We just adopted a new kitty a few days back (who still remains unnamed) and when we were playing with him and cuddling with him, I noticed a bare spot behind his ear. You can kind of see it in the right light that it is naked and looks to have little scabs only near the edges. Well, going through his paperwork, when this little guy was brought in to the animal shelter a few weeks ago (he is 3.5yrs old) his fur was caked in feces and he had ear mites, VERY BAD. According to his medical history, his ears were swollen and then he was bleeding behind his pinna (which I learned, is his ear, lol).
I've noticed that he is still itchy and I checked his ears and it doesn't look like he has ear mites any longer, but we will continue to clean them if the vet gives the A-OK. At this point, I am a little panicky though because the vet isn't open until Monday and I didn't really notice it today. We were doing the blanket thing where I took his blanket and left it out in the house for our girl to check out and get used to his scent. We were also doing scent rubbings between the to, with a washcloth.
So, although I will DEFINITELY be calling the vet, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with ear mites and/or ringworm? He has a little bald patch behind his ear, which looks kind of oval where he scratches A LOT! (I assume he is still itchy after having ear mites) and before, it just looked like normal skin color, but now the coloring looks a little tan. When I looked at it the other day, it also looked like there was scabbing around the edges. I am hoping that it is him healing after being brought in having bled behind his ears, according to the paperwork and not ringworm, but I was just looking for anyone elses input.
Also, he is a thin line that kind of wraps around the left part of his eye that looks bald, but it is a line and not round at all.
Thanks for any input!
I've noticed that he is still itchy and I checked his ears and it doesn't look like he has ear mites any longer, but we will continue to clean them if the vet gives the A-OK. At this point, I am a little panicky though because the vet isn't open until Monday and I didn't really notice it today. We were doing the blanket thing where I took his blanket and left it out in the house for our girl to check out and get used to his scent. We were also doing scent rubbings between the to, with a washcloth.
So, although I will DEFINITELY be calling the vet, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with ear mites and/or ringworm? He has a little bald patch behind his ear, which looks kind of oval where he scratches A LOT! (I assume he is still itchy after having ear mites) and before, it just looked like normal skin color, but now the coloring looks a little tan. When I looked at it the other day, it also looked like there was scabbing around the edges. I am hoping that it is him healing after being brought in having bled behind his ears, according to the paperwork and not ringworm, but I was just looking for anyone elses input.
Also, he is a thin line that kind of wraps around the left part of his eye that looks bald, but it is a line and not round at all.
Thanks for any input!
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