One of my cats is a former feral, and while I can occasionally pet him, he's still VERY skittish and my husband and I just generally let him be. He'll sit in a room with us, but its rare when he actually allows us to touch him. We've taken him to the vet for regular checkups, but because of his personality, we obviously don't want to do anything to stress him out. We have several former ferals but Oscar is the one that is taking the longest to come around. I'm not sure if he'll ever be a cat that will let us near him whenever we want to be.
Anyway, this morning was a rare moment when he let me pet him. I was rubbing his chin and noticed that he has what appears to be acne (based on what I have read and seen pictures of). I know this isn't "good" but is it necessarily "bad"? I will absolutely take him to the vet for something that he needs to be seen for, but I don't know much about feline acne and I don't know if its worth putting him through the stress of a car ride and a vet visit for it. I'm off to do some research on my own but also thought I'd ask here about what I should do about it. Any insight would be appreciated!
Anyway, this morning was a rare moment when he let me pet him. I was rubbing his chin and noticed that he has what appears to be acne (based on what I have read and seen pictures of). I know this isn't "good" but is it necessarily "bad"? I will absolutely take him to the vet for something that he needs to be seen for, but I don't know much about feline acne and I don't know if its worth putting him through the stress of a car ride and a vet visit for it. I'm off to do some research on my own but also thought I'd ask here about what I should do about it. Any insight would be appreciated!