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Hello,
Opening a new thread for this now that it seems more obvious that the issue is indeed feline acne. My cat's skin was infected back in January, and it seems that we've solved that particular issue - the skin is now a healthy color, no red spots, and no longer looks inflamed. However now we're getting the dark spots associated with acne... so I've continued to clean the area.
Some of these black dots come off when I use a silicon toothbrush for cats and clean it gently, but the majority of it clings to his skin and won't come off with chlorexidine shampoo or the toothbrush. Should I leave it alone, or is it bad?
I started transitioning him to another food recipe this week (different protein and different oil), he already uses ceramic bowls and his automatic feeder (for when I can't be home to feed him) has been upgraded to stainless steel. This is still lingering from when I traveled and left him with a friend, so I think it's an emotonal/immunity response as well as environmental.
He's had these persistent black dots on his chin for a while as well, they also don't come off with cleaning, and his vet doesn't think they're anything, so we've left them alone. I also don't know if maybe, at least above his mouth, these are scabs from when the area was more hurt/inflamed/infected, which is why they're not coming off when I use shampoo. Thoughts?
(His vet has seen pictures, it does't look concerning to her and she's said she thinks his condition improved really well.)
I've included a pic. I had just cleaned him with shampoo, so you'll see that the black spots are still there - more visible, too, since the fur is wet.
Opening a new thread for this now that it seems more obvious that the issue is indeed feline acne. My cat's skin was infected back in January, and it seems that we've solved that particular issue - the skin is now a healthy color, no red spots, and no longer looks inflamed. However now we're getting the dark spots associated with acne... so I've continued to clean the area.
Some of these black dots come off when I use a silicon toothbrush for cats and clean it gently, but the majority of it clings to his skin and won't come off with chlorexidine shampoo or the toothbrush. Should I leave it alone, or is it bad?
I started transitioning him to another food recipe this week (different protein and different oil), he already uses ceramic bowls and his automatic feeder (for when I can't be home to feed him) has been upgraded to stainless steel. This is still lingering from when I traveled and left him with a friend, so I think it's an emotonal/immunity response as well as environmental.
He's had these persistent black dots on his chin for a while as well, they also don't come off with cleaning, and his vet doesn't think they're anything, so we've left them alone. I also don't know if maybe, at least above his mouth, these are scabs from when the area was more hurt/inflamed/infected, which is why they're not coming off when I use shampoo. Thoughts?
(His vet has seen pictures, it does't look concerning to her and she's said she thinks his condition improved really well.)
I've included a pic. I had just cleaned him with shampoo, so you'll see that the black spots are still there - more visible, too, since the fur is wet.
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