Kitten Skin Problem

[TokyoCats]

Hi everyone,

We adopted a kitten more than a month ago, brought her to the vet for checkup regularly and everything was well until one day my wife found a mark around her neck area.

We have now started to apply medication on that area, it seems to be healing but still we are wondering what is it and what causes this to happen?

Sincere Thanks.

 

[Caspers Human]

It's probably just a "hot spot."

A benign sore caused by a scratch, a bump or some other minor injury. Maybe your cat scratched herself. Maybe it's an insect bite. There could be many causes.

As long as it doesn't get red, swollen, ooze fluid or cause pain to the cat, just monitor it to be sure it doesn't grow or get infected.

If it grows, spreads, gets infected, if it doesn't heal in a reasonable time or if it does anything you don't like the looks of, call your vet.

You can put a small dab of Neosporin (Triple Antibiotic Ointment) on it if you want to but be sure that it's the plain, old, ordinary kind and NOT the kind with pain relievers and other stuff in it.

Keep it clean by wiping it with a wet cloth. Use a SMALL amount of ointment. Cats might lick it off. If she licks a LITTLE BIT, it won't hurt her. Use only enough ointment to make the sore "wet."

Check it every day until you see that it's beginning to heal. Afterward, you can check it every other day.
It might seem like it takes a long time to completely heal and for the fur to grow back.

Casper has gotten them, once or twice. We think it's because he bumps himself as he crawls under the furniture and gets a little "ouchie." We keep them clean and put a dab of ointment on them. They heal up and go away in a few weeks.

There are other causes of sores on cats like allergies, fleas or insect bites, fungal infections, bacterial infections and other things, however, your cat's sore doesn't look like any of those... at least from what the picture shows. It's really hard to tell just by looking at a picture, sometimes.

If the sore gets red, swells up, oozes fluid, causes pain or does anything that you don't understand, call the vet.

If it spreads or gets larger, call the vet.

If your cat gets them often, call the vet.

If your cat's sore doesn't heal in a reasonable amount of time, call the vet.

I hope your cat gets better, soon! By the looks of your picture, she's already starting to heal.

Fingers crossed for you!

 

[mrsgreenjeens]

No idea what it might be, but you said you are putting medication in it. What are you using, and did you get it from the Vet? If not, who advised you to use it? Is that what that white stuff is? If not, what is that? It looks like it might be some sort of powder . Does it bother her? It looks fairly large, about the size of a fingernail (at least in the pic).

I'm not sure what else to say until we get your answers.