Sore under chin...

It could be cat acne . You can try washing it every day with a warm wet cloth away . Acne can come from plastic bowels and also from food alergie . If you go again to the vet , I would ask him if it is acne , he/she would know for sure if it is cat acne .

What you are describing sounds like feline acne. Can be caused by plastic bowls, dirty bowls, bad grooming habits, or allergies. Get a confirmation from a vet!

Keeping the chin clean is very important, and if she doesn't do it herself, you will either need to clean it for her or teach her to clean it herself.

This may sound weird and its not for the squeamish, but it worked for a friend of mine whose cat had chronic acne. She would lick the cats paw and rub the paw on her cats chin. The cat was orphaned young and didn't have a mom to teach it how to groom itself. Once she started this procedure with him, he started cleaning it on his own after about a week and the acne has not come back.

I think I might have to try the "lick the cats paw and rub the paw on her cats chin". She is horrible at cleaning herself. Probably because she didn't have anyone to really teach her. I mean she watched our other cat, but she didn't pick up a lot of the normal "cat" instincts. Our other cat still does a lot of her cleaning after 4 years. Maybe she is just lazy and waits for Yogi to do it??? Thanks for the advice. We went out and got some new bowls tonight...just to be on the extra safe side. We keep the feeding and water area really clean and change it everyday. Hopefully the vet will give a better diagnosis this time. Another thing I thought of is we just moved across the country to a new and completly different environment and that is when all of this started happening...just another thought.

Thanks again...!!!

Originally Posted by Yogi&Remi

I think I might have to try the "lick the cats paw and rub the paw on her cats chin". She is horrible at cleaning herself.

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A person after my own heart - not squeamish and willing to jump in and teach them!! Definitely get a clear diagnosis from the vet on this one. Since you just moved, it could be stress related. And if she is a bad groomer and this helps to teach her to clean herself better, long term benefit for all of you!

I switched over to ceramic and stainless bowls when my Max had chronic acne and that went a long way to resolving it. Does she by chance have a white chin (I've noticed that white chin cats are more prone to acne than others)?

We bought some of those ceramic bowls, hopefully it will help. If not...they are pretty cute anyways!! Yes. She does have a white Chin! I can't wait to see the vet and see what she has to say. I know it's not bothering her now, but before when it was kind of nasty, it really did. We caught it a lot sooner than we did last time. So hopefully she won't feel so bad this time.... I hate seeing my kitties in pain.
Thanks again!

Originally Posted by Yogi&Remi

We bought some of those ceramic bowls, hopefully it will help. If not...they are pretty cute anyways!! Yes. She does have a white Chin! I can't wait to see the vet and see what she has to say. I know it's not bothering her now, but before when it was kind of nasty, it really did. We caught it a lot sooner than we did last time. So hopefully she won't feel so bad this time.... I hate seeing my kitties in pain.
Thanks again!

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I agree with the Acne thought, and I think you made a decent choice with the ceramic bowls.

Keep the bowls clean and clean her chin gently and it should clear up promptly.

Keep us posted

Spotz

My cat had this, the vet called it something besides acne. Hers was a systemic infection, which I think started in an irritation on her chin. The vet suggested all of the causes that other people here have mentioned as possibilities. We finally suspected that it was precipitated by a contact allergy to an ingredient in the food I had been giving her, which was something new I had been trying. My vet suggested that I write down the ingredients of the food, to see what was different, and the only extra thing I found was egg. So we're not giving her anything with egg in it any more.

She was very sick, lethargic, and apparently her gums were infected too. A 14 day course of Clamavox fixed her right up, and she is as active and healthy as ever now.

Oh, and I had to change food, because of the ban on pet food imports to Canada, this was the only thing that was readily available. I finally switched back to the old stuff she loves and does well on.

Yep, my 13-yr. old suffered from some sort of contact allergy that would give him little scabs on the bottom of his chin. We stopped using plastic feeding dishes, switched to ceramic and the problem pretty much resolved itself.

Sounds like it's either acne or a contact allergy.

Lisa

When I took one of my cats to the vet last Sat-she pointing out the little black pimples under bottom lip. She said cat acne this is a hard area for cats to clean and to put a dab of dishwashing soap on a moistened cotton ball and clean that area-she said that it can get infected fairly easy and then have to go on antibiotics to clean up. I haven't done it yet though. My cat dishes have always been ceramic.

Hi fellow feline lovers. This is my first visit to this site and so far I've found it helpful and interesting. My husband and I have 15 awesome cats whom we love and adore. I've noticed in the last six months, 5 of my cats have sores that look like holes and black scabs immediately under their chins. Each of them have different degrees of these sores/scabs. I started treating them with Bag Balm daily and it is clearing it up. However, I don't remember if I changed something in their environment to cause this, and can't imagine why, all of a sudden, 5 of 15 suffer from this?

After reading the threads, I got rid of the flimsy plastic and started using hard/shiny plastic that doesn't appear to be porous and purchased plastic "fountain" water bowls that have a filter and continuously runs. They absolutely love it because they loved drinking right from the faucet.

I also noticed that 4 out of the 5 cats have white chins and I've watched them groom themselves and none of them wash their chins. However, they frequently find something to rub their chins on.

They absolutely hate having Bag Balm rubbed under their chin, but it seems to prompt them to groom and within 4-5 days it's gone. But it does reappear when I stop using the Bag Balm. So it sounds like I'll be taking a trip to the vets.

I'm open to you're comments and suggestions.

Thank you!

I have a 14yr old Russian Blue female and she is constantly messing with her chin. I have two brushes stuck under doors so she can go and "brush" her chin whenever she wants. But just now I noticed it is really crusty under there and yes she does have a white chin. She was just at the vet a few months ago and they said nothing. She also digs at the skin IN FRONT OF HER EARS, on Russian Blue's there fur is very thin there and whatever is bugging her chin must have gone for a ride up to her ears. It seems to happen in the summer months even tho she has never gone outside. I put some cococut oil on the ear skin but she licked it off. I cannot afford to take her to the vet. I will change her bowls to glass where now she has a few that are plastic but mostly she eats off glass. Any other information would be greatly appreciated. She is NOT a gracious patient either, haha. Thanks and God Bless

What do the vets say about HOW tour cats get the acne??? Besides the bowls.....I keep a very clean house due to excessive skin problems I have been having for 3yrs myself, I use a product called GOOD NIGHT from Sprayway that is for dust mites and such, I give her a bath twice a month due to the thickness of the Russian Blue fur. I found her digging at her mid back last week and I saw that she had what looked like pepper against her skin. I washed that area with diluted Ginger shampoo and I bought a scalp massager that I use to circulate the skin. This is what I have been doing for my scalp because I get sores on my scalp  even within an hour after I wash it. I did read some skin mites etc. can move between human and cat. She sleeps on my bed 90% of the day. I appreciate any help again. Thank you and this is my first time on this site and already I found the exact problem I was searching for. How awesome is that?