Hi Tom,

Can you look at the following pics and tell me if any resemble your boys sores?

Fortunately cats do not get as many skin conditions as dogs so they are much easier to diagnose and treat. They can be allergic reactions, fungus or infection.

Here is the most common with photos:

Stud tail:and feline acne
http://www.kittens-lair.net/cat-health/feline-acne.html

http://www.fabcats.org/owners/skin/acne.html

Ringworm:

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_ringworm.html

Miliary Dermatitis:

www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/mil-derm.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliary_dermatitis

granuloma:

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_eosinophilic_granuloma.html

http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/Starnes/index.php

Scabies:

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_notoedric_mange.html

Hot spots:

http://www.thepetcenter.com/exa/hotspots.html

Ringworm can be recurrent and is treated with a topical fungicide or a vaccine shot.

miliary dermatitis can come from a food allergy or the bite of even ONE flea.This is treated with one cortesone shot or neosporen it is safe it he licks a bit.

Granuloma is also usually allergic in nature and can be treated cortesone or antibiotics or both.

There is also alopecia which is usually symmetrical and can be self inflicted:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1338&articleid=195

A staph infection is also a possibility and can recur at times when the immune system is weakened temporarily.

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_bite_wound_abscess.html

Please look at the photos and let me know which best relates to your cats issues and I will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Regards,

Terri

Hi there,

If it looks like the bite wound pics he may have developed a sytemic infection. He should be on clidamycin twice a day for ten days. That will resolve it.

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Warmest best wishes,

Terri

Hi Tom,

As long as he is eating and not distressed you can try chlor-trimeton -a quarter tablet every 12 hours. This is a safe antihistamine for cats and is sold OTC in drug stores:

http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/chlorpheniramine-maleate-chlor-trimeton/page1.aspx

It will help if it is allergy related.If it is infection you will have to see a vet.

Warmest best wishes,

Terri