hello Ms Arkie am sorry to hear of your trouble, I had one who passed from it, we tried the treatment that was available back then ( an injection) and I can say if the hair gets a matty and stiff feeling, you may want to think this through, thats not a good sign with the feline illness, I can not say for fact what treatments are out there now perhaps someone more recently has had this experience with their cat again sorry about the kittys troubles