Hello! Help me please! The cat began to appear crusts first on the face, then spread throughout the body. They took me to the veterinarian at the veterinary clinic, the ticks said. They began to inject with ivamek, smeared with neostomosan, but it did not help. A week has passed since the third time they smeared it, and today they took it again. One veterinary clinic said the ticks had gotten inside. In another, they said it was dermatitis.
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Send a photo of the animal. There can be quite a few reasons for the symptoms you describe. Describe in detail the diet of the animal, indicating the ingredients included in it. When did you perform routine deworming? When was the animal vaccinated and with what vaccine? What vitamin preparations do you use additionally? This is very important diagnostic information. Provide it soon.
Please note that feeding with Whiskas, Friskas, Meow, Felix and Kitiket is not recommended for feeding cats. Neither dry nor wet. These are very harmful feeds that can sooner or later provoke gastrointestinal diseases and quite often lead to the death of the animal. Sausages, milk, soups, borscht and everything else "what we ourselves eat" is not applicable to the nutrition of cats. This rule is. Feed your animal either quality commercial food: Acana, Gina, Orijen, Hills, Royal Canin, Eukanuba, Go Natural or Now Fresh. Or natural products: rice, oatmeal, buckwheat + beef, turkey, rabbit (but not in the form of minced meat) and stewed vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, beets). The percentage of meat in the main diet is at least 70%. Also remember that you should never mix natural food and industrial feed. Vitamins must be used for any type of food, for 1-1.5 months. 2 p. in year.
Conduct microscopy of deep scraping of skin taken from lesions with vivid symptoms. Sow the material taken from the lesions on a nutrient medium and establish the presence of nonspecific microflora. Possible defeat by a fungal infection, staphylococcus, molasses or their associative variants. Staphylococcosis (or other infection) in an animal is apparently secondary in origin. Most likely, the animal has allergies (due to malnutrition) and miliary dermatitis complicated by staphylococcal infection. Perhaps hypovitaminosis also has a significant effect on the manifestation of this kind of symptomatology. Treatment should be comprehensive.
- Normalize the diet. Use food without chicken and without chicken fat, preferably grain-free hypoallergenic food.
- Instead of water - a decoction of chamomile 1 tsp. Boxes. for 1 liter of water - up to 7-10 days.
- White coal 1-2 tablets or Ataxil 20 ml. ext. 2 p. in the village - up to 12 days in 60 minutes before or after eating and giving drugs vn.
- Mezim 1 tab. ext. 2 p. in the village - up to 10 days.
- Emprobio 3-3.5 ml int. 2 p. in the village in 30 minutes. before meals - up to 14 days. or Hilak 12 cap. for 50 ml of water int. 2 p. in the village - up to 7-10 days.
- Fucis 50 mg 1/4 t. Int. 1 p. 3 days, up to 5 times.
- Salvikal or Vitabon up to 3 months according to the instructions.
- Bathe the animal with TropiClean Oxy-Med Oatmeal Shampoo when treating the affected areas, then once every 1-2 months.
- Treat the affected areas with hydrogen peroxide 2-3 r. in d. up to 14 days
- Local treatment with Chlorhexidine 3 r. in the village up to 14 days
- Lubricate the affected areas with Clotrimazole or Ecodax 2 r. in d. up to 12 days
- Suprastin 1-0.7 ml vm. 2 p. in d. up to 12 days
- Lipoton 0.8 ml pc. 2 p. in d. up to 12 days
- Ofloxacin 1/4 t. Int. 2 p. in d. up to 10 days.
- Wear a plastic veterinary collar to prevent self-injury for 30-60 days.
Inform about the condition of the animal once every 3-5 days.
Skin conditions in cats occur for a number of reasons. This is contact with a sick animal, and an allergic reaction to pet shampoo, and severe stress. In order to recognize dangerous symptoms in time and begin treatment, you must learn as much as possible about them. This article discusses the most dangerous skin diseases in cats.
Scabies in cats is one of those diseases that is transmitted to animals of other species and to humans. The causative agent of this disease is the NotoedrisCati mite, popularly called the scabies mite. One of the characteristic signs of scabies is intense, excruciating itching.
Symptoms
This phenomenon begins from the edges of the ears, then passes to the frontal part of the head and neck, and in the most severe case it captures the entire body of the unfortunate animal.
Diagnosis of the disease
If you see warning signs in your pet, contact your veterinarian immediately. Do not forget that the scabies mite affects humans as well.
After examining the animal, the veterinarian will ask you a few questions. Based on the information received, as well as on the results of the scraping analysis, he determines which type of tick your pet has infected and, depending on this, will prescribe the appropriate medications.
Treatment
The first thing to do is to place the sick animal in a separate room to prevent contamination of people living in the house and other pets.
Your veterinarian may prescribe antibiotics in the form of injections, lotions, and wax or tar ointments for your cat. From drugs for external use, "Amitrazine" is usually prescribed. "Ivermectin" is injected under the skin (within a week), but this drug should be used only under the supervision of a veterinarian. It is undesirable for kittens to inject Ivermectin.
In addition to this, medicinal shampoos and emulsions can be prescribed, as well as the intake of vitamins and immunostimulants designed to strengthen the animal's immunity.
When the acute period of the disease has passed, it is recommended to treat the cat with drops against fleas and ticks or put on an anti-flea collar. Be sure to treat all things that belong to the cat with insecticides: toys, scratching posts, cat house and other resting places.
Preventive measures
To minimize the possibility of infection of an animal with an itch mite, you must adhere to the following rules:
- strengthen the cat's immunity;
- give her vitamins;
- treat the animal's belongings with insecticidal preparations at least once a month;
- thoroughly wash and disinfect the dishes belonging to the cat;
- monitor the hygiene of your pet;
- inspect it daily and take it to a specialist for inspection at least once every six months.
There is hardly a person who has not heard of such a disease as ringworm. This is one of the most serious diseases of cats, which without the help of a specialist can lead to very sad consequences.
Ringworm is a fungal disease, which is very easy to catch: the spores of the fungi that cause it are found wherever the sick cat has passed. They have increased resistance to disinfection, are able to maintain viability for a long time under the most unfavorable environmental conditions.
Vaccinated adult animals with strong immunity will not contract the disease. At risk are kittens and those animals whose immunity is weakened as a result of a past illness, vitamin deficiency, prolonged fasting. The risk of infection is especially high in cats that enjoy unlimited freedom.
Symptoms
Ringworm is named for a reason: the coat of hair in areas affected by fungi looks like it was carefully cut off.
The initial stage of the disease is characterized by the appearance of a small rash on those areas of the skin where the fungus has settled. This first sign often goes unnoticed, especially if the cat is long-haired. The owner may be alerted by some anxiety that the animal shows, and by scratching individual areas of the skin.
At the next stage of the disease, rounded, hairless spots become visible, which are covered with small flaky scales. Initially, they can appear on the periphery - ears, tail, head and paws. With intensive scratching, the infection occupies an increasingly large area and, if treatment is not started, can spread to almost the entire skin.
Diagnosis of the disease
If your pet has a suspicious receding hairline, contact your veterinarian immediately. In the case of ringworm, it's best to play it safe. The specialist will conduct microscopic, luminescent and culture studies and, based on this, will prescribe the appropriate treatment.
Treatment
It is necessary to prepare for the fact that the treatment of ringworm will take a lot of time - at least one and a half months. Defeating the fungus is not easy, and re-infection may occur.
If you start treatment on early stage, it is enough to use external antifungal agents - shampoos, ointments or creams. To have free access to the affected skin, it is advisable to completely shave the pet.
Treatments with thiabendazole or miconazole give very good results.
In more difficult cases, in addition to external agents, the veterinarian will prescribe medications for oral administration.
Be sure to disinfect all the things belonging to the animal, or better - buy others and burn the old ones.
Preventive measures
Unfortunately, even if your pet does not cross the threshold of the apartment, this does not exclude the possibility of contracting ringworm. You yourself can bring fungus spores on your shoes, clothes, or your own palm. Another thing happens: the owner becomes infected from a cat, which is only a carrier of the infection. There are frequent cases when animals are not kept in the house at all, and a person gets sick, picking up a fungus in a public place. There is only one way out: watch your health, strengthen your immune system.
Dermatitis
Most owners, far from veterinary medicine, consider dermatitis in cats a harmless disease that can go away on its own. Indeed, most often this is a reaction to some irritating substance or a banal allergy. However, not all so simple. If you do not catch it in time, dermatitis can spread over the entire surface of the skin, and then the animal expects a long treatment.
Cat owners experience different types of dermatitis:
- allergic;
- superficial;
- traumatic;
- purulent;
- wet;
- chemical.
There are many causes of dermatitis. It can be the result of allergies, the activity of viruses, bacteria or fungi, exposure to toxic substances, hormonal disruption, trauma and stress, etc.
Symptoms
With all the variety of types of dermatitis, their symptoms are very similar:
- restless state of the animal;
- increased body temperature;
- lack of hair in the affected areas;
- skin rashes, accompanied by severe itching;
- slight swelling;
- inflammation accompanied by redness.
Diagnostics
Having found signs of dermatitis in a pet, you need to immediately deliver it to a veterinary clinic. Based on the examination and test results, the doctor will diagnose and prescribe treatment.
If the case is difficult, antibiotics and antibacterial treatment may be needed.
Treatment
Usually, for a complete cure, it is enough for a pet to normalize its nutrition, exclude foods that cause allergies, and treat the affected areas with medications prescribed by a veterinarian. This does not apply to severe forms of dermatitis: chemical, traumatic, purulent.
With a chemical, a cycle of washes is prescribed, which relieve irritation, and help restore the skin. Sometimes there is a need for wound healing preparations.
To cope with traumatic and purulent dermatitis, antibiotic injections are used, and the wounds are washed with disinfectants.
Be sure to monitor your pet's well-being. If he has a fever, signs of weakness, drowsiness appear, this may indicate that the spread of the infection continues.
Preventive measures
Avoiding dermatitis in a cat is not so difficult:
- keep household chemicals, medicines, perfumes and cosmetics out of the cat's reach;
- periodically wash the animal with zoo shampoo, give it anthelmintic drugs, teach it to wear an anti-flea collar;
- limit pet contact with stray animals;
- be sure to wash and disinfect all objects belonging to the pet, boil the covers put on his mattress;
- follow the nutrition of the animal, do not forget about vitamins.
Eczema
If the owner finds sores, blisters or scales on the body of the animal, accompanied by inflammation, it is safe to say that the cat has eczema.
The main cause of eczema is an increased sensitivity of the skin. It can appear as a result of a burn or prolonged friction, exposure to various chemicals, as well as changes in the animal's body - diabetes mellitus or hormonal disruptions. Sometimes eczema can be triggered by hypothermia or prolonged exposure to the sun.
There are frequent cases of chronic eczema, which periodically manifests itself throughout the life of the animal.
Symptoms
There are two types of eczema in cats: dry and wet.
Symptoms common to both species at an early stage:
- slight redness;
- itching;
- the temperature rises in the affected area;
- scratching occurs;
- the appearance of lumps, which later become blisters or vesicles.
In the future, for each type of eczema, the picture changes.
With wet eczema, the bubbles open, the skin in this place becomes inflamed and swollen, after which you can expect the appearance of abscesses or ulcers.
With dry eczema, the surface of the vesicles dries up, flaking of scales begins, peeling - symptoms characteristic of the chronic stage.
Diagnostics
To find out the causes of eczema in a cat, you need to do the following tests:
- general blood analysis;
- a blood test for food allergens;
- blood chemistry;
- Ultrasound of the liver and kidneys;
- Ultrasound of the uterus and ovaries.
Treatment
The treatment process can take a long time. You will have to be patient and do everything that the veterinarian prescribes.
All wool is cut from the damaged areas, and the skin is treated with alcohol. Do not rinse them with water.
To relieve the itching and nervousness of the pet, you can, as directed by the veterinarian, give him sedatives, such as bromine, and sulfa antibiotics. Vitamins and pain relievers should be injected to maintain the cat's body. If eczema occupies a large surface of the skin, and the animal's health has deteriorated, diuretics can be used - furosemide or lasix. They will help remove toxins.
Local therapy includes a number of ointments that should be selected depending on the morphology of the lesions. For bubbles, ulcers and erosion, you can use astringents - ointments and powders. It is also allowed to use a solution of rivanol or silver nitrate. Wounds must be treated with an antiseptic - tincture of iodine or chlorhexidine. As the formations dry up, you can switch to ointments that contain zinc.
If eczema appears as a result of systemic diseases, then along with the treatment of skin manifestations, it is necessary to carry out general therapy for a chronic ailment.
Prevention
Good care is a key factor in preventing eczema. A cat can easily get sick from poor housing conditions. To avoid this, keep the room in which the cat spends most of the time is clean.
Do not use tight or rigid flea collars. Treat scratches in time and do not use aggressive detergents when washing an animal.
Hello! Stepan the cat. 9 years. I never had any pain, sometimes scratched, crusts and everything went away. Not vaccinated, castrated at 6 years old. Outbred, but the coat is very long, like the Siberian. A week ago, he began to nervously scratch his back, gnaw his back and legs, almost did not sleep at night. I felt the bumps on my back, in the veterinarian they shaved the back and found a lot of swollen, bloody sores. They gave 4 injections, incl. from the tick and prescribed aversectin ointment 1 p. per day and Amidel-gel 1 p. alternate for a day after 5 days. After the injection, the cat vomited for 3 days, the appetite is normal, the toilet is too, only screams loudly before vomiting. They gave me coal and enterosgel, but they barely came out. sometimes scratches the back. The veterinarian questioned sarcoptic mange and does not exclude allergies. The tick was not precisely identified, but treatment was prescribed. For a whole day, it is impossible to lock a cat in a collar, he dies in it, Big request to answer if the ointments are applied for 30 minutes a day and alternate them every other day, and not for a day and from 5 days. break, so it is possible to treat?
Hello!
There can be quite a few reasons for the symptoms you describe. Describe in detail the diet of the animal, indicating the ingredients included in it. When did you perform routine deworming? What vitamin preparations do you use additionally? This is very important diagnostic information. Provide it soon.
Feed your animal either quality commercial food: Acana, Gina, Orijen, Hills, Royal Canin, Eukanuba, Go Natural or Now Fresh. Or natural products: rice, oatmeal, buckwheat + beef, turkey, rabbit (but not in the form of minced meat) and stewed vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, beets). The percentage of meat in the main diet is at least 70%. Also remember that you should never mix natural food and industrial feed. Vitamins must be used for any type of food, for 1-1.5 months. 2 p. in year.
The animal has an allergy (due to not entirely correct nutrition), miliary dermatitis and, most likely, staphylococcal infection. Perhaps hypovitaminosis also has a significant effect on the manifestation of this kind of symptomatology.
Treatment should be comprehensive.
- Normalize the diet.
- Instead of water - a decoction of chamomile 1 tsp. Boxes. for 1 liter of water - up to 7-10 days.
- White coal 1 tab or Ataxil 10-20 ml. ext. 2 p. in the village - up to 12 days in 60 minutes before or after eating and giving drugs vn.
- Nux Vomica 3-4 cap. for 1 tsp. water int. 3 p. in the village - up to 7-10 days.
- Mezim 1/2 tab. ext. 2 p. in the village - up to 10 days.
- Emprobio 3-4 ml int. 2 p. in the village in 30 minutes. before meals - up to 14 days. or Hilak 5 cap. 10 ml of water int. 2 p. in the village - up to 7-10 days.
- Salvikal or Vitabon up to 3 months according to the instructions.
- Bathe the animal with TropiClean Oxy-Med Oatmeal Shampoo when treating the affected areas, then once every 1-2 months.
- Treat the affected areas with hydrogen peroxide 2-3 r. in d. up to 14 days
- Local treatment with Chlorhexidine 3 r. in the village up to 14 days
- Locally lubricate the affected areas with Methylene blue (alcohol solution), superficially, not too intensively 2 r. in d. up to 12 days
- 20 minutes after item No. 10, lubricate the affected areas with Clotrimazole or Ekodax 2 r. in d. up to 12 days
- Wear a plastic protective veterinary collar for 30 days to prevent self-injury.
- Suprastin 0.3-0.4 ml i.m. 2 p. in d. up to 12 days
- Lipoton 0.5 ml pc. 2 p. in d. up to 12 days
Inform about the condition of the animal once every 3-5 days.