kitty acne?

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22 September, 2008 at 9:18 pm #20491

gini
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I think Feeny has kitty acne. His chin has black all over it. At first I thought it was dirt and tried to wipe it off but then his chin started to bleed a little and it was hard to get off. Then a few days later it came back.

I’m not sure what would cause it, we use glass bowls for feeding and water and change the water frequent. He’s an indoor cat. Taco does not have any sign of it anywhere on him, only Feeny.

How do you treat this? Is there any way to help kitty acne at home, or would I have to go through a vet to get a medication/cream for it? If there is a home treatment I’d prefer trying that first since I’m tight on money.

22 September, 2008 at 9:23 pm #292219

ama58873
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My old cat, Calvin, had that and the vet told us to keep putting a warm compress(we used washcloth in warm water) on his chin and then gently knead the area to get any substaince out. He never gave us anything to put on it. Hope that helps.

22 September, 2008 at 9:24 pm #292220

cricketsmama
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Gini, Fred gets it..we changed all of our plastic bowls and he still gets it occasionally. We don’t do anything for it but when it was real bad, I did take him to the vet and he said it will clear up on his own but he could give us antibiotics for it if we wanted. We chose not to.

22 September, 2008 at 9:28 pm #292221

gini
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Thanks AMA and CM! So there is no way he could pass it onto Taco too then, right? It’s just in his genes? And it won’t cause him any harm if I just let it be and/or try to occasionally rub it off with the washcloth? I don’t want to hurt him by rubbing it too hard or anything like that. Does it ever go away on its own, or must it be gently rubbed off and/or medicated to go away?

22 September, 2008 at 9:33 pm #292222

ama58873
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I’m pretty sure it can’t be passes on but I’m not 100% sure, maybe someone else might know for sure. I think it can be left alone unless it gets inflamed. Calvin got a pretty swollen bumb once and I had to take him in and they had to lance it and drain the fluid and then gave him antibiotics. But the vet said unless it gets to that point a warm washcloth held on his chin should help. I would just hold the cloth on there, Gini, and not so much rub.

22 September, 2008 at 9:34 pm #292223

cricketsmama
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I have never rubbed off any on Fred..If Ama suggested a warm cloth that might work. I will try that next time. Fred’s usually goes away on it’s own. It does seem to take a while though.

It’s just like in a human it’s in the genes..Taco will be fine.

22 September, 2008 at 9:38 pm #292224

gini
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Ok, thanks to both of you! I just wanted to make sure I won’t be passing something around through the kitties. I’ll try holding a warm washcloth on him and not rubbing it and see if it goes away on it’s own. If not, it’s no big deal, just as long as it’s not anything that can end up hurting him but it looks like as long as I keep an eye on it and and its not badly inflamed he should be okay.

22 September, 2008 at 9:45 pm #292225

sullis
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My Shadow just had a case of it..got all kinds of scabby under her chin, and vet said due to some kind of allergy..but gave us a tube of OxyDex gel that you just rub under the chin (it’s an antibacterial ointment) and it cleared up with 3 days..still don’t know what caused it cuz our bowls are stainless or ceramic..I wouldnt think it’s contagious; none of my other 2 have it.

22 September, 2008 at 9:50 pm #292226

FondaHonda
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Bosley had it badly (as did my late cat, Spanky). Usually, if you scratch it with your nail they will come off. I also started rubbing Clearisil pads on Bosley’s chin and it has since disappeared. My old vet called it ‘stud chin’ because it’s more common in males. 🙂

Yes, my kitties have used Clearisil and get their Catnip bubbles—no wonder my sister rolls her eyes and starts laughing. “Only your cats. . .” she always says!

22 September, 2008 at 10:12 pm #292227

anncetera2
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If his chin is scabby, soak what you can with a warm, damp washcloth. After that, you can apply some triple-antibiotic ointment, to help keep it from getting further infected. (Chances are he won’t be able to ingest much.)

22 September, 2008 at 10:18 pm #292228

mayra
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When Chloe had bad kitty acne the vet told me to clean her chin with hydrogen peroxide and gave us a benzoyl peroxide cream that he described as “kitty Clearasil”. These didn’t help at all, plus I’m sure her skin was sensitive and the peroxide cleaning hurt. One day I decided to put Pond’s cold cream on it and the acne went away pretty quickly. I don’t know if it was the cream or pure luck, but she hasn’t had any more problems.

22 September, 2008 at 10:21 pm #292229

miu
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A friend of mine had a kitty with feline acne. She got rid of plastic and stainless steel dishes, cleaned her chin and used Bactroban 2% emulsion (effective ingredient is mupirosine (sp?)) and got rid of it – almost. It came back later but not as bad. (The renewal was probably because of stress, they moved and a puppy moved in).
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