skin. disease, and cause cauda equina in cats.
2. Endocrine disorders: This is basically the cause of unneutered male cats. The male cat in estrus will promote the secretion of sebaceous glands due to the action of male hormones, while the unneutered male cat will have it.
2. When the body is in heat, the secretion of hormones will be too strong, so it is easy to cause “oil tail”.
3. Cat’s own reasons: some lazy cats will neglect to clean up their hair, and the owner does not regularly help them groom and clean their hair, which will cause grease to accumulate in the tail, which is also easy to cause the tail. Oil accumulation syndrome, the appearance of oily tail.
How to prevent cat oily tails?
Prevention: First of all, the most important point is that the owner should regularly comb or tick the cat’s hair to avoid knots and greasy hair. Clean and dry room and cat litter.
Secondly, both male and female cats need to be neutered, because sterilization can avoid endocrine disorders, cause cauda equina, and prolong the life of cats to a certain extent. will become more docile.
Treatment: When a cat is found to have an oily tail, the owner can first tick off the hair on the cat’s tail, then apply ointment for treatment; and use a cat-specific body wash to bathe it to remove the greasy substances on the tail. After doing this, if the symptoms of the cat’s “oily tail” have not been relieved, you need to take it to the veterinary hospital for medical treatment, because the cat’s “oily tail” may cause secondary bacterial infection, resulting in folliculitis.
