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Hello and This thread's old, but here were the conclusions in regard to the original posters' cat: They were just a few posts up from yours. ;) Best wishes.

Hope it works. There are increasing amounts of options if it doesn't. I've got my cats on grain free diets at the moment... The cat food I used to buy now has so much grain in it the sheep will eat it. Best wishes.

Thanks for the update, and I'm glad it's nothing serious. Hope your cat gets better soon. There are immune boosting feeds for cats you might want to look into getting. But dermatitis can be caused by various things. Anyway, best wishes.

Quote: Thanks for having an open enough mind to double check. It is very rare, so I'm not surprised it's not commonly heard of. You have to look back into 18th century texts to find any references to them, and even then they state they're quite rare. Quote: Yes, I am aware of this. I believe...

Quote: Until you've inspected every single bird in the USA, you can't make that statement in good faith. Most professionals would cringe from such an inherently indefensible generalization. There are many migratory species that travel between our countries, so clearly your statement is only...

Quote: That's an unproven 'fact'. Five vets does not equal a comprehensive survey. In such a rare parasite, one would expect that even a countrywide survey might fail to turn up a definitive case.

Quote: They can be carried by various species so it's safe to say migratory birds could introduce it if it's not already there, which I would doubt. It's been recorded in other countries too. They are very rare, granted. Strange that you seem not to have heard of blue pigeon lice, but I too...

You (the thread starter) said he has these patches on a few places including his chin, and they have recurred after a year. If you feel around the one on the chin there would likely be swelling if it's an abscess. By all means treat it as if it's an infection or abscess or whatever, as I did...

I highly doubt it's ringworm. Our cats had that on and off for years in one place we lived in, the kids would get it too; it does not look like that in my experience. I've seen abscesses, both open and still covered, and it does not look like that either. It's a dead ringer for blue pigeon lice...

Where do you live? I'm in Australia but as far as I know blue pigeon lice are in America and other countries too. My cat had a recurring scab on her back, often a bare patch of abraded skin just like that. I treated it like a wound at first, then an infection, but nothing fixed it. It would go...