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Dr. Courtney Campbell answers your questions! Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  My cat has a bald spot.  Is that normal? Why does my cat dig around his food bowl? Do cats see in black and white? How do you clip a cat's nails without getting bitten?  Segment Producers: Dawn Poomee, Hai-Lam Phan Associate Producer: Matt Pagourgis Editor: Kate Reynolds Graphics: Kate Reynolds

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00:00 Hi, welcome back to another episode.

00:02 Today, it's a fan episode.

00:04 It's all about you.

00:05 So whatever questions you have out there in cyberspace,

00:08 we want to answer them.

00:11 Dainy H, a Facebook fan, asks, a bald spot recently

00:16 developed on my cat's chest.

00:18 Is this normal, or is this a product of incest?

00:21 Any hair loss is defined as alopecia.

00:24 There are two types of alopecia--

00:26 inflammatory alopecia and non-inflammatory alopecia.

00:30 It's important to figure out which one your cat has.

00:34 So my recommendation would be, take your cat,

00:37 get the skin looked at.

00:39 Because if it's irritated, that may

00:40 be the cause of the hair loss.

00:42 If it's not irritated, we'll get to talk

00:44 about some reasons for non-inflammatory alopecia.

00:49 Black4, a YouTube fan, asks, why does my cat

00:53 dig around his water bowl?

00:55 Well, Black4, this is a really fun and interesting question.

00:59 If you have food in the bowl and water in the bowl

01:03 and your cat still digs around it,

01:05 it's probably leftover from an ancestral trait.

01:09 Cats are taught to eat food and then hide the rest for later.

01:13 But it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact

01:17 that your cat is hungry if there's food in the bowl.

01:20 If there isn't food in the bowl, I would definitely

01:23 suggest, give your cat some food.

01:25 See if he still digs around.

01:27 13marlyjoe, a YouTube fan, asks, do cats see in black and white?

01:32 Very simple question, complicated answer.

01:36 Cats have structures in the retina, both rods and cones.

01:40 Cones enable us and your kitty cat to see in color.

01:45 Rods are used for very dim light.

01:48 You and I have both rods and cones as well,

01:51 except we have three different types of cones.

01:55 So you and I, we can see full color.

01:57 Cats, only two types of cones.

02:00 So they can differentiate certain types of color.

02:04 Blue and green, those are more challenging for your kitty cat.

02:08 So the answer is, yes, your cat can see color.

02:12 And no, they don't just see black and white.

02:16 Chris L., a YouTube fan, asks, how do I clip my cat's nails

02:21 without getting bitten?

02:23 Yikes.

02:24 Well, Chris L., that's really ambitious.

02:26 But I will say this.

02:27 I have met so many sweet cats.

02:29 And they will allow you, with lots of petting

02:32 and lots of encouragement, allow you to clip

02:34 their nails with no problem.

02:36 If your cat's not like this, we're

02:38 going to need some novel techniques.

02:41 What I would do is take your cat to a veterinarian.

02:43 Have them show you something called the burrito technique.

02:46 You basically take your cat, place him

02:49 in a nice, comfy towel, wrap him up nice and tight and snugly,

02:53 and pull out one paw at a time.

02:55 Clip, clip, clip.

02:56 Paw goes in.

02:58 Another paw comes out.

02:59 That way, your cat feels secure.

03:01 And you're also safe from getting bitten.

03:04 Do you have a medical question you'd like me to answer?

03:06 Just submit them in the comments section below,

03:08 or even in the form of a video.

03:10 We'll see you next time.

03:12 And remember, there's nothing stronger

03:14 than the human-animal bond.

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