Hello all,
I am recently new to posting on these boards, although I have been following for quite some time and everyone seems really helpful!!
I wanted to throw a discussion out there about my cat Blair. She is 10 years old, and she has always had a little bit of chin acne. Over the years we have kept it under control until a few weeks ago, her chin was getting worse and worse with the black spots and I couldn't keep them at bay. I tried peroxide, warm washcloth wipe, baths, everything. It had started to make its way to her ears and face as well. So, naturally, I took her to the vet. The vet examined the "scabs" as they were now looking like, under a microscope and swabbed her ears. No mites, no parasites. She thought it might be a yeast infection. She prescribed 2 weeks of amoxicillin, and prednisone-- both bill form.
About 2 days after the medication, she started to look as if she was improving. But around day 4, her situation seemed to have "blown up" as my fiance likes to call it. Scabs, everywhere. Face, ears, nose, eyes, cheeks, chin, and along the spine. She also started to lose her hair, keeping her eyes closed a lot, she just looked miserable. So I took her back to the vet, who I was really disappointed with. She sort of just brushed me off, said it could be auto immune disease or cancer. She offered to do a $700 biopsy, and sent me on my way.
My mom decided to take her to her vet. He gave her a prednisone shot, and Nystatin cream for her face. It seemed to be going well, a lot of her hair is falling out, it must be because of the scabs falling out, they seem to be attached to the hair follicles. Today, however, she is getting some red spots that you can see in the photos attached, so my faith that she was getting better is dwindling.
We haven't changed her litter or food, it's been the same for years. She has been eating twice a day, and drinking water. No accidents in the litter box, no vomitting, stools seem fine. Flea meds are up to date.
My mom has 2 dogs that I sometimes dog sit, not sure if she could be reacting to that, but like I said she should be used to them by now.
Has anyone seen this problem before? What did you do, were you able to solve the issue? I just have the word "cancer" flashing through my mind, not going to lie I am having trouble sleeping. There is a specialist Blue Pearl in my area, they could perform allergy testing, but I am reluctant to max out my credit card. I really just want to know if this is a living situation, or terminal. Any thoughts? Thank you!
I am recently new to posting on these boards, although I have been following for quite some time and everyone seems really helpful!!
I wanted to throw a discussion out there about my cat Blair. She is 10 years old, and she has always had a little bit of chin acne. Over the years we have kept it under control until a few weeks ago, her chin was getting worse and worse with the black spots and I couldn't keep them at bay. I tried peroxide, warm washcloth wipe, baths, everything. It had started to make its way to her ears and face as well. So, naturally, I took her to the vet. The vet examined the "scabs" as they were now looking like, under a microscope and swabbed her ears. No mites, no parasites. She thought it might be a yeast infection. She prescribed 2 weeks of amoxicillin, and prednisone-- both bill form.
About 2 days after the medication, she started to look as if she was improving. But around day 4, her situation seemed to have "blown up" as my fiance likes to call it. Scabs, everywhere. Face, ears, nose, eyes, cheeks, chin, and along the spine. She also started to lose her hair, keeping her eyes closed a lot, she just looked miserable. So I took her back to the vet, who I was really disappointed with. She sort of just brushed me off, said it could be auto immune disease or cancer. She offered to do a $700 biopsy, and sent me on my way.
My mom decided to take her to her vet. He gave her a prednisone shot, and Nystatin cream for her face. It seemed to be going well, a lot of her hair is falling out, it must be because of the scabs falling out, they seem to be attached to the hair follicles. Today, however, she is getting some red spots that you can see in the photos attached, so my faith that she was getting better is dwindling.
We haven't changed her litter or food, it's been the same for years. She has been eating twice a day, and drinking water. No accidents in the litter box, no vomitting, stools seem fine. Flea meds are up to date.
My mom has 2 dogs that I sometimes dog sit, not sure if she could be reacting to that, but like I said she should be used to them by now.
Has anyone seen this problem before? What did you do, were you able to solve the issue? I just have the word "cancer" flashing through my mind, not going to lie I am having trouble sleeping. There is a specialist Blue Pearl in my area, they could perform allergy testing, but I am reluctant to max out my credit card. I really just want to know if this is a living situation, or terminal. Any thoughts? Thank you!
