Cat skin issue

[Hans Hansson]

Hello!

I have been feeding a homeless male black cat for around 10 years.

The cat cannot be held etc but keeps a minimum distance of 2 meters
or more.

Recently I discovered it has a seemingly serious skin issue - see pics.

Can anything be said about what the skin problem can be and how
serious it is? Cat otherwise seems to be physically OK from what I can
see.

(I have a little booklet about cat diseases from which pics seems to
agree with so called fur-eating lice "felicola subrostratus" but these on
the other hand according to veterinary web-sites are uncommon and
seldom seen on cats in Sweden.)

Possible treatment with pills etc should be OK by including it in food.
But any fur treatment seems to me to requiring trapping of cat and then
one could guess there is only one chance for that as cat is likely not to
forget it ... .

Best regards

 

[silent meowlook]

Your going to need to trap him and take to the vet. It could be anything. Try to find a cat only hospital or one with feral cat experience.

 

[fionasmom]

I agree that this is something that will probably escalate if you do not do anything. At the very least, see if a vet will look at the pics. If it is like the US, they may be reluctant to diagnose or give meds in that way, but at least you will have made contact with a vet and they might have some suggestions.