Donnie... I'm worried!!

sheriridlington

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My little boy has a patch of hair missing on his haunch.  It is the size of a nickel, and there is like a white scab on the skin and hair follicles.  It almost looks like dandruff. Could it be allergies, or the sight where he received his steroid shot a few months ago?  Or could it be that the hair had been pulled out?  We do have a four year old here on the weekends.  We really have to keep an eye on the child because Donnie will not fight back when he is being tortured by my autistic nephew.  I hope this little patch of missing hair is nothing to worry about.
 

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Well, it's really impossible to say for sure what it is.  Does it appear to be healing, or are there any more patches showing up?  If more, then it could be ringworm, or it could be your weekend visitor, although I would truly think if that child is hurting your cat, he would start defending himself, which could wind up being a totally other issue


I've not heard of injection sites causing this, more of them causing lumps, although it wouldn't hurt to call your Vet to ask if this could be a side effect, if that's the exact spot where the injection was.

 
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