Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

When a person gets old, theyre hair becomes gray. Does this, or something similar, ever happen to a creature's fur?

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Yes some animals do grey as they get older.

It is more obvious in Black haired animals.

You esp see it in Black poodles (all over body), Chocolate and black Labradors on their muzzle.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

yes- my dog is getting older and her muzzle is turning gray. I doubt that an animal will totally change color though.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Yes there hair aroudn their face starts to turn gray

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

The animal can get flecks of grey throughout the body but the main area a dog goes grey is it muzzle.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

they get grey hairs too, but not as bad ad humans

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

yeah, siamese cats get darker... the face of a golden retriever gets white, and hair loss occurs.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

I had a dog once that turned gray in spots when he was about 8, but none of my cats ever did.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

As my lab has gotten older, the hair around her mouth has turned white and the hair on her face has lightened, so I would say yes.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Yes, I have a mini pin, pomerain mix. Hes 13 years old. His mussel has turned gray, many places on his face have turned gray and his coat on his body in places shows the bottom layer of fur, which is gray. Hes doing great otherwise.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

there are some puppies that change hair as they get older. and then as they get even older they will turn to gray and some turn to white.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Most dogs will get gray around their muzzle when they get older. Our 3 year old black affenpinscher mix is turning gray on her entire head %26amp; face already.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

yes my Golden is getting gray

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

havent you ever seen an old dog or an old horse before, their hair gets gray with age as well and some age better then others just like we do.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Well, my yorkie is only 11 weeks old and his hair is starting to turn silver, but his dad was all silver. I think it really depends on the breed. Our husky stayed the same color the whole time we had him.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Some animals do get some grey hair, but not to the extent the humans do.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

Our dog has developed a lot more grey hairs as he has grown older and the hair on his muzzle, ears and belly are thining.

Birds can also loose the colour in their feathers and skin as they get older too.

Do animals' hair lose color with age, or is this just humans?

You haven't seen an old dog with a grey face? Dog do get grey, usually it starts around their muzzle. Guinea pigs get darker with age. And i am not sure about any other animals, I have not noticed any color change with cats.