Need some advice

My cat, Stormy, is constantly grooming himself. He now has sores on his back. They are scabbed over. He does not have fleas, is eating the same food for 8 months now (which is how long we have had him). The sores started about a month ago. They were not bad, and really, only one is about an inch in length but thin. My vet is out of town for two weeks, and I do not like the other vet available (used him for emergency once before and he said nothing was wrong with older cat, and my cat died 2 days later from lukemia). I am wondering if a baking soda paste or some sort of over the counter cream for sores in humans would work? I have also considered trying peroxide, but not sure how safe that is either. At least something to alleviate the problem till my vet gets back. Thanks alot.

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On 2005-01-19, Angela Hutson via CatKB.com penned:
My cat, Stormy, is constantly grooming himself. He now has sores on his
back. They are scabbed over. He does not have fleas, is eating the same
food for 8 months now (which is how long we have had him). The sores
started about a month ago. They were not bad, and really, only one is about
an inch in length but thin. My vet is out of town for two weeks, and I do
not like the other vet available (used him for emergency once before and he
said nothing was wrong with older cat, and my cat died 2 days later from
lukemia). I am wondering if a baking soda paste or some sort of over the
counter cream for sores in humans would work? I have also considered trying
peroxide, but not sure how safe that is either. At least something to
alleviate the problem till my vet gets back. Thanks alot.

Surely there are more than two vets in your entire region? Ask around and
find another vet for this. Without knowing the cause of the sores, you could
make things worse or mask real problems.

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monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
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Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*

Angela,

I hope you can find another vet. Is there anyone else within driving
distance at all? It would be worth it to your guy for you to extend a
big effort to get him in sooner than 2 weeks.

Your cat sounds very uncomfortable. He's probably grooming himself
constantly because he itches. It could be an allergy, or a fungal
infection like ringworm, or something else. If it is a fungal infection,
you could also get it.

I would not use peroxide unless the sores are dirty or infected.
Peroxide is a good cleaner but it eats away the good and the bad tissue.
It will not let a scab form if you use is every day. Baking soda would
probably really hurt -- being salty. I don't know if that would help
your cat or not, he needs a vet's advice.

The food you're using is relatively new, your cat started getting sores
after only 7 months on it. He could have developed an allergy in that
time. If you can't get to the vet immediately, you might try switching
over to a novel protein food (one protein, one starch, few "extra"
ingredients.) I believe you have to have a vet prescription for them,
though. You could possible try a good-quality natural food without
chemicals, etc?

Let us know what happens, I hope your cat can get some relief soon.

Rhonda


Angela Hutson via CatKB.com wrote:

My cat, Stormy, is constantly grooming himself. He now has sores on
his back. They are scabbed over. He does not have fleas, is
eating the same food for 8 months now (which is how long we have
had him). The sores started about a month ago. They were not bad,
and really, only one is about an inch in length but thin. My vet
is out of town for two weeks, and I do not like the other vet
available (used him for emergency once before and he said nothing
was wrong with older cat, and my cat died 2 days later from
lukemia). I am wondering if a baking soda paste or some sort of
over the counter cream for sores in humans would work? I have also
considered trying peroxide, but not sure how safe that is either.
At least something to alleviate the problem till my vet gets back.
Thanks alot.