Hello cat lovers, I'm new to your forum, thought I'd check it out to see if if could help me.
I checked a little bit and couldn't find an answer, so I'm hoping some of you cat experts can help me out.
My cat, Zoey, has developed "kitty acne" on the chin. Here's the backround.
She's had sores on her chin and lips for about two or three months now. We can't seem to get rid of it, but I must admit, we are timid about what type of cleanser to use on her. We don't want to hurt her with cleansers.
I've looked up some stuff, one of the main causes seem to be plastic food dishes. Well, she's always had metal dishes, and we've been washing them out with dish soap about once a week.
We just moved from our apartment to a house in May. So a few months now. She has access to all areas of the house, but she's still shy of the basement and doesn't go down there much. The house was built in 1900, the upkeep on it is okay, but not perfect, we are doing some work on it, but not hardcore or an every day thing.
The move was a bit stressful for her. She's moved once in the past and seemed to adjust well. From what I can see in her behavior, she's adjusted to this move well as well, better than expected. I was hoping the that acne would go away with time, that is was a result of her environment being tampered with, but it has persisted even though she seems happy.
I should point out - She developed kitty acne roughly around the time *before* we moved.
We want to try to clean her chin and eliminate the bacteria. However, the only thing we have to use is some generic kitty shampoo we bought years ago.
My questions:
1) What type of cleanser can we use? We are wary of the "human" soaps, because we don't know their impact on kitties. Can we use an antibacterial soap like Dial on her chin? Can we assume the soaps used for humans are okay for kitties as well?
2) What suggestions do those that have gone through this have? Any tips, hints, suggestions?
Anything would be much appreciated, and I think you in advance. Her chin is getting quite bad now, and she's got patches of sores where fur used to be. We are thinking we might have to take her to the vet just because of the open sores, because we are afraid of infection.
Cheers!
~ Stacy
I checked a little bit and couldn't find an answer, so I'm hoping some of you cat experts can help me out.
My cat, Zoey, has developed "kitty acne" on the chin. Here's the backround.
She's had sores on her chin and lips for about two or three months now. We can't seem to get rid of it, but I must admit, we are timid about what type of cleanser to use on her. We don't want to hurt her with cleansers.
I've looked up some stuff, one of the main causes seem to be plastic food dishes. Well, she's always had metal dishes, and we've been washing them out with dish soap about once a week.
We just moved from our apartment to a house in May. So a few months now. She has access to all areas of the house, but she's still shy of the basement and doesn't go down there much. The house was built in 1900, the upkeep on it is okay, but not perfect, we are doing some work on it, but not hardcore or an every day thing.
The move was a bit stressful for her. She's moved once in the past and seemed to adjust well. From what I can see in her behavior, she's adjusted to this move well as well, better than expected. I was hoping the that acne would go away with time, that is was a result of her environment being tampered with, but it has persisted even though she seems happy.
I should point out - She developed kitty acne roughly around the time *before* we moved.
We want to try to clean her chin and eliminate the bacteria. However, the only thing we have to use is some generic kitty shampoo we bought years ago.
My questions:
1) What type of cleanser can we use? We are wary of the "human" soaps, because we don't know their impact on kitties. Can we use an antibacterial soap like Dial on her chin? Can we assume the soaps used for humans are okay for kitties as well?
2) What suggestions do those that have gone through this have? Any tips, hints, suggestions?
Anything would be much appreciated, and I think you in advance. Her chin is getting quite bad now, and she's got patches of sores where fur used to be. We are thinking we might have to take her to the vet just because of the open sores, because we are afraid of infection.
Cheers!
~ Stacy