It's looking worse... Is this cat acne??

[catendo64]

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• catendo64
• Mar 17, 2016

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• catendo64
• Mar 17, 2016

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• catendo64
• Mar 17, 2016

Hopefully you can see the images above. My cat's been eating out of a plastic bowl which I'm now going to replace with a metal one because I found out that plastic bowls can cause acne to form. Does this look like cat acne? Any advice will be a big help. Is there anything I can do to help him? I can't afford to see the vet right now..

 

[stephanietx]

It looks like something, that's for sure!  Most likely it is acne, but please get him/her to the vet to check it out.  I'm most concerned about the eye and the sores surrounding it. 

 

[catendo64]

Thank you. I'll get him checked out as soon as I can

 

[sweetdz99]

I haven't really heard of acne around their eyes.  It sort of looks like conjunctivitis. You should definitely give him Lysine to help control that.  It doesn't hurt them if it turns out not to be that.  You should clean gently around his eyes with warm moist cotton balls and Terramycin Antibiotic Ophthalmic Ointment for the eye.  The chin area looks more like acne.  Try to keep his chin clean, you can use dawn dish soap, it is gentle.  

Definitely make sure to get him checked out as soon as possible. If it turns out to be conjunctivitis he will need medicine.  

You can buy lysine pretty cheap on amazon and I think the ointment is there too    

 

[stephanietx]

@catendo64 how's your kitty and what did the vet say?

 

[Sodagirl]

Hi Catendo64,
This is EXACTLY what my kitten has. What did it end up being? The eyes are much worse though. We took him to our vet and they gave me eye cream, but nothing is helping. Please help!

 

[lavishsqualor]

That's certainly looks like feline acne on the cat's chin. According to a quick Google search, cats can get it around their eyes too because there are sebaceous glands there. That's something I didn't know.

You really should get your cat to a vet.

 

[Sodagirl]

lavishsqualor, Hi thank for your response. I did take him to a vet and they gave Ofloaxcin and Opthalmic Ointment. It’s not working. I was curious if anyone could provide further insight. I cleaned his eyes with warm water and the skin with some dawn soap as another person suggested. I am able to get the black off but his skin under is raw. I will clean it and then apply the medicine and within 12 hours it looks like I never cleaned his eyes.

 

[lavishsqualor]

Poor kitty!

I would keep up your current treatment with the Dawn. I'm hesitant to suggest this but some use Stridex pads to treat feline acne. Nevertheless, Ofloaxcin is an excellent quinolone antibiotic. If he doesn't bet better within a week, I'd be looking for another vet.

 

[amandag1]

Look for vetericyn spray or gel and clean his chin with it
For the eyes... def let the vet know theres no improvement