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OK, thanks for your patience. "Pimple" type areas on the skin are often areas of infection, typically due to staph bacteria, which are common on the surface of the skin. However, there's usually an underlying reason why cats and dogs develop this sort of problem, and it may be due to allergy (unlikely with no itching reported), or insect bites (unlikely with no outdoor exposure), or hormonal problems, which are more common in dogs than cats.

This may be some sort of cyst of the hair follicles, which can occur in any species - and is usually not much to worry about.

It would seem reasonable to try treating these issues as a bacterial infection, with topical ointment and oral antibiotics, but in order to get a definitive answer as to what is wrong, I would be recommending a biopsy of the skin, the next time one of these bumps shows up. That sample can be sent to a veterinary dermatopathologist, who studies skin only, and that will give the best hope for a concrete diagnosis and recommended treatment.

Expert:	Drew
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Answered:	10/28/2009

Cat Veterinarian

D.V.M. Ross University, B.S. Cornell University. 5 years experience in Small Animal practice