My cats and I lived at my mother's house for about two weeks while my apartment was being made ready. During that time I noticed that my girl Angel became increasingly hostile towards me. She would growl ferociously every time I picked her up, and was extremely irritable towards everybody. She would also hide more than usual. My mother and brother grew concerned about this and asked me if I shouldn't just take her to the Humane Society. One night I picked her up, ignoring the growling (yeah, I know, dumb me) and I started examining her. It didn't take long to find out that she had a nasty looking cluster of acne under her chin. Angel, Ruby and Rocky eat out of ceramic dishes that I wash twice a day. I've had Angel for seven years, and this had never happened before, so it was probably stress related, because of the sudden move.
I started applying very warm wet towels to her chin and and I wiped her chin down with Clearsil acne pads, which didn't seem to help. I read somewhere that aloe vera gel is very good for feline acne, so I started using that once or twice a day and I saw immediate improvement. I also dosed everybody up with a vitamin C tablet, a fish oil capsule, and a vitamin E capsule once a day. Angel's acne and her disposition improved in a couple of days, and she stopped growling. My mother and brother were still trying to convince me to get rid of her, and they didn't believe me even after I told them she growled because she was in pain. Now they think she's the devil incarnate--my folks are obviously not cat people.
Anyway, my point is--if your normally loving furball suddenly turns into a raving maniac there's usually a physical reason for it. If the reason is not readily apparent, like acne, then a vet visit is certainly in order. I love my family, but I'm glad I didn't listen to them.
I started applying very warm wet towels to her chin and and I wiped her chin down with Clearsil acne pads, which didn't seem to help. I read somewhere that aloe vera gel is very good for feline acne, so I started using that once or twice a day and I saw immediate improvement. I also dosed everybody up with a vitamin C tablet, a fish oil capsule, and a vitamin E capsule once a day. Angel's acne and her disposition improved in a couple of days, and she stopped growling. My mother and brother were still trying to convince me to get rid of her, and they didn't believe me even after I told them she growled because she was in pain. Now they think she's the devil incarnate--my folks are obviously not cat people.
Anyway, my point is--if your normally loving furball suddenly turns into a raving maniac there's usually a physical reason for it. If the reason is not readily apparent, like acne, then a vet visit is certainly in order. I love my family, but I'm glad I didn't listen to them.