One of our three cats, Oscar, who is an outside kitty, has always been in rather poor condition. He is a really sweet guy who was rescued from a dumpster a few years ago. He lives outside and keeps to himself most of the time. He has been diagnosed with FIV and has also had some dental problems...he's had a bunch of teeth pulled and some tumors cut out of his mouth. He has also been fixed. This is what he looks like now:
Starting a few months ago he has slowly developed really odd and scary looking scabs/scars on his skin. It reminds me of what someones knee would look like if they fell off of a bicycle and scraped it. The hair is gone from half of his face and his condition seems to keep getting worse inexplicably. I bathed him (which was extremely difficult, he scratched me pretty good a few times) and tried to treat him with Bactine, but after this process he ran away for 4 or 5 days. It didn't seem to help any.
Does anybody have any idea what's going on with him? He doesn't seem to be in any pain- he is still active, he runs around and plays, etc. I'm sure it can't be comfortable for him though. We can't afford to go to the Vet.
Starting a few months ago he has slowly developed really odd and scary looking scabs/scars on his skin. It reminds me of what someones knee would look like if they fell off of a bicycle and scraped it. The hair is gone from half of his face and his condition seems to keep getting worse inexplicably. I bathed him (which was extremely difficult, he scratched me pretty good a few times) and tried to treat him with Bactine, but after this process he ran away for 4 or 5 days. It didn't seem to help any.
Does anybody have any idea what's going on with him? He doesn't seem to be in any pain- he is still active, he runs around and plays, etc. I'm sure it can't be comfortable for him though. We can't afford to go to the Vet.