please help me and my cat! we dont know what it is *pics*

[ChickenWisperer]

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Our dog doesn't have epilepsy (I hope, though it's possible) but she's got awful allergies - even to us! - and is a compulsive digger as I've come to call it. She's on her thyroid meds, joint supplements, Ketoconazole, pain pills, an antibiotic, eye drops, ear drops, antiseptic spray... she still digs and digs and makes the sores on her body even worse. I know a steroid shot is our next stop.

 

[kookykate328]

we got him some medicine at the pet store I'll say later or tommorrow if it helped or not

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Our dog doesn't have epilepsy (I hope, though it's possible) but she's got awful allergies - even to us! - and is a compulsive digger as I've come to call it. She's on her thyroid meds, joint supplements, Ketoconazole, pain pills, an antibiotic, eye drops, ear drops, antiseptic spray... she still digs and digs and makes the sores on her body even worse. I know a steroid shot is our next stop.

I've never heard about it in dogs. A vet just told me about cats doing that. I quite honestly don't even know if its correct, but it worked for our cat.

 

[Terri O]

Kooky--I dont want to judge but you first posted the day after Christmas and you have (just now on the 31st) gotten something for your cat! PLEASE--this may be serious! All the posters have tried to help you! Now here we are on a holiday weekend again! IF you care for your cat please DO SOMETHING! If you are a youngster let your Mom read this thread...maybe she will get on the stick and help your cat so you dont have a bad start to the new year. Good luck! I am sorry if this sounds harsh but I have a friend that asks me questions and then doesnt do anything and then wonders why her cats are so sick and consequently die.
Terri O

 

[kookykate328]

well we didn't go out anywhere until today cant go to the vet beacause its too expensive and didn't think it was that bad

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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I don't mean to sound mean, but if you can't afford vet care then you can't afford pets and shouldn't have them. Either that, or you shouldn't have a problem with ending their suffering yourself or having the resources to give him prompt at-home treatment. Times are hard right now, but even though we only have one source of income for a family of three, we still take our sick pets to the vet for treatment or we end their suffering if we feel it's gone too far.

If you can't afford vet care, then you might seriously consider giving him up to a rescue. Or, go to the vet and see if they do payment plans (my vet does. Our current bill is quite high and we pay it off as we can.).

 

[Fleabuskitty]

I have no idea what it could be, but you should definitely take him to the vet because everybody here can only make guesses judging by the pictures. You can buy the cones that vets put on animals that have stitches or casts at the pet store (or at least at all the pets stores I've been to). That would make him stop scratching it.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

If it is as bad as it looks in the picture, I think you need to start calling around for a vet that is reasonable or takes payment plans. It's very hard to treat that if you don't know what it is.

It looks like it *could* be ringworm. If so, you need to get him proper treatment because ringworm can easily spread to other animals. It could also be something else like a wound he keeps licking, or may have started out like a scratch and has gotten worse.

Please stop putting home made salt water on the wound, unless you have properly measured it. Flush it with sterile saline water. you can buy this at most any store. Otherwise, saline water is 9 grams of sodium chloride (salt) to 1000mL of water. I would dab some hydrogen peroxide on it for now (this could cause scarring, but in this case it is better to just prevent infection since it may be a while until you get him to the vet) and follow the peroxide with a thick type of balm or cream. Neosporin works in a pinch, but my favorite is Furazone. I'm pretty sure you can get that at tractor supply and it is relatively cheap.

However, this will NOT cure a fungal infection. If it is a fungal infection and you do not treat it properly, it will only get worse and could spread to you and your family. A vet could more properly diagnose what it is.

Also, a cone would be useful in this situation. If your cat will tolerate it, you could secure a rolled washcloth around the neck with some medical tape. Otherwise, they sell cones at almost every pet store. I'm a big fan of the material ones.

Please take care of this ASAP.

 

[goobhen]

I have a cat named Coco she suddenly had spots like that all over her body. I thought she had ringworm, mange. Took her to the vet, and the vet checked her all over. She ended up having earmites, they were causing her to scratch her fur off, it's not like she could get the earmites out!! I have never seen anything like this before. The vet had us get the monthly heartworm medicine that has the ear mite med in it! It worked, in less than a week, all the bare spots had fur growing back on her. We use the ear mite heart med every other month. We use the Walmart brand the other months. No more bare spots! I really recommend taking your cat to the vet. Try to find a low cost one, if you can. Good luck!
Theresa

 

[Frosty]

I have a cat with food allergies... keeping in mind that every cat is different, my cat had numerous sores all over her body and they were round - not a long strip like your cat has. She also had thin, mangy looking fur. She was diagnosed by a vet who took one look at her and said it looked like a food allergy. I figured out what she was allergic to by a process of elimination and she is fine now. But I can not urge you strongly enough to see a vet. It could end up being cheaper to do that and get to the bottom of it instead of buying a bunch of stuff to try this and that.