Whats wrong with my cat?
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hello DSer's!
need some adivce about my cat.
over the past 2 weeks or so i have noticed alot of wee tiny scabs all over her, mainly around the neck, and she has also been scratching alot recently. But today, i was stroking her back, and from the tail to the middle is like one giant scab. She hasnt got fleas as she was treated for fleas about a month ago, so im quite confused. I tried to get a look at it but she wasnt having any of it, so im assuming its sensitive to the touch. Anyone know what this could be?
need some adivce about my cat.
over the past 2 weeks or so i have noticed alot of wee tiny scabs all over her, mainly around the neck, and she has also been scratching alot recently. But today, i was stroking her back, and from the tail to the middle is like one giant scab. She hasnt got fleas as she was treated for fleas about a month ago, so im quite confused. I tried to get a look at it but she wasnt having any of it, so im assuming its sensitive to the touch. Anyone know what this could be?
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It is most likely to be fleas so I would rule them out for definite first. There are other irritants like harvest mites but very unlikely in this weather.
I'm not too sure which product it was, she was brought to the vet to get it done and my mum was told that it will last up to three months. Could it be anything to do with stress? I'm just taking a guess because a black cat that we had, (was a kitten of ziggys, my cat with the problem) had to be put down about 3 weeks ago because of kidney failure, and wondering if this could have had an effect on ziggy?
Sorry to hear about the other cat being put to sleep.
I think you need to take ziggy back to the vet, sounds like she's in a bad way with the scabs. It could be stress related, or it could be something else more straightforward like fleas - the vet will be able to tell you for sure what you need to do.
As well as dealing with possible flea re-infestation (did you treat the house as well as the cat?), she may need a steroid injection to break the itch-scratch cycle .
When we lived in the U.K., our cats used to get flea injections every 3 months and they never had fleas...
http://www.ah.novartis.com/cab/en/cat_fleas_treatments_injectable.shtml
However it sounds as if whatever was used is not working for this cat and she needs further help. It is sometimes recommended that Program is used in conjunction with another treatment, particularly on pets which are very sensitive to flea bites - and it sounds like this may be the case with this cat. Definitely needs another vet visit.
The tests on program were done on indoor-only housed cats so once their fleas died (of old age?!) there was no re-infestation and so the bites stopped. As Lippincote says it was in any case advised that it be used alongside other fleacidal products so you needn't wait for them to die of old age.
In real life with indoor/outdoor cats they just pick up new fleas from outside.
Dead fleas can't bite, or breed, so better to just kill them than to chemically neuter them.
Millimary (so named as the scabs can feel to the fingers like like bits of tiny millet seed!) dematitus/millimary exzema (sp) can be a physical reaction to something e.g flea saliva, droppings etc but it can also be related to stress so it could certainly be relevant that this cat recently lost it's companion.
This cat could also be affects by it's owners' upset at losing the other cat, or if may be stressed if neighbouring cats are more inclined to invade its territory without the back up of the other cat's presence to dissuade them, or to provide moral support to this cat.
My mothers cat is like this.
Edit: Sorry just realised this has already been mentioned.:o
This is what I thought too. Does sound as though she still has fleas to cause this.