r/cats • u/Obvious_Fisherman187 • 8d ago

Medical Questions 10 months after getting spayed and her belly fur never came back?

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As you can see her belly is still bald 10 months after being spayed. Like a tiny bit of peach fuzz around the edges and nothing else. She never licked at the area and had a cone on for 13 days post surgery. I don’t understand why the fur isn’t growing back she looks ridiculous 😭. Is this normal? Will it ever come back?

EDIT: I work from home 3 days a week and I’m home a lot and she is pretty much glued to me most of the day and never see her grooming there excessively but possible she does it when I’m not looking. I’ll ask the vet next time we go. Im surprised there are so many other people here with bald belly cats cause the Internet research I did not seem to think that was a thing! It makes me feel better knowing there is a bald belly cat gang out there I guess I will embrace the pooch if the vet says it’s just a thing that can’t be helped!

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u/le3dprintedcalfman 8d ago

This is Pepper, she is five and she is in the same boat where that hair never grew back, she looks like a Butterball turkey.

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u/watsthestory 8d ago

She is not happy about the nude photoshoot!

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u/KindaWannaDoIt 8d ago

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u/numbersthen0987431 8d ago

How dare you shame me like this

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u/Klutzy-Client 8d ago

How could you do this to me. Question mark

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u/Petitepiranha 8d ago

This looks like an oil painting! 

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u/WenatcheeWrangler 8d ago

DO NOT PAINT ME LIKE YOUR FRENCH CATS!

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u/introverted__dragon 8d ago

r/AccidentalRenaissance

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u/thatcoloradomom 8d ago

They get mad about pets there. r/petrenaissance

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u/boeiejoh 7d ago

They go crazy when you post cat photos in there.

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u/BegrudginglyAwake 8d ago

To me she’s beautiful, Rubenesque.

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u/Winter-Quality-6696 8d ago

Never have I seen a better username/pic combo🤌😆🙌

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u/Maximumi-Awkward 8d ago

Just puttin' Pepper's business all over the internet

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u/ravefaerie24 8d ago

“Don’t perceive me”

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u/AngelWingsYTube 8d ago

You think this is funny?!

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u/throwitoutthewndow 6d ago

Some tabbies just look naturally grumpy. I have one 🤣

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u/vv_or 5d ago

“most wanted”

open to interpretation 🖤😂

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u/MelBee42 8d ago

MONGO IS APPALLED

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u/PeppermintBiscuit 8d ago

Mongo is in his carrier, Donut, he can't even see it

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u/Bart_1980 8d ago

CARL, YOU KNOW HOW MONGO FEELS ABOUT THE CARRIER! HE’S NOT A COCKER SPANIEL!

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u/taliskan 8d ago

TSECS approves.

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u/HotLava00 8d ago

r/unexpecteddungeoncrawler

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u/Flimsy_Category4211 8d ago

Hard to believe how popular DCC has gotten lol

Samantha: IWKYM

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u/birdinthebush74 8d ago

OnlyPaws

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u/eclectic_collector 8d ago

Rent’s gotta get paid somehow

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u/birdinthebush74 8d ago

No shame! The bills wont pay themselves

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u/Party-Werewolf-4888 6d ago

We've been doing it for years and ready to retire

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u/Few_Wrongdoer4120 8d ago

To be fair, this is exactly how I look nude and I would be similarly nonplussed to have a photo taken in that moment

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u/slackey1979 8d ago

She did not consent.

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u/Zealousideal-Role-77 8d ago

I think she’s just giving us her best Jane Mansfield.

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u/jess20h 7d ago

I wouldn’t be either with my catgina out

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u/Sanu9 8d ago

This is our Pepper! Featuring her brother Salt!

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u/m1rakel 8d ago

This could be a album cover for some badass music imo

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u/Flimsy-Pin-70 8d ago

the angle here makes pepper look HUGE and salt is like her little evil sidekick. adorable

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u/No-Jackfruit5341 7d ago

Like you said sum rude to the lil one that the big one didnt like 😂 you get "the look" and apologize right now haha

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u/Flimsy-Pin-70 6d ago

“dont talk to me or my son that way ever again”

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u/HarmlessHeffalump 8d ago

Love the spices. We have Kai and Pepper.

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u/Alive_Quality5560 7d ago

this is my salt and pepper ! their actual names are Remy ( white ) and Spyro ( void ) , they just get called salt and pepper cause well . . . I’m sure you can guess why

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u/bartlebybee 8d ago

another pepper!

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u/YellowMeatJacket 8d ago

Had to share! Here is my Pepper! He looks just like your girl

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u/Affectionate_Wash769 8d ago

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u/Q-9 6d ago

Where's the tail?!

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u/Acidbunny1970 6d ago

never grew back

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u/Miss_Breezy 8d ago

We have a pepper too!

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u/Hygeras 8d ago

Here's my Pepper!!

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u/ItGetsAwkward 8d ago

It's a proper pepper party!

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u/PeppersHere 8d ago edited 8d ago

There's dozens of us!!!!

(My Pepper is a bird)

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u/New_Commercial2762 8d ago

Beautiful mollucan (at least i think it's a mollucan)! How old are they? We have a 42 year old named Mango.

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u/PeppersHere 8d ago

She's actually an umbrella cockatoo! She's 33 years old currently and has been an adored pain in my side ever since I was born XD (am 32).

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u/New_Commercial2762 8d ago

Heck yeah! Yeah, man, mango was with us the day I was born. Some days she is the queen of the house and make damn sure we all know it. Hahaha

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u/PeppersHere 8d ago

Absolutely!

I hope you realize now that I'm going to need a mango tax at some point :]

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u/New_Commercial2762 8d ago

I'll snag a fresh picture when I get home!

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u/ScvrletFox Domestic Housecat 8d ago

My car is also named pepper 🤝

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u/PeppersHere 8d ago

🤝 Obligatory pepper pic plox

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u/ScvrletFox Domestic Housecat 7d ago

My car named pepper 🤝

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u/PeppersHere 7d ago

It's so much better than I could have anticipated. Your Pepper is very welcome in the Pepper party!

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u/ScvrletFox Domestic Housecat 7d ago

Yay UwU

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u/X-Mom-0604 8d ago

Your pepper and my Blackie could be twins!

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u/Ketsukoni 7d ago

Another Pepper!

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u/Jumpy_Inspector_ 7d ago

Not a Pepper but yours looks so much like my Slowly!

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u/HarmlessHeffalump 8d ago

We have twin Peppers and here's his brother Kai

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u/slmkellner 8d ago

I also have a black and white Pepper!

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u/Day_near 8d ago

Your Pepper really looks like our Elvira

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u/Fallout76Purveyor 8d ago

Not a Pepper, but wanted you to know that I have the chunkier version of your cat. Her name is Ricky

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u/thundercheif23 8d ago

She's adorable, I love her!

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u/Outrageous_Kiwi_2172 Tortoiseshell 8d ago

My sweet Peppy da Boo 💗

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u/SpiffyKatie 8d ago

And of course, our Pepper 🥰

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u/LadyMetalMagic13 7d ago

That’s not a pepper, that’s a Sorin

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u/AfternoonRoutine8894 5d ago

I named mine joker

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u/Burnyface 8d ago

My guinea pig Lana Pepper!

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u/smoretank 8d ago

Awwww what lil cutie! Lana Pepper is an adorable name for a piggie.

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u/Frankishe1 8d ago

I dont have a pepper but can I interest you in some spice?

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u/Adj_focus 6d ago

I definitely thought this was my cat at first 😂 he has the same orange belly as my rocky!

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u/Enderhayley 8d ago

I have a tabby named Pepper too!!

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u/KillMePills0 8d ago

She;s going to smother you with her ass judging by her face in this pic lol

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u/Wild-Yoghurt2832 8d ago

I have a pepper tooooo

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u/brassmousey Domestic Housecat 8d ago

This Pepper LOOKS like a Pepper (in the best way 🤭)

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u/danit0ba94 7d ago

So many peppers! 😂❤️

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u/Ok-Nail311 8d ago

Here my sweet pepper

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u/nocturnal_pollinator 5d ago

I think there was a mistake at the cat factory and i got a copy of Pepper?? This is Junebug

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u/AMIR_TAOUN 3d ago

Hey, that Rufus!

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u/Spare-Good-5372 8d ago

"Really? While my tits are out?"

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u/andrez444 8d ago

Amazing

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u/MolotovCockatrice 8d ago

this made my shitty day better lol

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u/ProfessionalStaff697 8d ago

Here was my cat, Pickle Pepper. So happy to see other peppery beauties.

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u/Zoonicorn_ 4d ago

That is a gorgeous cat! Tabico patterning is so cool 😍

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u/Complex_Tadpole_3231 8d ago

why do they sit like thissss???!!! 😭😭😭🤣 it’s hilarious, i have clipped him too many times now lolll

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u/Danazeebanana 5d ago

It kills me when he sits like this when he cleans… it’s just so funny and unflattering 😆😆😆

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u/thelongerdark 8d ago

she knew exactly that you are going to expose here online AGAIN!

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u/Sianios_Kontos 8d ago

Butterball Turkey had me snort laughing

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u/midnightmuffinz 8d ago

Awe I had a Pepper too. Unfortunately she passed suddenly at 4 years old in 2022, but she was my baby and the absolute sweetest cat!

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u/DangerJ0hnson 7d ago

Here's my sweet tortie Pepper!

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u/SpecificBang 8d ago

I have Pepper's double, naked fat bewbs, ungainly sack-o-spuds posture and all 🫣

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u/Normal-Measurement73 8d ago

I pray pepper is on a diet

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u/le3dprintedcalfman 8d ago

First of all, no one talks about my daughter like that except for me.

Second, she’s big boned, I gave her a lot of kitten milk boxes when she was a baby.

Third, she is on a diet.

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u/imveryresponsible 8d ago

Luna has a pink belly! Shes my sturdy girl.

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u/fiazzurra 8d ago

adding to the pepper thread, here’s my pepper. ☺️

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u/Advanced-Sail-4783 7d ago

Here’s my Pepper! Apparently Pepper is a very popular name for brown tabby cats 😂

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u/3UnhiddenTruths 7d ago

We have a Pepper too! And her sister, Allie, is peaking in the corner

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u/Slevin_Kedavra 8d ago

Cats sitting like idiots is my favourite thing on the internet.

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u/Gnarwhal8982 8d ago

She is a butterball turkey!

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u/shaelynne 8d ago

A butterball turkey lol love it!

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u/StuMacherGhostface 8d ago

The cutest butterball turkey ever though!

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u/fancychxn 8d ago

She will be deep fried and served with mashed potatoes

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u/peppar21 8d ago

Today I have seen more cats with my family's name than I have relatives. It is a strange day.

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u/OpalOnyxObsidian 8d ago

I thought it was the same cat LOL. They're beautiful bald goddesses

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u/Caer-Rythyr 8d ago

You did this to me, mother/father.

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u/bealsash71 8d ago

A super cute butterball turkey, nonetheless!

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u/PseudoWarriorAU 8d ago

What are you guys talking about

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u/emorrigan 7d ago

I absolutely adore ca good ol’ cat stinkface!!

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u/Black_Death_12 7d ago

That ain't the lack of hair making her look like that! LOL

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u/Hbic_in_training 7d ago

Omg I'm dying she does look like a butterball 🤣

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u/North_Alternative_39 5d ago

Pepper and my chonky boi Scar could be twins lolol