I found this cat and i don't know if something is wrong with it or that's just the way it looks... b

Please tell me what do you think about this cat.

It looks like some sort of skin condition to me. I would take it to the vet for a look

Can it be contagious to humans?

This looks like mange to me. There are different types of mange some are contagious to humans some are not. It is rare for humans to get it though. It normally only effects people with a lowed immune system.

Poor cat it must be very itchy and uncomfortable. This is very easily treated though by a vet. So please do get him to a vet ASAP.

The poor thing. I wonder whether she could have mange? There are photos here Can you get her to a vet?

Yes, the cat should be seen by a vet, esp. if the cat is outdoors, and living in a cold or cool climate. My totally uncatchable feral has this, but only during the summer months. It has never transferred to my other cats. If it's the type of mange that my feral has, the mange will gradually work its way all along the cat's body. It is not pleasant. Use a throw-away towel and your cat carrier or a sturdy box. The vet will tell you best how to clean the cat carrier afterwards. Please help the kitty if you can.

It almost looks like someone cut his hair like that. I never saw a kitty with mange. Poor baby!!!

If you could take the cat to a vet that's great, but if that's not possible I would try the local animal shelter?  I know there's controversy about that, but IMHO it's ethically lazy to let an obviously ill animal suffer under any circumstances. 

I first saw this cat around here like 2-3 days ago, probably someone left it, I will try to help it but it doesn't seem to see very good. I have 2 healthy cats and if this cat has mange I don't want to get them infected. If I see that the cat gets worst i will call the vet but the cat doesn't have any injury or iritation but it has something simmilar to dandruff. Here's the pictures of my cats

Bidocea said:

 
I first saw this cat around here like 2-3 days ago, probably someone left it, I will try to help it but it doesn't seem to see very good. I have 2 healthy cats and if this cat has mange I don't want to get them infected. If I see that the cat gets worst i will call the vet but the cat doesn't have any injury or iritation but it has something simmilar to dandruff. Here's the pictures of my cats  

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@Bidocea...your cats look  good......but that first cat needs serious help.  Do what @Reba suggested and call some shelters and get more information on what you, and they can do.  He desperately needs medication, both creams and antibiotics.

Don't bring him inside to come into contact with your healthy cats.  By calling a vet or shelter, they may offer assistance so the cat does not suffer alone.  He crossed your path for a reason, and you posted for a reason, too.   So do what you can for that poor cat.  good luck.

I'm from Romania and live in the countryside... the closest animal shelter may be like 85km from where I am but I will call the local vet as soon as I can

I completely agree with cat nap. You have beautiful cats But that first cat really need treatment.

Mange does and will eventually kill the cat. - very blunt sorry but I just want you to understand how serious mange will be if not treated early enough.

It is very and I want to state VERY easy to treat. All it requires once the type of mange as been diagnosed is just the right tropical spot on treatment similar to the flea and tick treatment. But this is only and again ONLY if it is caught in time. If left untreated for to long, it then becomes very difficult to get rid off and the kindest thing is then having the cat put to sleep.

Bidocea said:

 
I'm from Romania and live in the countryside... the closest animal shelter may be like 85km from where I am but I will call the local vet as soon as I can

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Okay  @Bidocea    that sounds like a good plan.  Since @GemsGem   said the medication is easy to give, for sure the local vet will  have it on hand.

Keep us posted with updates,

 and thank you for looking after that poor guy.

 Sending you well wishes.

I am so incredibly saddened for this poor cat. 

I don't know if you can afford to pay for a vet for her or not, but she sure does need help. She looks like a poor little abandoned orphan to me

If you will please care for her, she would surely be so grateful.

I also believe she has mange (mites). These are alot like ear mites, just a different kind. They burrow and are extremely itching, which is why her head appears this way.

If she goes to the vet, then great!

If you can not afford it, then revolution applied every 3-3 1/2 weeks for several months will get rid of this.

Her fur will grow back beautifully, and she will feel like someone really does care for her.

She was surely abandoned, makes me sick.

It is in the best interest for your cats now to not allow contact, some mange is contagious while some is not, and you don't want to take chances with bringing something to your cats.

If by chance they were in contact, it is not easy for a healthy cat to get mange and keep it. The tiny mites may get on the cats but their own strong immune systems just get rid of them.

This poor cat is malnourished and needs decent food and love, and shown that someone cares.

Very sad to me.

Thanks for caring

 If you can bring it to the vet, that would be great! But if you can't, you should call a vet. Yes, you should get some creams and antibiotics for him. Don't let your cats get near him. Also, keep him warm and feed him. Here's some information I found about mange: 

What is Mange on a Cat?
"Mangy cat" is a common enough slur thrown at down-on-their-luck felines, but in fact cat mange is a fairly rare condition, much more common in dogs. Nevertheless, some cats do get the mange and it can be an intractable problem for cat owners to resolve, especially in a safe and natural way. So does your cat have mange? Well, mange is actually just a description of the set of symptoms that accompany a mite infestation in your cat. The symptoms of cat mange include skin infection, rash, hair loss, hair matting, and the typical itching and scratching that go with an irritating feline skin condition.

Cat mange treatment begins with strengthening your cat's immune system, since mites can't easily take advantage of healthy cats. Increasing your cat's sulfur intake with food supplements such as garlic can help fight off mites and support the immune system. A variety of drugs and steroids are generally administered by vets, with different treatment regimes for different mites. However natural immune support, nit-combing, shampooing perhaps with borax or hydrogen peroxide, and careful cleaning of your cat's home environment can help a mite infection and cat mange go away on their own.

http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/cat-mange-treatment-home-remedies.html

I also found this treatment/remedy:

Bathing your cat in a lime-sulfur dip is one of the homeopathic remedies for mange in cats. Before using the lime-sulfur dip, however, it is advisable to first bathe the infected cat with anti-dandruff shampoo. For a period of about 6 weeks, the lime-sulfur dip should be used, at least, every week.

Grooming is yet another homeopathic remedy for mange in cats. As a means of eliminating the risk of mange in your cat, you should regularly brush the cat so as to remove excess hair that could serve as nice abode for mites, and to remove dead skin that non-burrowing mites could live on.

There are also oral and topical homeopathic remedies for mange in cats. Ensure you feed your cat food that would strengthen her immune system to keep mites off. Apple cider vinegar added to your cat's food may also prove useful. Topically, you can also massage your cat's ear with apple cider vinegar ear wash solution; this would help in killing off mites in the ear. Plain yogurt can also be used for the healing of the insides of the ears because of its acidophilus content.

http://voices.yahoo.com/homeopathic-remedies-mange-cats-7590758.html

Also, here's a good website: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/mange

Hope this helps!

P.S. So glad you want to help this poor baby!   

Again, if you take it to the vet you need to have a plan in mind beforehand as to what you will do.  Are you prepared to take on responsibility for the cats care if the costs are significant?   It's easy to get a burst of energy thinking how you will save this poor animal, but then reality sets in and the decisions are heartbreaking.   I speak from very recent experience here as I just ended up with a $500 vet bill for a stray that was supposed to go in for shots and a low-cost neuter.   And then one of my own cats got very ill the same week.  

If you don't have the physical and financial resources, I think the kindest thing is to take the cat to the shelter.  

MissSweetKitty there's some good advice there.

However they are for natural home remedies that people came up with, which is why it's mentioned that it's not so easy.

Kitty can easily be treated with Ivermectin, or best yet with Revolution, simple, mess free, no sulfer lime dips, just a topical flea treatment.

I would recommend a vet visit and/or revolution, or even a phone call if you have an advisory type of vet. (many will say we need you to bring the cat in)

Reba said:

 
Again, if you take it to the vet you need to have a plan in mind beforehand as to what you will do.  Are you prepared to take on responsibility for the cats care if the costs are significant?   It's easy to get a burst of energy thinking how you will save this poor animal, but then reality sets in and the decisions are heartbreaking.   I speak from very recent experience here as I just ended up with a $500 vet bill for a stray that was supposed to go in for shots and a low-cost neuter.   And then one of my own cats got very ill the same week.  

If you don't have the physical and financial resources, I think the kindest thing is to take the cat to the shelter.  

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There's no reason this poor cat's life should be ended due to an easily remedied issue.

I feel sorry enough for him already, poor thing likely was abandoned as it is, please try to help him okay?

I would take him in a heartbeat if he were near me anywhere.

He will be so grateful to you.

I am from Romania, too, and I would just like to say that we do not have shelters like the civilized world does, or like the ones we see on Animal Planet. We have some dog shelters set up by the city halls (mayor's office) that exist for the sole purpose to kill the dogs and we have a very small number of associations that try to save the dogs that are about to be killed.

Out of these associations, there are some that are willing to take cats in, but we have no "official" cat shelters (I mean some sort of shelter backed by a formal mean of organization - association, NGO, something like that, where you could go to surrender or adopt a cat). We do, however, have wonderful volunteers who act like formal NGO's even if they are just independent humans who pay the expenses by themselves and take the cats in their own homes.

On the downside, as it is spring here, we are jammed with unwanted litters so most of these people have their hands full of kittens and doggies. I would be more than happy to provide the OP with the contacts I have - both formal associations and volunteers, maybe someone could help. Also, @Bidocea , if you could tell me your location, I could try and find a person/association in your area that rescues animals.

On the bright side, we have wonderful vets that, even if they are old schooled, are willing to diagnose an animal based only on photos ( I have done this several times, showed the vets photos and received treatment) and most of them are willing to provide discounts for ferals and strays. Another bright side is that we have available most medications, so finding an antibiotic or cream or ointment should not be a problem at the vet's office or pet pharmacies. And topical treatments for fleas and ticks (like Stronghold) are available in most petshops I know of.

IrinaSaK said:

 
I am from Romania, too, and I would just like to say that we do not have shelters like the civilized world does, or like the ones we see on Animal Planet. We have some dog shelters set up by the city halls (mayor's office) that exist for the sole purpose to kill the dogs and we have a very small number of associations that try to save the dogs that are about to be killed.

Out of these associations, there are some that are willing to take cats in, but we have no "official" cat shelters (I mean some sort of shelter backed by a formal mean of organization - association, NGO, something like that, where you could go to surrender or adopt a cat). We do, however, have wonderful volunteers who act like formal NGO's even if they are just independent humans who pay the expenses by themselves and take the cats in their own homes.

On the downside, as it is spring here, we are jammed with unwanted litters so most of these people have their hands full of kittens and doggies. I would be more than happy to provide the OP with the contacts I have - both formal associations and volunteers, maybe someone could help. Also, @Bidocea , if you could tell me your location, I could try and find a person/association in your area that rescues animals.

On the bright side, we have wonderful vets that, even if they are old schooled, are willing to diagnose an animal based only on photos ( I have done this several times, showed the vets photos and received treatment) and most of them are willing to provide discounts for ferals and strays. Another bright side is that we have available most medications, so finding an antibiotic or cream or ointment should not be a problem at the vet's office or pet pharmacies. And topical treatments for fleas and ticks (like Stronghold) are available in most petshops I know of.

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Thank you so much @IrinaSaK    for the above post.  There is so much useful information here.

In Canada, even if you think it is the "civilized" world, there is so many different names for animal control, animal shelters, animal rescues, and humane societies.  Many of these are also "kill" places, too, and only most "rescue groups" are a "no kill" place.  I was surprised to read that even the Humane Society does PTS animals, but says they do it in  "low volumes"...whatever that means.   I am not sure what the SPCA does or does not do.

We too, have individuals, like you say you have over there, who volunteer and pay vet expenses, food and provide shelter to animals.....and others are joined with groups to "foster" a cat, but may be given food and access to vet treatment.  I am not sure if the government helps in any of these costs.  I would doubt it though, because it is all about taxes and money over here.  Fund raising and personal donations contribute more to these organisations, while the city animal control is paid for by tax money.  I am not sure how rescue groups get their funds....probably also from donations and volunteers.

@Bidocea    thank you again for posting those  original photos, and actually caring to do so.  Even if only one cat is helped, it makes me think the world is a better place because people like you exist, as do the other members here who also help cats in their own ways.