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Manuel Hong - I'll see if there's a natural vet in my area. Years ago one came to my house and cured my cat Henry, who had gone off his food and truly appeared to be dying. The regular vets couldn't figure out what the problem was, but this guy gave him some homeopathic pills and he was better within a couple of days. Maybe something topical could help, but they would surely lick it off so I'm not so sure about that. There hasn't been anything stressful recently that could have caused this, as far as I know. The other cat went through a broken hip several months ago and that was far more stressful, but nobody lost any fur over it.
shakran - I do usually keep my cats' diets more consistent but there has been some variation in the past, and I've had cats all my life but have never seen anything like this. Our theory about the food they were on was that, maybe since it was a natural cat food, it had no preservatives in it and went bad. We thought perhaps we had encountered a bad batch and tried it again a few times later but they still wouldn't touch it, even after a couple of days of literally no eating (I thought too that if they got hungry enough they'd get over it and just eat). Anyhow we're going to keep them on the Nutro unless something in that proves to be contributing to the problem. However, I actually rather doubt that the food is the cause - I just described it because I'm at such a loss.
I really appreciate the suggestions because it gets me thinking, thanks.
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