Feline Acne
Have you ever heard of anything so rediculous? I took Dusty in to the vet today because Joe noticed that she had an abrasion on her chin that we couldn’t explain. It was getting worse, so I was thinking cone head to stop her from scratching.
The vet said that cats get acne. Usually it’s just black heads, but Dusty’s has become infected and is a severe case. So, they shot her up with drugs and gave me some antibiotics to give her twice a day.
Currently, you can find her hiding under the bed. I’m told that she’ll sleep most of the day. Poor thing my little Dusty!
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I noticed a black dirty looking patch on Norm’s chin. I tried cleaning it with Peroxide for awhile, but no luck. I took him to the vet and she dx’d acne. I still see a small black patch, but now he has light reddish brown debrise? all over his chin. I have to keep him in because I took his collar off due to the thought of discomfort. I will take him back as soon as I can (had a vet emergency with another cat today), but I have used up my cat allowance for the month. He is on antibiotics and topical cream. Everything I have read talks about the black patch, but no mention of the other crusty? stuff. Any thoughts??
Tue Apr 13, 2004 at 9:33 pmThanks
Both of our cats, Dusty and Owen, have gotten acne once each. Dusty’s was so bad that we took her to the vet where they gave her a shot and I had to administer anitbiotics because it had become infected.
Owen’s acne actually looked like acne. He had little black heads along his chin. They went away on their own. I just made sure that the had plenty of fresh water. I guess I thought that when I get pimples, it’s good to drink a lot of water…maybe I just felt I needed to do something.
Good luck Victoria! Hope your kittycat is ok!
Wed Apr 14, 2004 at 5:27 pm