My cat has these things all over her and I'm not sure if they're lumps or scabs or what they are, but they feel like scabs to me when I pet her. I don't know what to do, we thought it was from fleas or something biting her at first, but we put stuff to get rid of fleas on our cats all the time, and this one (i have 4) is the only one with this problem. Any ideas what it might be?
2007-09-16 03:48:10 · 11 answers · asked by gymnast33 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
O and also, we have this comb thing that we brush her with and it makes all the lumps or scabs or whatever come off (maybe it's not scabs beacuse she doesn't bleed or any things like that when we comb them off), but when ever we do this, the scabs are always back the next day.
2007-09-16 03:51:22 · update #1
I would take her to the vet , it sounds like it might be ringworm, How long has she had the scabs? Ringworm is a fungal infection and is very contagious (even to people) . She will need bathes in antifungal shampoo along with topical treatment if it is ringworm .
2007-09-16 03:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by Meow 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This could be caused by many different things and should be diagnosed by a vet visit. It could be from fleas (as you first guessed). The one cat could have an allergy to them and the flea medication might not be 100% effective. I have 3 cats and one is more sensitive to fleas than the others and often gets a lot of little scabs when she has fleas. I've tried many different flea shampoos and medications and most of them don't work very well. I always end up having to go to the vet to get something stronger. Also, it may be a skin condition (dry skin) or even some sort of skin disease. I had a cat once that had a disease that caused small sores all over her. It was treatable, but she needed vet care and medication.
2007-09-16 10:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by Ghost Shrimp Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you are describing what is called "milliary dermatitis". Little scabs around the neck, and often down the back and over the tail/butt area. It is caused by an allergic reaction, usually to fleas. She is probably very itchy and scratching a lot. The vet can give her a shot for inflammation, sometimes antibiotics are needed, and good monthly flea control on all pets in the household with Advantage or Frontline.
2007-09-16 10:55:53 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't take any chances and instead take her to the vet as someone else suggested. It may be due to a skin condition, allergic reaction or something else. I don't want to alarm you but my other cat started out with a lump that had a scab at the apex, the top. (And just to reiterate, I'm not trying to scare you) It tragically turned out to be cancerous. The vet did surgery but due to the type of cancer that she had (sarcoma 'something'), it came back. We found out that she may have had a genetic predisposition to cancer if overvaccinated (or if injections in certain part of cat). The cat that we have now, a tabby/striped cat, doesn't get vaccinated (only had shots when was in animal shelter) although she also doesn't go outside. So please do take her to the vet. Hoping kitty feels better really soon :)
2007-09-16 11:03:42 · answer #4 · answered by jannsody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most likely reason for this is food allergies and you are most likely feeding dry foods.
Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health
Contrary to what you may have heard, dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.
Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems like allergies. The problems with it are that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process. Most of the moisture a cat needs is gotten
out of the food and 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Also, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.
You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all. Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods.Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Please read about cat nutrition.
http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics.html
http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.htm
2007-09-16 11:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it's a reaction to the flea treatment, or really thick dander.
one of my cats has really thick dander, and when i brush her it's like this thick stuff on the comb. good luck.
2007-09-16 13:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like ring worm. Better take the one has it to the vet soon, otherwise it is highly infectious to other cats.
2007-09-16 10:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by Save me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take her to the vet! She might have a VERY contagious disease!
2007-09-16 12:00:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your cat may be fighting with another cat...
of it may be worms.
see what your vet says!
2007-09-16 10:59:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her to the vet
2007-09-16 10:54:05 · answer #10 · answered by Shalla V 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋