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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Mon May 20, 2013, 09:57 PM May 2013

My black cat Brigid is getting white hairs that weren't there before.

She will be eight this summer. She has always had a few white hairs here and there in her otherwise black coat, but now there seem to be more. Has anyone else noticed that with a black cat?

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My black cat Brigid is getting white hairs that weren't there before. (Original Post) Brigid May 2013 OP

Black Labs get gray faces. Auntie Bush May 2013 #1

My all black cat has about 6 white hairs on her belly and has had them since she was a kitten. applegrove May 2013 #2

My black kitty, Toots, has been getting white hairs for some time now. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #3

Are they around her muzzle? That would be very normal. IrishAyes May 2013 #4

No, none on her muzzle. Brigid May 2013 #5

Normal with aging Freddie May 2013 #6

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)

1. Black Labs get gray faces.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:14 PM

May 2013

Golden Retrievers do too. So why not cats?

applegrove

(118,767 posts)

2. My all black cat has about 6 white hairs on her belly and has had them since she was a kitten.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:23 PM

May 2013

Arkansas Granny

(31,527 posts)

3. My black kitty, Toots, has been getting white hairs for some time now.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:26 PM

May 2013

She's almost 12 yo. Just one here and one there, but certainly more every year.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

4. Are they around her muzzle? That would be very normal.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 11:28 PM

May 2013

Sorry I forgot to read the other answers first. It's late for me and I'm getting a bit loopy.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)

5. No, none on her muzzle.

Reply to IrishAyes (Reply #4)

Mon May 20, 2013, 11:57 PM

May 2013

In different places all over her coat. There just seem to be more of them.

Freddie

(9,273 posts)

6. Normal with aging

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 06:18 AM

May 2013

My mostly-black tortie, Samantha, is 10 and she's getting white hairs mixed with the orange and black that she never had before especially in the face. Probably happens to all older cats but its much more noticeable against the black fur (just like people!)

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