Dandruff covered cat!

Tinkabell25

Hi Guys,
My black cat seems to have white flakes in his fur, resembling dandruff. I looked it up and recommended was salmon every week for the omegas! However this is something i can't afford to do as i have two of the little sweeties ( other is a tabby) salmon is not cheap and the tabby seems to have developed the issue as well.
Any advice on alternatives? It doesn't bother them at all, i just worry there's something i am not doing i should be!
Thanks
Tink x

Jessw0

We give our dog a cod liver oil capsule (squirted in his mouth) once a week, keeps his coat shiny and oily and gets rid of dry skin.

h007

i use an oil mix called yumega - i got it from pets at home
it contains salmon oil and evening primrose oil
got rid of my cats dandruff

Penny_Watcher

Tinkabell25 wrote: »

Hi Guys,
I looked it up and recommended was salmon every week for the omegas! However this is something i can't afford to do as i have two of the little sweeties ( other is a tabby) salmon is not cheap and the tabby seems to have developed the issue as well.

I think you can use any oily fish for this. My dogs get the occasional tin of pilchards and their coats are lovely. There was some for sale in Morrisons before the summer for only 26p a tin.

paddypaws101

You can buy fish oil capsules fairly cheaply at Holland and Barratt ( saw some for less than a fiver today ) Don't buy cod liver oil as it contains too much Vitamin A.

Mayflower10cat

A dandruffy coat may also be a sign of an allergy, which could be either food/environmental or even both. Also, from my own experience, a cat's (poor) coat condition can be a sign of another underlying problem. For instance, before our cat was diagnosed with diabetes (Dire Beasties!!) his coat was in very poor condition - greasy & drandruffy. His coat improved when he started on insulin; we also gave him lecithin as a supplement (Egg based, not soy) which is supposed to help with fat metabolism in the body. One of our current furry friends had a dandruffy coat, also big clumps of old fur matting. It turned out that she was having terrible problems with her teeth & simply couldn't groom herself properly, poor little love. My sister's (slightly portly) cat had dandruff and matting; she couldn't actually reach round to groom her rear end as she was too plump. When she lost a little weight on a vet-approved diet, her coat improved.

Tinkabell25

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

A dandruffy coat may also be a sign of an allergy, which could be either food/environmental or even both. Also, from my own experience, a cat's (poor) coat condition can be a sign of another underlying problem. For instance, before our cat was diagnosed with diabetes (Dire Beasties!!) his coat was in very poor condition - greasy & drandruffy. His coat improved when he started on insulin; we also gave him lecithin as a supplement (Egg based, not soy) which is supposed to help with fat metabolism in the body. One of our current furry friends had a dandruffy coat, also big clumps of old fur matting. It turned out that she was having terrible problems with her teeth & simply couldn't groom herself properly, poor little love. My sister's (slightly portly) cat had dandruff and matting; she couldn't actually reach round to groom her rear end as she was too plump. When she lost a little weight on a vet-approved diet, her coat improved.

Thanks all for the input, i spoke to our vet and he's healthy apart from the dandruff so they recommended oily fish etc and they'll give him another check if it doesn't improve bt so far he's improved! Tink x

Lil_Dee_2

Hi Tinkabell....just a thought - my kitty is a a bit dandruffy, and I've found that a little extra grooming has helped her. My old lady has trouble grooming as well as she used to now, but I noticed the dandruff some years ago, and find if I give her a good brush/comb through a few times a week, it lessened bery quickly.

Of course, you could be lucky, and have a cat that likes fresh fish/cod liver oil, which should help too. I don't have that type of cat....she turns her nose up at pretty much everything fresh (chicken, steak, cod) but dives into her Felix Senior with great enthusiasm (unless I've put cod liver oil near it!)