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Wierd black dots near mouth
I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done? |
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"Peggy Currid" wrote: Sounds like cat acne. Are you using plastic dishes for her food and water? One of my cats had that problem when she was a couple of years ago. The first thing we did was switch to ceramic dishes but the problem persisted, even with the use of antibiotics and topical ointments. It turned out she had a food allergy, and the problem cleared up when we changed food from Iam's regular to lamb and rice. This is good to know, Peggy. I suspect my cat Cheeky has food allergies. Everything was going fine until I changed her food, and now both her asthma and eosinophilic complex (linear granuloma) is acting up. I changed her back to the low-quality food that, nevertheless, kept her Depo Medrol, congestion and bump free for eight months. |
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"Peggy Currid" wrote: Sounds like cat acne. Are you using plastic dishes for her food and water? One of my cats had that problem when she was a couple of years ago. The first thing we did was switch to ceramic dishes but the problem persisted, even with the use of antibiotics and topical ointments. It turned out she had a food allergy, and the problem cleared up when we changed food from Iam's regular to lamb and rice. This is good to know, Peggy. I suspect my cat Cheeky has food allergies. Everything was going fine until I changed her food, and now both her asthma and eosinophilic complex (linear granuloma) is acting up. I changed her back to the low-quality food that, nevertheless, kept her Depo Medrol, congestion and bump free for eight months. |
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Angela St.Aubin quoth:
I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done? Kitty acne. I'll bet she's eating out of plastic dishes. If so, switch to china or metal. Priscilla |
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Angela St.Aubin quoth:
I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done? Kitty acne. I'll bet she's eating out of plastic dishes. If so, switch to china or metal. Priscilla |
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I dunno: I'm going to be conservative and say have a vet look
at it. I once had a white kitten who developed black "stuff" near his mouth...it looked like he had been digging in dirt. He died and then all the other cats in the house got it. My mom (this was when I was a kid) took the other cats to the vet and he said it was very serious, gave them something and they were fine. Since I was little I don't know what it was, but knowing what I do now as a nurse, I think maybe the black stuff was blood: in ulcers, if the person vomits it's described as looking like coffee grounds and this stuff did look like that. On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:20:10 -0400, "Angela St.Aubin" wrote: I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done? __________________________________________________ _ Camilla Cracchiolo Registered Nurse Los Angeles, California webpage temporarily down |
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I dunno: I'm going to be conservative and say have a vet look
at it. I once had a white kitten who developed black "stuff" near his mouth...it looked like he had been digging in dirt. He died and then all the other cats in the house got it. My mom (this was when I was a kid) took the other cats to the vet and he said it was very serious, gave them something and they were fine. Since I was little I don't know what it was, but knowing what I do now as a nurse, I think maybe the black stuff was blood: in ulcers, if the person vomits it's described as looking like coffee grounds and this stuff did look like that. On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:20:10 -0400, "Angela St.Aubin" wrote: I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done? __________________________________________________ _ Camilla Cracchiolo Registered Nurse Los Angeles, California webpage temporarily down |
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
Its definitely not fleas, but it may be an allergy to the food/water dishes (although the other 2 cats don't have it) or acne. It looks just like a human blackhead, and i bet if i squeezed them, goo would come out, but i am afraid to hurt her. they don't seem to cause any pain or discomfort of any sort. are they dangerous to her health, or do you think they are hurting her? |
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
Its definitely not fleas, but it may be an allergy to the food/water dishes (although the other 2 cats don't have it) or acne. It looks just like a human blackhead, and i bet if i squeezed them, goo would come out, but i am afraid to hurt her. they don't seem to cause any pain or discomfort of any sort. are they dangerous to her health, or do you think they are hurting her? |
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"Angela St.Aubin" wrote: Thanks for the responses everyone. Its definitely not fleas, but it may be an allergy to the food/water dishes (although the other 2 cats don't have it) or acne. It looks just like a human blackhead, and i bet if i squeezed them, goo would come out, but i am afraid to hurt her. they don't seem to cause any pain or discomfort of any sort. are they dangerous to her health, or do you think they are hurting her? The other possibility is what happened with a friend's cat. We thought he had feline acne, but it turns out it was folliculitis or some such. He gets infected hair follicles a lot. When it got worse my friend thought her second cat was biting the first cat on the neck but it was more folliculitis, just much worse. I think the vet gave her cream and pills for him, but I don't remember all the specifics. Priscilla |
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