I’m looking for suggestions for cat safe products or methods to heal scabs and sores on my cat’s neck and chin. A couple weeks ago, I noticed her collar had tightened so I took it off to loosen it and saw 2 sores on the left side where the collar had rubbed it raw. I feel really bad about that because I always put their collars on loose enough to pull on/off over their head without unclasping the collar. It tightened after she’d been wearing it awhile, but I should have noticed sooner.
I left her collar off and I put Halo’s Cloud Nine balm on it for a few days. She really hates that stuff and it’s really greasy and has a slight medicated smell. It worked well before on another cat, even on her, but it didn’t seem to help these sores. It made it worse as she started scratching even more and she now has scabs and sores on her neck up to chin area, a spot between her left eye and ear, the top/back of her head, and some spots on the right side. Then I tried Auquaphor Healing Ointment because it's safe for cats. I’ve even used it on cuts my fingers where you can’t wear a band-aid and it’s great. It did soften the big scab between the eye and ear so it could flake off naturally, but now that one is more smaller ones. It helped with the spots on the top/back of her head.
She’ll be 16 in a few months, has hyperthyroidism (on meds for it), and is big groomer. My 2 boys (15 in a few months and aprox. 6) aren’t having any skin problems. I’m hoping to avoid having to take her to the vet for a steroid shot, but will if absolutely necessary.
I left her collar off and I put Halo’s Cloud Nine balm on it for a few days. She really hates that stuff and it’s really greasy and has a slight medicated smell. It worked well before on another cat, even on her, but it didn’t seem to help these sores. It made it worse as she started scratching even more and she now has scabs and sores on her neck up to chin area, a spot between her left eye and ear, the top/back of her head, and some spots on the right side. Then I tried Auquaphor Healing Ointment because it's safe for cats. I’ve even used it on cuts my fingers where you can’t wear a band-aid and it’s great. It did soften the big scab between the eye and ear so it could flake off naturally, but now that one is more smaller ones. It helped with the spots on the top/back of her head.
She’ll be 16 in a few months, has hyperthyroidism (on meds for it), and is big groomer. My 2 boys (15 in a few months and aprox. 6) aren’t having any skin problems. I’m hoping to avoid having to take her to the vet for a steroid shot, but will if absolutely necessary.