My Cat (Male 7 yrs.old) has a hot spot. He is always scratching it open. Will Raw Honey on the Hot Spot Help?

Answer 1

No, don't put honey on the spot ( it can hurt ). There's a creme with honey in it for open spots, it desinfects well.
I used it for my cat ( I also heard about honey ), that's how I got this information from a nature shop.

Answer 2

I don't think so and you don't want to use sugar on a cat anyway.The main thing is treating the reason he is gettiong htese spots in the first place. The most liukely reason is allergies and you are most likely feeding dry food

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.
Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingredient a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?
http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Read_a_Pet_Food_Ingredient_Label
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. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms
The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process them. Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in
Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, 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. The optimum food to feed cats has no grains whatsoever, cats have no use for them and many have trouble processing them as well as the carbs. IBD is another disease that is rapidly becoming common amoung cats because of the inappropriate diets being fed.
Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4a.php

Please read about cat nutrition.
http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics.html
http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.htm
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm#Dry_Food_vs_Canned_Food.__Which_is_reall

Answer 3

No to the honey. There are plenty of sprays available for hot spots.

You want to figure out what's irritating your cat in the first place. It could have a flea allergy. If you can afford it, take him to the vet.

Answer 4

Localized demodex: occurs in only one area, such as on the ear or the face. A few spots in the local area may be affected. Usually the symptoms are mild and clear up on their own. About 10% of pets with localized demodex develop generalized demodex.
Generalized demodex: occurs in multiple locations, such as ear, elbow, and stomach, and may progress to cover most of the body, including the feet. Generalized demodex occurs in young animals and in adults. When it occurs in an adult, it suggests the pet has a significant disease or health problem that predisposed it to develop widespread demodex infection. For example, pets with cancer, hypothyroid disease, allergies, and heartworm infections may develop demodex infections
Cats with demodex infections
Cats are sensitive to amitraz so that veterinarians may recommend mixing amitraz with mineral oil or propylene glycol (1:3 parts) and treating only the affected areas. Medications to avoid in pets with demodex
Without specific veterinary instruction, do not give pets with demodex any oral steroids such as prednisone and prednisolone. Nor should you apply topical medications containing steroids, such as Animax and Corti-Care Spray on pets with demodex infections.

Answer 5

mine does too...someone said to try tree tea oil on it...it stinks but works..im gonna try it...dont put honey on it..also she said she put something with the word silver in it on there..it's sold at the pharmacy..but i dont know what it would be..she said if fixed her cat's hotspot...Mine used to have it all over his belly, but now i got it down to one little spot by changing his food over to the good stuff..dont feed cheap!
good luck