Please help! Sneezing and black toe pad edges pink.

HI everyone,

thanks for reading my post.

New to this forum.

my 10 year old all black cat has had sneeze for 5 days. That's not what's totally alarming because he gets a kitty cold once a year for a few days then he's fine.

this time it's 5 days in. Today I noticed as he was cleaning his belly and feet, a bare spot on his belly, that was already bare, was a tad pink.

Then his all black toe pads have a pink edge.

He's eating fine. Drinks fine. He was more lethargic a couple days ago but better now, but the pink edges on the pads alarmed me. Is that symptomatic of anything?

thank you for any help!

Have you had a vet take a look at his feet? It might be the beginning of something like pododermatitis, so you'd want to get treatment before it gets worse.
Plasma Cell Pododermatitis (Pillow Foot)