Though many cats tolerate pill administration, it is not unusual for a cat to resist quite aggressively. There are a few strategies you can adopt for effective pill administration. Your veterinary health care team can demonstrate cat pilling for you at the clinic with a resident clinic cat or your own cat, watch you do an administration, and provide tips that will work for your cat.
Cats are generally very proficient at cleaning themselves, ears included. However in some cases, a cat may need a helping hand at maintaining clean ears. Outside cats, older cats, cats living in moist humid environments, and cats that suffer from allergies may all benefit from an occasional ear cleaning.
Hair loss in cats can have many causes, and the diagnosis of a specific cause would normally require a visit to the veterinary office to obtain a health check and often, some diagnostic tests.
Cats are very stoic and will commonly hide or downplay symptoms of illness until signs have progressed. This trait is present to some extent in all of the animal species, and is probably an evolutionary trick that developed in the wild to help them avoid detection by predators.