Possible skin infection / bite scars? should we go to the Vet ?

Hi all,

I noticed earlier this evening that our 5MO kitten has a few marks on his skin whilst he was asleep and I was petting him. I've only owned cats for the last year or so. I was thinking it was you know the worst like cancerous or something. My partner is more in the mind that it's bite marks from our other cat as they have been playing alot.

 I suspect he is just coming into adolescence, and I will have him done, however we won't be doing that *just* yet as he is still small and my female cat is neutered. They are both indoor so no risk of him fathering untold amounts of ferral kittens.

I've included a couple of images below. Am I worrying unduly?



Admittedly the pictures aren't great in real life the area is more white than pink. They are also a little bubbly like a keloid scar.

I want to take him to the vet, however I've agreed to post here to see if this is a minor "treat at home" thing first. He doesn't seem to be in pain and the area is on his back leg.

thanks in advance for any advice .

It's very hard to tell by the pics, is there fur missing there?

Looks like a bald spot.

hi thanks for the reply. yes there is fur missing there. I  think since is not bothering him as in no excessive licking etc I will keep a close eye on it over the weekend and  take him to the vet on monday if it still looks like that.

Kissthisangel said:

 
hi thanks for the reply. yes there is fur missing there. I  think since is not bothering him as in no excessive licking etc I will keep a close eye on it over the weekend and  take him to the vet on monday if it still looks like that.

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Good idea, better safe than having something get worse.

The balding fur is a red flag, if this were play bite marks there would not be missing fur.

If so then it means much deeper than a play bite, more like an unneutered male fight bite that abcessed, causing the fur to fall out where the swelling was.